Math 160 (A conceptual approach to calculus)

Spring 2010

Instructor: Alan Durfee

• Office: Clapp 404B
• Telephone x2299 (with answering machine)
• email: adurfee
• Office hours: TBA

Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00--10:50, Clapp 420. Fourth hour: TBA

Note: As well as the course web pages (find my website and follow the links) this course also has an ella site.

Texts:

• Worldwide Differential Calculus, by David Massey. Available from www.centerofmath.org. The pdf form is free, and the paper form costs $40. Also small sections of the text can be printed out here.
• Occasionally we will use the course notes for Math 102 at the University of British Columbia. See www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca/coursedoc/math102/.

Homework: Homework can be handed in during class or put in the envelope labeled "homework to be graded" outside my office door. Homework is due by 5 pm on the due date. Please staple it together. Graded homework can be picked up any time from the envelope labeled "graded homework" on my bulletin board. Homework can be redone and handed in again; the higher score will count. Redo's should be handed in within a week of receiving your graded assignment.

Grader: Katie Mack (email: mack20k)

Evening help: Evening help is available Monday through Thursday from 7 to 10pm in room 401. Anyone who's helping with calculus I (math 101) should be able to help. (A fair amount of our homework will be from the same book that's used in math 101.)

Quizzes: These will be anounced in the previous class.

Tests: Friday March 5 and Friday April 9. There will be a self-scheduled final exam.

Grading: The two tests are 30% (15% each), the final exam is 20%, the homework is 30%, and all the quizzes are 20%. The lowest quiz score will be dropped.