Fall 2014
Math 131

Section Day/Time Room Location Instructor
1 MWF 9AM-10AM Rebstock 215 Prof Blake Thornton
2 MWF 11AM-12PM Brown 100 Prof Blake Thornton
A Th 8AM-9AM Lopata 229 Meredith Sargent
B Th 8AM-9AM Cupples 1 115 Wei Wang
C Th 9AM-10AM Lopata 229 Meredith Sargent
D Th 9AM-10AM Cupples 2 200 Liqun Yu
E Th 10AM-11AM Lopata 229 Meredith Sargent
F Th 10AM-11AM Cupples 1 115 Wei Wang
G Th 10AM-11AM Cupples 2 200 Liqun Yu
H Th 11AM-12PM Cupples 2 200 Liqun Yu
I Th 11AM-12PM Cupples 1 115 Wei Wang
J Th 12PM-1PM Lopata 229 Meredith Sargent
K Th 12PM-1PM Cupples 2 200 Liqun Yu
Instructor:Blake Thornton
Office: Cupples 1, Room 108A
Email: blake@math.wustl.edu
Office Hours: MWF 12-1. Please feel free to stop by at other times or make an appointment.

Teaching Assistants
Meredith Sargent: msargent@math.wustl.edu
Wei Wang: wwang@math.wustl.edu
Liqun Yu: yuliqun@math.wustl.edu

Discussion Sections
You will meet with your TA every Thursday (starting with the first Thursday of class). In these meetings, you will learn new material and topics as well as work on problem solving. Come to these meetings prepared by doing your homework and bringing questions.

Help:

Text: Hass, Univesity Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 2nd edition.
We will plan to cover most/parts of chapters 1-5
You only need the book, not a mymathlab code

Calculators:
While you are free to use any calculator for your homework, you will only be allowed to use a non-graphing calculator for exams. Here are some examples of legal calculators:

WeBWorK
You will do weekly homework online. You are responsible for making sure this is done by the due date.

Recommended Homework
The textbook contains an enormous number of homework exercises at the end of each section. You will get the most out of the course if you do all of these. I will recommend a subset of these problems for you to do. These will not be collected or graded.

The list of recommended problems is probably too long to reasonably expect that you do all of them. Even if you do not do any of these recommended problems (not recommended!), I strongly encourage you to look the problems over to get a sense of types of problems I think you should be able to do.

Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL)
The PLTL program is voluntary but highly recommended. You can apply to the program here: PLTL Applications.

Study Suggestions - What to do daily and weekly
Exams:
Exam Schedule
Exam 1 Wed Sept 17, 7:00-9:00PM
Exam 2 Wed Oct 22, 7:00-9:00PM
Exam 3 Wed Nov 19, 7:00-9:00PM
Final Thurs Dec 11, 3:30-5:30PM

Grades: Your final grades will be computed according to the following formula:
	    Grade = ( sum(e1, e2, e3, 2*e4) - min(e1, e2, e3, e4) + webwork )/5
	  
Basically this means that all exams and homework are weighted equally, the final exam can replace your lowest semester exam.

Grading scale without divisions for plus/minus. The scale may be adjusted slightly, in your favor, at the end of the semester.

F D C B A
0-50 50-60 60-70 70-85 85-100

Pass/Fail Policy: You must get at least a C- to earn a "Pass".

Disability Resources (DR): Special accommodations for exams are offered to students who have registered in a timely manner at Disability Resources (DR). Information about DR may be found at http://disability.wustl.edu/ Students who desire to take advantage of this service should go to the DR early in the semester, well before the first exam. Once approved for accommodations, students in Math 131 should work with DR for these exams.


Links


Tentative Schedue and Handouts:
The schedule is tentative and will be updated more or less daily.
Week Dates Sections
&
Recommended
Homework
Notes Handouts
H: Handout
S: With Sols
Webwork
1 Aug 25 - Aug 29 1.1: 1-6
1.2: 7-14, 17-20
1.3: 1-28, 51-54
1.4: None
1.5: 1-28
1.6: 1-6, 11-16, 19-36
First day of class Mon Aug 25
Chapter 1 should be review for everyone
Aug 25: H S
Aug 27: H S
Aug 29: H S
No WW
2 Sept 1 - Sept 5 2.1: 1-14
2.2: 1-4, 5-6, 9-10, 11-50, 63-66, 67, 73, 75
No class Monday Sept 3: H S
Sept 5: H S
WW01 Due
3 Sept 8 - Sept 12 2.3: 7-14 (material not on test)
2.4: 1-10, 11-18, 21-40
2.5: 1-10, 39-48
Sept 8: H S
Sept 10: H S
Sept 12: H S
WW02 Due
4 Sept 15 - Sept 19 2.6: 1-36, 37-48, 69-79
3.1: 1-26
3.2: 1-22, 27-31
Exam 1: 9/17, 7-9PM (Sections 1.1-2.5)
Exam 1
Exam 1 Sols
Sept 15: H S
Sept 17 (Exam Review): H S
Sept 19: H S
WW03 Due
5 Sept 22 - Sept 26 3.3: 1-54
3.4: 1-8, 15-18, 20-22
Notes from Meredith:
Calculus the Musical (Listen!)
Sept 22: H S
Sept 24: H S
Sept 26: H S
WW04 Due
6 Sept 29 - Oct 3 3.5: 1-38
3.6: 1-86
Sept 29: H S
Oct 1: H S
Oct 3: H S
WW05 Due
7 Oct 6 - Oct 10 3.7: 1-42
3.8: 1-96
3.9: 1-42
Oct 6: H S
Oct 8: H S
Oct 10: H S
WW06 Due
8 Oct 13 - Oct 17 3.10: 1-27
3.11: 1-44
Fall Break Oct 13: H S
Oct 15: H S
WW07 Due
9 Oct 20 - Oct 24 4.1: 1-20, 21-40, 41-44
Exam 2: 10/22, 7-9PM
Exam 2
Exam 2 Sols
Oct 20: H S
Oct 22 (Exam Review): H S
Oct 24: H S
WW08 Due
10 Oct 27 - Oct 31 4.2: 1-8, 9-16,29-38
4.3: 1-44, 45-56
Oct 27: H S
Oct 29: No Handouts
Oct 31: H S
WW09 Due
11 Nov 3 - Nov 7 4.4: 1-58,59-70, 81-84, 85-100
4.5: 1-50, 51-66, 67-74,75-77
Nov 3: H S
Nov 5: H S
Nov 7: H S
WW10 Due
12 Nov 10 - Nov 14 4.6: 1-36
4.7: 1-8
4.8: 1-82
Nov 10: H S
Nov 12: H S
Nov 14: H S
WW11 Due
13 Nov 17 - Nov 21 5.1: 1-8
5.2: 1-15, 39,43
5.3: 1-22, 29-35
Exam 3: 11/19, 7-9PM (Sections 4.1-4.6)
Exam3.pdf Exam3-solutions.pdf
Nov 17: H S
Nov 19 (Exam Review): H S
Nov 21: H S
WW12 Due
14 Nov 24 - Nov 28 5.4: 1-56
Thanksgiving Nov 24: H S NO WW
15 Dec 1 - Dec 5 5.5:
Last day on Friday Dec 1: DNE
Dec 3: H S
Dec 5 (Exam Review): H S
WW13 Due
16 Dec 8 - Dec 12 Office Hours:
Tues 2-4
Wed 2-4
Final Exam Thurs 12/11, 3:30PM
Final Exam.pdf Final Exam-solutions.pdf