Math 127H Calculus for Life and Social Sciences I (Honors) Fall 2005

Announcement: Review session: Monday, December 19, 5:10 PM -- 6:00 PM in LGRT 113.

Instructor: Ivan Soprunov
Office: LGRT 1223J
Phone: (413) 545-2856
E-mail: isoprou at math dot umass dot edu
Mailbox: LGRT 1623D
Office Hours: Tu, Th 9:00-10:30 AM or by appointment

Course materials:

Class schedule:

Lecture: MWF 11:15--12:05 in LGRT 113

Quizzes:

There will be five or six 10-min quizzes at the beginning of class. Each quiz will have a single problem similar to a homework problem.

functions and graphs

limits and continuity

derivatives

implicit differentiation and related rates

optimization problems

Exams:

Midterm 1: Fri October 14, 5:00-7:00 in LGRT 101
Midterm 2: Tue November 22, 6:00-8:00 in LGRT 321
Final exam: Thu December 22, 10:30-12:30 in LGRC A 301

Homework:

homework problems

Grading:

Course Grade = Homework (20%) + Quizzes (10%) + Exam 1 (20%) + Exam 2 (20%) + Final (30%)

Grading scale

87% $\leq$ A- 90%	90% $\leq$ A $\leq$ 100%	:)
77% $\leq$ B- 80%	80% $\leq$ B $\leq$ 83%	83% $\leq$ B+ $\leq$ 87%
67% $\leq$ C- 70%	70% $\leq$ C $\leq$ 73%	73% $\leq$ C+ $\leq$ 77%
0% $\leq$ F 60%	60% $\leq$ D $\leq$ 63%	63% $\leq$ D+ $\leq$ 67%

Text:

Claudia Neuhauser, Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall