Math 103 Integral Calculus with Applications to Life Sciences section 201, Winter 2011

Instructor: Lu Li
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 MWF
Location: MATX 1100
Main Course Website

Email: luli@math.ubc.ca

Announcement:
Final exam is scheduled on April 11, 8:30-12 slot, at BIOL 2000. (You will have enough time to catch an exam starting at 12.) The deadline to report a conflict or hardship is Mar 11, to Margaret Ness at ness@math.ubc.ca.

Office Hours

MATX 1118
Tuesday, Thursday 15:30-16:30 Wednesday 11:00-12:00

Course Notes

This course will closely follow a set of comprehensive COURSE NOTES designed by Leah Keshet for this course.

Midterms and Final

The exams will be common across all sections of M103 at the same time. Makeup exams will not be administered. If you have a legitimate (and immovable) conflict, let me know by e-mail as soon as possible and some form of allowance will be made.

Midterm 1:
    Time: Feb. 8 Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm
    Location: WESB 100
    Content: Chapter 1-4 of the course notes
    Other: No calculator
    Formulae to remember
    Checklist of basics for midterm 1 (updated on 02/17)

Midterm 2:
    Time: Mar. 14 Wed 5:30-6:20pm
Location: WESB 100
Content: Chapter 5-7
    Solutions to Problem sets 6, 7 will be unlocked by Friday Mar 9.
    Slides of the review class on Mar 11 (with a list of trigonometric formula)

Final:
    Time: Apr. 11, Wed
Location: BIOL 2000
    Resources:
          Solutions to midterms
          Math Department Past Exam Database (no solutions)
          Free Tutoring in Math Learning Center
          Math Club has exam package for sale
          UBC wiki Exam Resources (two old exams with detailed solutions)

Grading

Homework: 8%
Labs: 7%
Clicker Participation: 5%
Midterms: 40% (20% each)
Final: 40%

Homework Policies

Homework will generally be due one week after it is assigned. All assignments will be posted on this website and I will let you know in class when a new assignment is posted. A majority of the homework problems will be drawn from a PROBLEM SET associated with the Course Notes. When posting an assignment, I will tell you which section it is from as well as which problems you are expected to turn in. On occasion, problems from another source will be assigned.

All homework must be turned in by the beginning of class on the due date. NO LATE HW WILL BE ACCEPTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Homework can be turned in at class or my office hours. Also, scanned and e-mailed homework will not be accepted. For each assignment, selected problems will be graded thoroughly (usually on a 3, 4, or 5 point scale depending on the complexity of the problem) and the rest will be graded as either attempted or not attempted (for 0 or 1 point). Solutions for ALL assigned problems will be posted. In most cases, homework will be returned within 1 week of its due date.

Begin early. The best time may be shortly following the lecture while the material is still fresh in your mind. This is your time to determine if you understand the concepts. If not, look at the course notes. If that does not help, come see me in office hours. It is also useful to work with your classmates in order to share ideas and compare results. The work you submit however should be your own.

Keep your work organized and legible. A correct final answer is NOT sufficient to receive full credit on a graded problem. All work must be shown in a CLEAR and NEAT fashion. Problems which are not legible will NOT be graded!

The following policies must be followed on each and every homework assignment.

Full name written legibly at the top of the first page.
All pages are STAPLED together at the top left corner. A paper clip does not count, they easily come off and can bind your assignment to others in the stack. I will not have a stapler with me in class, so come prepared!
Write only on ONE SIDE of each page turned in. Paper tends to be see through, and writing on both sides makes it harder to read.

Assigned Homework

Solutions are unlocked bi-weekly on the main course page.
Please check the assignment links below after the due date for grading lines.

Assignment 1 due Jan 13
Assignment 2 due Jan 20
Assignment 3 due Jan 27
Assignment 4 due Feb 3
Assignment 5 due Feb 17 (Include problems of Chap 5 & 6, start early)
Assignment 6 due Mar 9 (Updated Mar 4. Problem 7.20 removed.)
Assignment 7 due Mar 23
Assignment 8 due Mar 30
Assignment 9 never due

Labs

For a description of the labs see the lab page.

You must be registered in a lab section as well as the lecture section. If you have trouble getting into a lab section, come to the Math Department registration sessions.
You are responsible for completing six computer labs (see the lab page for more information). You can do the labs at home or in Leonard S. Klinck (LSK), Room 121 at any time.
If you are unfamiliar with the labs or do not have an account, you should visit the labs in the second week of classes (first week of labs). Your MATH 102 account from last term will probably still work but try it to make sure.
Any difficulties with the labs should be directed to the lab instructors, not me.
Labs should be handed in to me in class on the due date. All policies which applied to the homework outlined above apply to the labs as well. Be sure to put your full name, section number (the lecture section number, 201 not the lab section number), and the number of the problem that you did, at the top right of the page you hand in.

Clicker Usage

We will be using clickers for this course. These can be purchased at the bookstore. More information regarding clickers can be found at the UBC e-learning website . Note that you must tie your clicker to your student number through the Vista system. If you do not do this, I will not know you participated and you will not receive credit.

Please have your clicker out and at the ready at the beginning of every lecture. You will have to key in a code so that your clicker will be recognized by the receiver in the room. I will try to give you a reminder and this code will be posted at the beginning of every lecture (though it will be the same for every lecture). The first two lectures (Jan. 4, 6) will allow you to get used to the equipment and deal with any malfunctions and so will not be graded. Official grading of clicker participation will begin on Monday Jan. 9.

Clicker participation will count for 5% of your final grade. A few questions will be posed throughout each lecture. These are NOT quizzes and you will not be graded on correctness, only on participation. If you participate in 80% of the clicker questions throughout the term, you will receive full marks.

The use of clickers is intended to enhance your classroom experience. So please, be honest with your responses.

Other Important Notes

There are no make-up midterms but if you miss a midterm for a legitimate reason (e.g. illness, with a doctor's note), allowances will be made.
All marks are subject to scaling. This ensures fairness of the final grades across the sections.
No calculators for the midterms and finals.

Extra Assistance

Math Learning Center
AMS Tutoring

Course Outline

Week	Lecture Topic	Notes
Jan. 4-6	Areas, volumes and simple sums
Jan. 9-13	Areas in the plane
Jan. 16-20	The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Jan. 23-27	Applications of the definite integral to rates, velocities and densities	Jan. 27: Lab 1 due
Jan. 30-Feb. 3	Applications of the definite integral to calculating volume and length	Feb. 3: Lab 2 due.
Feb. 6-10	Techniques of Integration	Feb. 8: Midterm 1.
Feb. 13-17	Discrete probability	Feb. 17: Lab 3 due.
Feb. 20-24	Midterm break
Feb. 27-March 2	Discrete probability
March 5-9	Continuous probability	March 9: Lab 4 due
March 12-16	Continuous probability	March 14: Midterm 2
March 19-23	Differential Equations	March 23: Lab 5 due
March 26-30	Infinite series, improper integrals, and Taylor series
April 2-6	Review	April 4: Lab 6 due