Math 53H Spring 2008

This course meets Tuesday and Thursday 3:30-5pm in room B51 Hildebrand.  The textbook is Stewart's Multivariable Essential Calculus.   There may be supplemental material, which will be posted on bspace.     

The format of the class is as follows:

Homework will be due twice per week in discussion.  The homework will be graded pass/fail. You are welcome to work on the homework in small groups, but you must write up the solutions individually with a full understanding of what you are writing.  In other words, no copying.  I do not allow late homework. 

Quizzes will be given almost every week in discussion.

Office hours and email:   Office hours are a great way to get questions answered.  Please come!  I do not answer math questions by email, but you are welcome to email me to set up an office hours appointment if you can't make the regular scheduled office hours.
 
Exams:
Midterm 1: Tuesday February 26, in class.
Midterm 2: Tuesday April 8, in class.
Final Exam: Thursday May 22, 12:30-3:30pm.

Grading:  20% homework/quizzes,   20% Midterm 1,  20% Midterm 2,  2x20%  Final Exam.
The lowest 20% portion will be dropped.   If your Final exam is the lowest, then just half of it gets dropped.

Tips that (almost) guarantee an A: 
    1. Before each class, read the material that you expect will be covered. 
    2. Complete and understand every homework problem.
    3. Before an exam, redo all of the homeworks.  This won't take as long as you think.

Some useful links:

Extra tutoring is available from UC Berkeley math tutors.

A convenient source for math definitions and theorems, which are usually correct: Wikipedia