Course Syllabus

MATH 2B (#44350) - LECTURE A – CALCULUS

Instructor:   Dr. Rachel Cohen Lehman
Office Hours:  RH 475, M, W 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
E-mail:   rlehman@math.uci.edu
Webpage:   https://canvas.eee.uci.edu/courses/7593

Lecture:  M, W, F, 8:00 am - 8:50 am in PCB 1100
Holidays:  January 15^th and February 19^th

Textbook:   Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart, 8th Edition

Pre-lecture Videos and Notes:  This quarter we will be using a combination of pre-lecture videos and notes to help facilitate your learning and give us more class time together to work on concepts and problems.  Details will be explained the first day of class.

Homework: Homework will be assigned in lecture and although it will not be collected, it is highly recommended that you do it in order to do well in this course. 

Quizzes: There will be a quiz most weeks during discussion section.  These quizzes will begin during the second week of classes – details will be given during lecture.

WeBWork:  WeBWork (WWK) is an internet-based system of homework problems similar to the problems found in the text at the end of each section.  Assignments can be found at http://homework.ps.uci.edu/webwork/. Each assignment comes out Thursday (beginning the second week of classes) and is due the following Friday by 11 p.m. 

Important: If a student does not have a Ucinetid or if you add after the quarter begins, please send an email to webworkmath@ps.uci.edu with your full name and our course code to get an account.

Exams: There will be two midterm exams. 
These are tentatively scheduled for February 2^nd and February 26^th. 

There is also a COMPREHENSIVE FINAL on Saturday, March 17^th from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.  This final will be common across all Math 2B sections.  More information on this exam can be found at https://www.math.uci.edu/undergrad-courses/calculus-2a2b-resources/common-final-exam.
Also on this page, you will find the department’s Make-up Policy, which I am also including here.

Make-up Final Exam Policy:

It is expected that students will make every effort to take their final exam at the scheduled time. However, requests for make-up final exams will be considered under the following guidelines:

A student will be granted a make-up if the Saturday final exam time violates the student’s religious creed.

A student may be granted a make-up exam at the discretion of the course facilitator if the Saturday exam time would result in loss of wages constituting a financial hardship, need for child care resulting in financial hardship, inability to procure transportation or loss of employment.

A student may be granted a make-up exam at the discretion of the course facilitator if there is a verifiable emergency, which prevents the student from taking the final examination at the scheduled time. Such emergencies include, but are not limited to, serious illness, death of an immediate family member, or serious accident.

A student will be granted a make-up if they are enrolled in Math 2B at the same time they are re-taking Math 2A for a higher grade.

In all cases, the petition for a make-up final exam must be presented with verifiable evidence. Vacation plans will not constitute a legitimate excuse.

Important Notes:

• THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP WEBWORKS, QUIZZES OR MIDTERM EXAMS
• CALCULATORS MAY NOT BE USED DURING EXAMS OR QUIZZES

 
Grades:    Quizzes: 10% 
                  Webwork: 10%
                  Midterms: 40% (20% each)
                  Final: 40%

Note: If class average is at least 75%, then final grades are based upon the straight scale: 

98% - 100% = A+, 92% - 98% = A, 90% - 92% = A-, 88% - 90% =B+, 82% - 88% = B, etc.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: