MATH 141: HW Assignments, Quizzes, Exams

• Aug 24: pp.12--14 [Probs. 1--24]
  
• Aug 27: pp.36--39 [1, 15--18, 29, 30, 35--38, 40--44, 46, 53, 55, 61, 63, 71, 73, 74]
  
• Aug 28: [Quiz #1, S09] [Quiz #1, S10]
  
• Aug 29: p.49 [15--20]
  
• Aug 31: p.51 [29, 30, 31, 33, 34] pp.74--75 [1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12b, 13, 14, 15]
  
• Sep 04: [Quiz #2, S09] [Quiz #2, S10]
  
• Sep 05: p.93 [1ab, 2ab, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17]
  
• Sep 07: pp.110--111 [1--6] pp.121--122 [1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30]
  
• Sep 10: p.122 [34, 36] pp.131--132 [8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 26, 28, 34]
  
• Sep 11: [Quiz #3, S09] [Quiz #3, S10]
  
• Sep 12: pp.132--133 [44, 48, 50, 56, 58, 66, 67, 69, 70] p.153 [14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25]
  
• Sep 14: pp.141--143 [9--16, 22, 30, 48, 60]
  
• Sep 17: no HW today
  
• Sep 18: Review Session
  
• Sep 19: EXAM #1. (sections 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5). It will be a 50-minute test with 9 questions, one from each section taught. There will be at least one story problem.
  
• Sept 21: p.160 [1--8, 12, 14, 17, 22, 25, 28, 36, 38]
• Sept 24: p.187 [7--14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22]
• Sept 25: [Quiz #4, S09] [Quiz #4, S10]
• Sept 26: p. 196 [2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24]
• Sept 28: p.203 [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27] p.207 [1--16]
• Oct 01: p.207--208 [29, 35, 36] p.214--216 [1--4, 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 31, 37, 43, 44, 72, 73]
• Oct 02: [Quiz #5, S09] [Quiz #5, S10]
• Oct 03: p.241 [9--20]
• Oct 05: pp.247--248 [1, 2, 4, 7, 9--32, 39, 41, 43]
• Oct 08: pp.221--222 [1--4, 10,11,13]
• Oct 09: [Quiz #6, S09] [Quiz#6, S10]
• Oct 10: pp.254--255 [27--30, 58, 59, 61, 62, 65] p.263 [odds in 5--33]
• Oct 15: p.63 [9--15] p.254 [33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 47]
• Oct 16: Review Session
• Oct 17: p.276 [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 24]
• Oct 19: EXAM #2. (sections 2.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4). 50-minute test with 11 questions, one from each section taught. There will be at least one story problem on "related rates"
• Oct 22: pp.287--288 [3, 4ab, 5a, 6a, 9, 13, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 45--49]
• Oct 23: [Quiz #7, S09] [Quiz #7, S10]
• Oct 24: p.299 [1--14]
• Oct 26: p.307 [7--10, 17--24]
• Oct 29: p.318 [1--5, 11, 17--23]
• Oct 30: [Quiz #8, S09] [Quiz #8, S10]
• Oct 31: p.334 [1--12, 13a,14ab]
• Nov 02: pp.343--344 [13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26]
• Nov 05: p.363 [1, 5, 7, 9, 11--23]
• Nov 06: [Quiz #9, S09] [Quiz #9, S10]
• Nov 07: pp.363--364 [24--29, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41, 43]
• Nov 09: pp.371--372 [1--6, 9--49]
• Nov 12: Review
• Nov 13: [Quiz #10, S09] [Quiz #10, S10] & Review
• Nov 14: p.354 [13--18] p.394 [11--14, 19--23, 25, 26]
• Nov 16: pp.383--384 [1--8, 11-16, 39, 40, 45, 46, 56]
• Nov 19: EXAM #3. (sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 5.8, 6.2, 6.3) 50-minute test with 10 questions, one from each section taught. There will be at least two story problems, one in "Applied Maximum and Minimum", and one in "Rectilinear Motion".
• Nov 26: pp.417--418 [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 37--40, 44, 46]
• Nov 27: [Quiz #11, S09] [Quiz #11, S10]
• Nov 28: p.407 [9--27] p.434 [1ac, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14]
  [Quiz #12, S09] [Quiz #12, S10]
• Nov 30: pp.434--435 [15--18, 21--23, 25]
  [Quiz #13, S09] [Quiz #13, S10]
• Dec 03: Review Session (1/4)
• Dec 04: Review Session (2/4)
• Dec 05: Review Session (3/4)
• Dec 07: Review Session (4/4)

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• Dec 12: FINAL EXAM. 5:30 PM -- 8:30 PM.

MATH 141: Meeting Times

Lectures:	MWF 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM	LeConte 412
Problem Sessions:	Sect 09. T 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM	LeConte 115
	Sect 10. T 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM	LeConte 115
Computer Labs:	Sect 09. Th 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM	LeConte 102
	Sect 10. Th 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM	LeConte 102

MATH 141: Office Hours

ThF 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM in LeConte 313A, or by appointment.

MATH 141: Teaching Assistant

Arnab Bose Office Hours: MW 2:30 - 3:30 pm in LeConte 300A. Phone: 7-3516 e-mail: bose_arnab80 at yahoo dot com

MATH 141: Prerequisites

Qualifications through placement or a grade of C or better in MATH 112 or 115.

Placement tests are scheduled as follows (no appointment is necessary)

• Th Aug 23. 5:30 PM. LeConte 113
• M Aug 27. 5:30 PM. LeConte 113
• W Nov 7. 5:30 PM. LeConte 112

MATH 141: Text

Calculus: Early Transcendentals by H. Anton, I. Bivens and S. Davis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005 (eighth edition)

MATH 141: Course Structure and Grading Policies

Homework problems will be assigned at the end of each lecture. However, they will not be collected and graded. Your final score for the course will be computed as follows:

• Computer Labs: 15% of the course grade.

  [http://www.math.sc.edu/calclab/141L-F07/]

• Quizzes: 20% of the course grade. Only the 10 best scores are counted.

  A ten-minute quiz will be given during the problem session. There will be no make-up quizzes, since only the best 10 grades count towards the course grade.

• Midterms: each test counts 15%, for a total of 45% of the course grade.

  There will be three in-class midterm exams scheduled as follows:

  Test #	Date
  1	Wed Sep 19
  2	Fri Oct 19
  3	Mon Dec 19

  No make-up tests will be given. Only medical, death in the family, religious or official USC business reasons are valid excuses for missing a test and must be verified by letter from a doctor, guardian or supervisor to the instructor.

• Final exam: 20% of the course grade.

  The final exam is scheduled on Wednesday, December 12, from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

The course grade will be determined as follows:

GRADE	RANGE
A	90%-100%
B+	85%-89%
B	80%-84%
C+	75%-79%
C	70%-74%
D+	65%-69%
D	60%-64%
F	below 60%

MATH 141: Introduction Materials. Further Information

• Syllabus [www.math.sc.edu/~blanco/syllabus.pdf]
• Remember to change your e-mail address on Blackboard [blackboard.sc.edu]
• ADA: If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Dissabilities Act and need any assistance, please notify the instructor immediately.
• The Math Tutoring Center is a free tutoring service for all 100-level math courses. Students may also get help for math 221, 222, or 241 but preference is given to students seeking help in 100-level courses. No appointment is necessary. It opens on Tuesday, September 4th and the schedule is at follows:

  Monday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (LeConte 105) Monday - Thursday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Bates House) Monday - Thursday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Columbia Hall) Monday - Thursday 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Sims)

  The evening locations are all located in campus residence halls, but students may use any location regardless of where they live. Further information about tutor schedules, holidays, finals week, and private tutors is available at [www.math.sc.edu/mathlab.html]
• The Supplemental Instructor for this course is Vy Doan. She will be holding three sessions a week in the Student Success Center (SSC) located in the top floor of the library. The sessions times are as follows:

  Monday 7-8 pm SSC 2 Wednesday 3-4 SSC 2 Thursday 5-6 SSC 2

  Any questions can be directed to doanvn at mailbox dot sc dot edu.