Math 107:  Calculus II (Biological and Social Sciences)

Fall 2010 Course Page

Instructor:  Dr. Richard Brown

Sections: 

Jacob Mokris

Section 1:    Tuesdays at 4:30pm in Krieger 302

Kalina Mincheva

Section 2:    Tuesdays at 3:00pm in Kreiger 304

Joseph Cutrone

Section 3:    Thursdays at 3:00pm in Bloomberg 176

Section 4:    Thursdays at 1:30pm in Latrobe 107

Text:

Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 3nd Edition, ISBN:  978-0-321-64468-8 Claudia Neuhauser

 

Course Syllabus and Homework Assignment Schedule

 

The Java applet JODE for calculating slope fields of Section 11.1

 

The Final Examination will be in our regular lecture room:  Krieger 205.

 

Solutions to Midterms:

• Exam 1

• Exam 2  

Notes from Jake's Monday Review.

 

Second Exam:  Wednesday, December 1, 2010 from 10am - 10:50am Krieger 205.

• SOLUTIONS

• Exam returns:  You can see and pick up your exam on Thursday, December 3.  If you are in Joe's section, you will get them back in Section.  For the other two, there are hours of availability:

  • Section 1:  Jake Mokris - Krieger 112.  Time still to be determined.

  • Section 2:  Kalina Mincheva - Krieger 211.  Available from 10:30am - 12pm and after 1:30pm.

• Outside of these times, you can always make arrangements with your TAs on getting back the exam (as well as old homeworks).

• Ground rules for picking up exams:  If you have a question about the grading of a problem, you must make an inquiry immediately (before you leave the TA's office and/or section meeting).  If you take away the exam, then you forfeit the right to request a re-grade.  Sorry about that.  Ask your TA for more details.

 

New Extra stuff:

• 11/21/2010:  The last Homework Assignment is now posted.  It will be due on November 29, at the end of the break.  I will also post homework problems indicative of some extra stuff that will be developed on that day. 

• Here is the official syllabus for the course 110.106 Calculus I (Bio & Soc Sci).  It uses the same book as this course.  Use it as a guide to the material that I want to assume you know.  Also here is my class syllabus from 110.106 from Fall 2009 (note that I have disabled the links to the 110.106 homework solutions.  Sorry about that.  The exam solutions are still enabled.)

• We will be officially starting the course in Section 7.4 Improper Integrals.  However, we will take a bit of time during the end of the first lecture and the second to review some facts from the material of 110.106 Calculus I.  If you are unfamiliar with this material, you will need to acquaint yourself with it on your own.  The Recitation instructors will spend the first session also reviewing a bit from earlier material within this book.

• Constructing homework solutions in a way which makes for a very effective studying and learning tool may not be something you are used to.  Here is a brief idea of what I think makes for a well-constructed homework solution.

Lecture Synopses:  I will now place lecture synopses here.  There will be a brief overview of what I did in each lecture.  This is for the TAs as well as the students. 

 

First Exam:  Tuesday, October 12, 2010 from 10am - 10:50am Krieger 205.

• Solutions

• Exam returns:  You can see and pick up your exam on Thursday, October 14.  If you are in Joe's section, you will get them back in Section.  For the other two, there are hours of availability:

  • Section 1:  Jake Mokris - MSE C81.  Available from 4-5pm.

  • Section 2:  Kalina Mincheva - Krieger 211.  Available from 2-3pm.

• Outside of these times, you can always wait until next week's section to pick up your exam.

• Ground rules for picking up exams:  If you have a question about the grading of a problem, you must make an inquiry immediately (before you leave the TA's office and/or section meeting).  If you take away the exam, then you forfeit the right to request a re-grade.  Sorry about that.  Ask your TA for more details.

 

This page will be updated regularly when new information about the course arises.  General information about course structure, requirements, as well as specific information related to your lecture or section, will be posted here and updated as needed. 
 

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