MATH 105
Integral Calculus with Applications to Commerce and Social Sciences
2012W Term 2

(This site is still undergoing construction)

This is the common page for all sections of MATH 105 in Term 2 of the 2012W session (January to April 2013). This page gives the course outline, suggested problems, course policies, other course information, and information on available resources.

There will be common weekly webwork assignments, and these can be accessed on this page. For section specific assignments and information please go to your own section site linked at the bottom of the page.

There will be three examinations (two midterm exams and one final exam), and the exams will be common to all sections of MATH 105. See the information below for examination dates. For section-specific information, please contact your instructor.


Text

Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Volume 2. Third custom edition for UBC. by Briggs and Cochran.
ISBN 10 digit: 1256805777. ISBN 13 digit: 9781256805779

This book is available at the UBC Bookstore.

You are free to use a different edition of the Briggs and Cochran textbook. Note that there may be differences in page number references and problem numbering between different editions. It is up to you to deal with any such potential inconsistencies if you use a different edtition of the text.

Grading schemes
Your grade normally will be computed based on the following formula: 50% Final Exam + 32% 2 Midterms + 10% Webwork Homework + 8% other(section specific).

Examinations

  1. THE FINAL EXAM for this course will be common to all sections of MATH 105. The exam will take place in April at a date to be announced. The final examination is board marked (i.e. all instructors teaching this course mark the exams together) to ensure consistency and fairness across sections. Calculators will not be allowed in the final exam.
  2. THE MIDTERM EXAMS for this course will be common to all sections of MATH 105. Midterm 1 will take place on Thursday, October 4, 6:30pm-7:20pm. Midterm 2 will take place on Thursday, November 8, 6:30pm-7:20pm. The midterm examinations are board marked (i.e. all instructors teaching this course mark the exams together) to ensure consistency and fairness across sections. CALCULATORS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED FOR THE MIDTERMS.

    1. The mark distribution for section specific term work may be scaled based on exam mark distributions of that section. These adjusted term marks would then be used to compute a student's final grade. Any scaling is performed to ensure fairness in the final grades across sections. It is not expected that such scalings would result in significant grade changes.
    2. No electronic devices will be allowed at the final examination. This includes calculators, cell phones, music players, and all other such devices. Formula sheets and other memory aids will not be allowed.
    3. Missing midterms: If a student misses a midterm, that student shall provide a documented excuse or a mark of zero will be entered for that midterm. Examples of valid excuses are an illness which has been documented by a physician and Student Health Services, or an absence to play a varsity sport (your coach will provide you with a letter). In the case of illness, the physicians note must contain the statement that ``this student was/is physically unfit to attend the examination on the scheduled date". There will be no make-up midterms, and the weight of the missed midterm will be transferred to the final examination. Please note that a student may NOT have 100% of their assessment based on the final examination. A student who has not completed a substantial portion of the term work normally shall not be admitted to the final examination.
    4. Missing the Final Exam: You will need to present your situation to the Dean's Office of your Faculty to be considered for a deferred exam. See the Calendar for detailed regulations. Your performance in a course up to the exam is taken into consideration in granting a deferred exam status (e.g. failing badly generally means you won't be granted a deferred exam). In Mathematics, generally students sit the next available exam for the course they are taking, which could be several months after the original exam was scheduled.
    5. UBC takes cheating incidents very seriously. After due investigation, students found guilty of cheating on tests and examinations are usually given a final grade of 0 in the course and suspended from UBC for one year. More information.

    6. Note that academic misconduct includes misrepresenting a medical excuse or other personal situation for the purposes of postponing an examination or quiz or otherwise obtaining an academic concession.

Course outline

  • Course Outline: This is a week-by-week schedule of course material together with suggested problems from the appropriate sections of the text.

  • Week-by-week detailed learning goals:
    1. Week 0 Learning Goals
    2. Week 1 Learning Goals
    3. Week 2 Learning Goals
    4. Week 3 Learning Goals
    5. Week 4 Learning Goals
    6. Week 5 Learning Goals
    7. Week 6 Learning Goals
    8. Week 7 Learning Goals
    9. Week 8 Learning Goals
    10. Week 9 Learning Goals
    11. Week 10 Learning Goals
    12. Weeks 11 and 12 Learning Goals


  • Supplementary notes
  • A business problem. for week one.

  • Here are some notes on Elasticity of Demand, notes on Compound interest for week 6.

  • Here are some (for week 6 and week 7)
    problems on Elasticity of Demand (with answers),
    problems on Continuous Compound Interest (with answers)
    problems on Related Rates in business (with answers)
    for week 7.



  • Webwork online homework
  • MATH104 Webwork site Link:
  • MATH184 Webwork site Link:
    Use your CWL to login to do your weekly on-line homework problem sets (some users have experienced difficulties when using Firefox to access Webwork. If this happens to you, please try to use another web browser) Due dates: Webwork assignments will be posted on Mondays, and due 9 days later on Tuesday at 8:00am (Webwork 0 is an exception to this post/due date schedule) Note that the intent of homework is to help you learn the material, and therefore it should be done as you are studying.


  • MATH 184 Workshops
    Students in MATH 184 are required to attend a weekly 1.5 hour workshop in addtion to the lecture portion of the course. The workshop portion of MATH 184 is valued at 10% of your final grade. More information about these workshops can be found here.

    Extra help
  • Each instructor will hold a few (2-3) office hours per week for students in his/her section of MATH 104 or MATH 184.

  • Drop-in Tutorials: There is a drop-in tutorial centre in LSK 301/302. Graduate student TAs are there to help you during specified times starting Monday, September 13th.

  • The AMS offers tutoring services.
    1. Individual Section Links
      MATH 104:

    2. Section 101 (Burda)
    3. Section 102 (Rechnitzer)
    4. Section 103 (Chau)
    5. Section 104 (Burda)
    6. Section 105 (Lindstrom)
    7. Section 106 (Ramdorai)
    8. Section 107 (Moyles)
    9. Section 108 (Blois)
    10. Section 109 (Pfeiffer)

      MATH 184:

    11. Section 101 (Rechnitzer)
    12. Section 102 (Hamieh)
    13. Section 103 (Liu)
    14. Section 105 (Folz)



      PRECALCULUS REVIEW MATERIALS
    15. Basic background materials
    16. Common Errors Students Make (from Vanderbilt University)
    17. If you are interested in some examples which may help you see the more subtle points about the relationship between continuity and differentiabiity, check out Dr Vogel's Gallery of Calculus Pathologies.
      Page updated: August 2012.
      Page maintained by Albert Chau.