Final examination

The MATH 101 final examination will take place on Monday, April 23, from 3:30–6:00 PM. Make sure that any travel plans you might make don't conflict with sitting the exam at this time. The final exam will cover the entire syllabus for the course. However, in order to ensure an equal course weighting to all the topics since the beginning of the course (and the topics covered by the midterm), 62% of the marks on the final exam relate to material covered since our midterm (starting with improper integrals). The exam will have a similar format to the final exams in the past three years, in that there is a mix of multiple-choice, short-answer, and then long-answer questions, for a total of 75 points.

The location of your final exam depends on your section:

UBC has very detailed policies about what constitutes a conflict with a final examination and what constitutes an exam hardship that requires rescheduling. If you have difficulties, disabilities, religious conflict, or three exams in a 24-hour period, check that web page to find out how to request an accommodation.

Preparing for the final exam

You should bring your UBC student ID to the final, as well as something to write with. (Pens are preferred, but pencils are allowed as long as they write darkly enough to be easily read. Ren pens are not allowed.) The final is completely closed book: you cannot bring any books or notes of any kind with you. Also, you cannot use calculators on the final. You will not be allowed to have phones, pencil cases, digital watches, or other electronic devices out while taking the final, nor will you be allowed to use headphones or earbuds; you will not be allowed to wear a baseball cap or any other hat with a brim.

The Math Exam/Education Resources wiki has final exams from the past several years. The makers of this resource (graduate students in mathematics) have tagged the problems according to topic, and they have included hints and solutions as well. Please make use of this website as it is a really good resource. You can find old final exams on the Mathematics department web page as well. It will also help you to review the list of MATH 101 learning outcomes. We also strongly suggest that you go through many of the CLP Problem Book Stage II type problems, and review the webwork problems. You can find old final exams on the Mathematics department web page as well. It will also help you to review the list of MATH 101 learning outcomes (this is the version from 2013 which has not changed much at all, except that you no longer need to be familiar with applications of differential equations such as mixing of salt solutions, population dynamics, etc.). In addition, please go through some of the midterm versions A--F with detailed solutions that are on the midterm page.

Here is a brief summary of some key topics .

Pre-Exam Office Hours

Your instructors may not hold their regular office hours during the exam period. We recommend you go to the website for your specific section and check there for exam-period office hours. Also see the MLC website for their exam-period times and two pre-exam problem solving sessions.

Special circumstances

From the Faculty of Science web site: "Students who miss a final exam due to illness or extreme personal distress and would like to apply for a deferred exam (a.k.a. SD) must report to the Science Information Centre within 48 hours of the missed exam...." Your performance in a course up to the exam is taken into consideration in granting a deferred exam status (for example, 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.

A student who wishes to view their final exam for pedagogic purposes may initiate this process by filling out the appropriate Mathematics department form. Note that this viewing of a final exam cannot change the grade of a final exam (except in the case of an obvious addition or recording error). Requesting a regrade of a final exam would be done at the university level by initiating a review of assigned standing procedure.