Office : South Hall, Room 6502
Telephone: 805-893-3878
Email : sjoo at math.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Friday 1:00 - 2:30pm ,or by appointment
course homepage : http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~sjoo/Courses/ma3A.html
Teaching Assistant
John C Cloutier
Office: South Hall, 6431K.
Office Hours: Thursday 11-12pm(6431K), Tuesday 2-4pm (mathlab)
Email : john at math.ucsb.edu
Discussion Sections
Textbook: Calculus, by Stewart, 6th edition. However, all homework is done online and so could easily be done by a student making a different textbook choice. See comparison of textbooks.
Course description: Math 3A is the first course of a two quarter sequence in Differential and Integral Calculus. We will cover chapters 1-4 of the textbook.
Assignments and Grading Policy: Webwork will be used for homework. Your permnumber will be used for both your username and password. You can change your password after your first login. Homework will be assigned on Fridays, and will be due the following Friday. Note that selected homework problems (or similar) may be given on tests. This is why it is crucial for you to do the homework before each class and, moreover, remember the ideas and techniques used in your solutions. Late homeworks will not be accepted.
Quizzes: There will be pop-quizes at the lecture and regular quizzes during the disscusion section. The lowest quiz score will be dropped for the final grade. Quizzes cannot be made up.
Tests: There will be a midterm and a final exam. Make-up exams will only be given in exceptional circumstances, and then only when notice is given to me before hand and a suitable written excuse forthcoming.
Stewart 1.5, 1.6, 2.1-2.3, 2.5-2.8, 3.1(except the derivatives of exponential functions)
Smith & Minton 0.3-0.5, 1.1-1.5,2.1-2.3
Grading:
Help: Mathlab in South Hall 1607 is staffed M-F noon-5pm by TA's who will be happy to help you. Help is also available through CLAS, the Campus Learning AssistanceService. See http://www.clas.ucsb.edu
| Lecture | Day | Topic | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M 01/07 | Inverse Functions | 1.6 |
| 2 | W 01/09 | Exponential Functions and Logarithms | 1.5, 1.6 |
| 3 | F 01/11 | Trigometric Functions and its Inverse | 1.6 |
| 4 | M 01/14 | The Limit of a Function | 2.2 |
| 5 | W 01/16 | Limit Laws | 2.2, 2.3 |
| 6 | F 01/18 | Limit Laws | 2.3, 2.5 |
| 7 | M 01/21 | Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday | |
| 8 | W 01/23 | Continuity | 2.5 |
| 9 | F 01/25 | Limit at Infinity | 2.6 |
| 10 | M 01/28 | Derivativesand Rates of Change | 2.7 |
| 11 | W 01/30 | The Derivative as a Function | 2.8 |
| 12 | F 02/01 | Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions | 3.1 |
| 13 | M 02/04 | The Product and Quotient Rules | 3.2 |
| 14 | W 02/06 | Review | |
| 15 | F 02/08 | Midterm | |
| 16 | M 02/11 | Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions | 3.3 |
| 17 | W 02/13 | The Chain Rule | 3.4 |
| 18 | F 02/15 | Implicit Differentiation | 3.5 |
| 19 | M 02/18 | Presidents' Day | |
| 20 | W 02/20 | Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions | 3.6 |
| 21 | F 02/22 | Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences | 3.7 |
| 22 | M 02/25 | Related Rates | 3.9 |
| 20 | W 02/27 | Maximum and Minimum Values | 4.1 |
| 21 | F 02/29 | The Mean Value Theorem | 4.2 |
| 22 | M 03/03 | How Derivatives Affects the Shape of a Graph | 4.3 |
| 23 | W 03/05 | Indeterminate Forms and L'Hospital's Rule | 4.4 |
| 24 | F 03/07 | Summary of Curve Sketching | 4.5 |
| 25 | M 03/10 | Optimization Problems | 4.7 |
| 26 | W 03/12 | Review | |
| 27 | F 03/14 | Review |