MATH 101, Winter 2012 — Integral Calculus with Applications to Physical Sciences and Engineering

This is the common page for all sections of MATH 101 in Term 2 of the 2011W session (January–April, 2012) . This page gives the course outline, homework problems, some old exams, course policies, other course information, and information on available resources. For section-specific information, please contact your instructor.

Text: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 7th edition by James Stewart. This is the first year this edition is being used. You may be able to use an older edition instead, but homework problems will be assigned only from the 7th edition.
 
Notes:
  1. The UBC Bookstore sells a package that includes the textbook and the Student Solutions Manual for Single Variable Calculus.
  2. You might be able to use the textbook in follow-up UBC MATH second- and third-year multivariable- and vector-calculus courses (MATH 200, 217, 226, 227, 253, and 317), depending on future textbook adoptions for these courses. Decisions on textbook adoptions for these courses in 2012W will be made in the spring of 2012. MATH 200, 253, and 317 are using Stewart’s 6th edition (which was used in MATH 101 in 2010W) in 2011W.

GRADING SCHEME

There will be two common evening midterm exams during the term and a common final exam in April for all sections of MATH 101. The midterms are each worth 17.5% of your grade, and the final exam 50%. The remaining 15% is for homework and quizzes; see here for details. The final exam will not be automatically weighted higher for students who perform better on it than they did during the term, although some allowance may be made for students who perform much better on the final exam than they did during the term.

The dates and times of the midterm exams are given below. If you have a valid conflict, you will be allowed to write an alternate midterm at another time. Only conflicts with scheduled UBC activities are considered valid; you are expected to resolve all other conflicts yourself. Conflicts must be reported by sending an email message including your full name and UBC student number, your MATH 101 section number, and the conflicting UBC activity to Mar Ness in the Mathematics Department office, ness (at) math (dot) ubc (dot) ca.

  1. Midterm Exam 1: Tue. Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.; covers Week 1 – 4 inclusive in the course outline; see here for locations.
  2. Midterm Exam 2: Mon. Mar. 19, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.; covers Week 5 – 9 inclusive in the course outline; see here for locations.

Please memorize your section number and instructor’s name, since you will be asked for this information when you write the midterms and final exam.

COURSE POLICIES

  1. At least 2/3 of the questions on the midterm and final exams will be similar to homework problems.
  2. No calculators or electronic communication devices are allowed on the midterm or final exams.
  3. Self-prepared “cheat sheets” are not allowed on the midterm or final exams, and reference formula sheets will not be provided. However, relevant formulas may be given for particular problems, as part of the problem statement. See here for a list of formulas you do not need to memorize.

CHEATING

UBC takes cheating incidents very seriously. After due investigation, students found guilty of cheating on tests and exams are usually given a final grade of 0 in the course and suspended from UBC for one year. More information

AP AND IB CALCULUS SCORES

If you have a score of 4 or 5 in AP Calculus BC, you can claim credit (without a grade) for MATH 101. A sufficiently high score in IB Higher Level Mathematics also entitles you to claim credit for MATH 101. More information

PREREQUISITE FOR MATH 101

The prerequisite for MATH 101 is one of MATH 100, 102, 104, 110, 180, 184 or equivalent, i.e. a university-level course in differential calculus.

RESOURCES

The following resources are available for getting help in the course, in addition to your instructor’s office hours: