LecturesMonday/Wednesday/Friday9:30 - 10:20 and 10:30 - 11:20 Mueller Hall (MUE) - Auditorium 153 InstructorProfessor Daniel Pollack
TAs
Austin Phillips (CA and CB)
Jiashan Wang (CC and DA)
Christian Rudnick (DB and DC)
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Homework will be assigned and collected using webassign, an online homework grading service. You will need to purchase an access code for this. There are several ways to do this. You can buy the code bundled with the textbook (at the UW bookstore). You can buy a standalone access code at the bookstore (if you already have the textbook). You can also buy the code online when you first go the to webassign website:
The homework assignments are accessed, turned in aand graded online via Webassign. There are 9 homework assignments and they are due roughly once a week. The due dates are clearly indicated on the assignments and will be announced in class each day (and indicated on the daily highlights). Webassign will stop accepting homework after the specified time on the specified due date. You can begin working on the the homework as soon as it becomes available on Webassign (typically on the due date of the prior assignment). No late homework is accepted.
There will be a Webassign Orientation/Help session running every 15-20 minutes in Smith (SMI) Hall, Room 102 from 3:30 - 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 30.
It is very important to keep up with the homework and do all of it in order to learn the material. The significant amount of effort which you will make in completing and mastering all of the homework each week will be directly reflected in your homework grades, and indirectly will have a big influence on your performance on the exams. It is important to keep up with the homework. The homework will play a key role in your learning the material.
The best way to be sure you get the most out of your homework is to work with others. I strongly urge you to form a study group and work collaboratively on the homework problems. This way you'll learn more, and you'll maximize your chances of getting all the problems correct. You of course must each submit your own solutions on Webassign. (Caution: note however that problems may differ numerically from student to student, so copying answers will often yield the incorrect solution.)There will be 2 midterm exams. They will be given on Tuesday, October 26 and Tuesday, November 23 as listed in the Syllabus. You must bring a Photo ID to all exams.
The final exam will take place on Saturday, December 11 in TBA. (see Ground rules for common finals).
You are allowed to use one handwritten, two-sided 8.5 by 11 sheet of notes.
GRAPHING CALCULATORS AND CELL PHONES ARE NOT ALLOWED during exams. You may use a scientific calculator.
There are no make-up exams. If you have a compelling and well-documented reason (which means mandatory attendence at a University sanctioned event) for missing a midterm, speak to the professor about it at least one week before the exam.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays you will meet with a Teaching Assistant in a smaller group.
This gives you a chance to get more of your questions answered. Tuessday's TA section
will be 80 minutes long so that, in addition to getting help with your homework, there
will be time for a worksheet that you can work on while the TA circulates and answers
questions.
You must do the worksheet during the section, you may not hand in an already
completed worksheet for credit.
You must print out the scheduled Worksheet and bring it with you to your TA section.
At the end of the class the TA will collect the worksheets and give you one of three
possible scores: 0 (if you did nothing or did not hand in a worksheet),
1 (if you left early or did very little), or 2 (if you clearly made an honest
effort to complete the worksheet). The average of these grades will be converted
into a score out of 30 points which will contribute to your overall course score as
described above. It should be clear that you should all plan on easily getting
all of these 30 points.
The midterm exams will be held in TA Sections.
The TA's are:
| Sections | Name | Office | |
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| CA & CB | Austin Phillips | GUG |
ajphil90@uw.edu |
| CC & DA | Jiashan Wang | PDL C-552 | jsw1119@math.washington.edu
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| DB & DC | Christian Rudnick | PDL C-113 | rudnickc@math.washington.edu
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You will need a scientific calculator for Math 124. It must have trigonometric functions, like Sin and Cos, as well as logarithms and exponentials (ln and exp). GRAPHING CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED on exams in Math 124. A graphing calculator is any device with a multiline display that has the ability to graph mathematical functions. See your instructor before the first exam if you are not certain if your calculator is acceptable.
As a courtesy to your instructor and your fellow students, please be sure to turn off your mobile phones before coming into the classroom. Any calls received during class will bring the classroom discussion to an abrupt halt and all attention will be diverted to the call recipient until the call is ended and phone turned off.
A grade of Incomplete will be given only if a student is doing satisfactory work up until the end of the quarter, and then misses the final exam due to a documented medical or family emergency.