MATH 34A

   Instructor: Azer Akhmedov
   Office: 6702 South Hall.
   E-mail: akhmedov A.T. math.ucsb.edu
   Phone: 893 2889
   Office Hours:  Tuesday 9:30am-11:00am,
                            Thursday 3:30pm-5:00pm.

    SECTIONS:

Huang, Xiaoling (xiaoling@math.ucsb.edu)
M 7:00- 7:50 GIRV 2108  
M 4:00- 4:50 GIRV 2115 
M 5:00- 5:50 GIRV 2123 
M 6:00- 6:50 NH 1111 

Case, Jeffrey (casej@math.ucsb.edu)
M 8:00- 8:50 GIRV 2129   
M 5:00- 5:50 GIRV 2112    
W 6:00- 6:50 NH 1111 
W 7:00- 7:50 PHELP 1448  

  Attending discussion sections is mandatory. Quizzes will be offered several times during the quarter.
We do not have fixed times for quizzes, but we'll announce it at least a week earlier.

   
    QRADING POLICY:  Homework - 20%,  Midterm - 25%,   Quizzes -  15%, Final  - 40%

 
 
                                                    ANNOUNCEMENT

    1. QUIZ #1 is on the week of Jan.30-Feb.02  in (during) sections.

    2. Midterm covers sections 1.2., 1.3., 1.4., 1.7., 3.1., 3.2., and 4.1. 
      
       I'll distribute a SAMPLE TEST in class.   

    3.  MAKE UP MIDTERM is on Feb.16th, 10-11:15am, South Hall, Room 6617.

    4.  MAKEP UP QUIZ is on Feb.14th during office hours.

    5.  QUIZ #2 is on the week of Feb.27th-Mar.02 in (during) sections. It covers the
         sections 3.1, 3.2, and 4.1.

    6.  QUIZ #3 is on the week of Mar.06-Mar.09 in (during) sections. It covers the
        section 6.1.

    7.  Here is a SAMPLE TEST.  WARNING: This test is just a sample and has no real connection
         with the actual Final Exam.

    8. Final is cumulative. It covers all sections in the course schedule (see below) except 8.8.
       
 


  MIDTERM:    February 07.  In class.
                            Books, calculators and notecards are not allowed.  Please bring ID and one big bluebook.

   FINAL EXAM:  Thursday, March 23, 8am-11am. In classroom.
                             No books or calculators!  One 3X5 notecard is allowed. Please bring ID and one big bluebook.

    TEXTBOOK:    Daryl Cooper, Calculus and Mathematical Reasoning for Social and Life Sciences

    The course will cover the following sections:

    Chapter 1.       Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
    Chapter 3.       Sections 1, 2.
    Chapter 4.       Sections 1, 2, 3.
    Chapter 6.       Sections 1, 2, 3.
    Chpater 7.       Sections 1 - 12.
    Chapter 8.       Sections 1 - 13.


    Course Schedule:   See below.

  

   WEBWORK:      We will use webwork. It is located at http://webwork.math.ucsb.edu   The username and password has
                                 been sent to you already. If you did not receive it that means you are either not registered officially, or you
                                 have registered later, or you are not using your official e-mail address. In either case, please let me know.
                                 I encourage you to use university accounts in webwork, instead of  yahoo, hotmail, aol etc.

                                 It is your responsibility to check the webwork and do homework problems there before the deadline.

    HOMEWORK:   You will find all info in WEBWORK.
                                  The deadline for the first hwk is on Wednesday, Jan.18th, 8:45pm.  

     Not open for credit to students who have completed Mathematics 3A.  A mastery of basic algebra is required. Make sure that you refresh your memory! Although we will review basic concepts during the first few lectures, it is up to you to make sure that you are comfortable with high school algebra.  The main reason people fail this course is because they do not have a firm grasp of basic algebra.

  

                                 TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

Date
 Section
                           Topic                                                                              
Tu1/10  
1.2.
 Distributivity
Tr1/12
1.3.
 Fractions
Tu1/17
 1.4.
 Solving Equations
Tr 1/19
 1.7.
 Pythagoras' Theorem
Tu 1/24
 3.1.
 Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving
Tr 1/26
 3.2.
 Word Problems
Tu 1/31
 4.1.
 Dimensions and Units
Tr 2/2
 4.2.
 Aeas and Volumes
Tu 2/7
MIDTERM
Tr 2/9
 5.1&5.2.
 Error and Relative Error. The change in f(x)
Tu 2/14
 5.3.
 Adding Things Up. Summation Notation.
Tr 2/16
 6.1.
 Parametric Equation of Straight Line
Tu 2/21
 6.2.
 Linear Functions and Proportionality
Tr 2/23
 7.1-7.3
 Logarithms I
Tu 2/28
 7.4-7.7
 Logarithms II
Tr 3/2
 7.9-7.13
 Logarithms III
Tu 3/7
 8.1-8.3.
 Speed. Velocity. Average Rate. Slope.
Tr 3/9
 8.4.-8.7.
 Derivative. Tangent Line. Differentiation.
Tu 3/14
 8.9-8.10
 Differentiation. Sign of a Derivative.