DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Information for Students in Math 125, Sec 9-16 

Are you in the right course?
	Math 125-126 is intended for students planning to major in Engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics or 
Physics.  It is also suitable for students in the Colleges of Arts and Letters or Business who wish to take a more 
challenging course than required.  
	To be comfortable in this course you should have had a good grounding in Precalculus Mathematics.  For, 
instance, you should be adept at algebra, and be familiar with the trigonometric functions. Specifically, you are 
expected to know the material in Chapter P (Preliminaries) as well as the geometry formulas on the front fly leaf.
	It is my observation that most students who have difficulty in Calculus experience this difficulty not 
because of the notions of Calculus.  Their problems arise from inadequate knowledge and poor manipulative 
technique in Precalculus Mathematics.

Lecturer:  	Professor Barth Pollak (Office: 317 CCMB)	   TAÕs -  Yamin Huang	(Office: 224 CCMB)
		Office hours:   2:00 Ð 4:00, Wednesday		     Charles Miller	(Office: 316 CCMB)
									     Alexei Strounine	(Office: 222 CCMB)
									    Sophia Vassiliadou	(Office: 306 CCMB)
Textbook:	Calculus by G.B. Thomas and R. Finney, 9th Edition 

Class meets:	11:45 MWF  in 117 Cushing (Engineering Auditorium)
		Each student is also assigned to a Tuesday lab section.  It is the studentÕs responsibility to 		
		know the time, place and section number of his/her lab section.

Tests.     	There will be four one-hour exams during the semester.
		The dates are

		Wedneday, Sept. 18	Wednesday, Oct. 9 	Wednesday, Nov. 6	   Monday, Nov. 25

		There will also be a two-hour final examination on  Dec. 16 at  1:45 - 3:45 PM (place to be announced). 
		Unexcused absences will result in the grade zero.

Grades.	Each of the one hour exams is worth 100 points.  The final exam is worth 150 points.  Grades are 
determined by the total of your final exam score and the top three one hour exam scores (the lowest  
score of the four one hour exams will be discarded).  In symbols, your grade will be determined 
by the size of your number GR, where
		GR =  F + åi=14ÊÊÊTi  Ð min1²i²4 (Ti )      	ÊÊFÊ=ÊfinalÊexamÊscoreÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊTiÊ=ÊscoreÊonÊithÊone-hourÊexam
Homework.	Homework will be assigned on Wednesday.  It will cover three lectures and be collected in  your 
Lab on the following Tuesday.  Late homework will not be accepted.  Real collaboration among 
students on homework assignments is acceptable.  Merely copying the results of someone else is 
not. (Your conscience is your guide - remember this course operates under the Honor Code.)
	Doing homework is essential to deepen your understanding of the subject.  To encourage doing 
homework I shall award bonus points to your GR. The number of such points is determined by the 
percentage of your total homework score at the end of the semester as follows:
			Percentage			Bonus points
			   83-85				1
			   86-88				2
			   89-91				3
			   92-94				4
			   95-97				5
			   98-100				6
(The principal effect of the addition of bonus points to your GR is to push someone who is just 
below a cut off between two grades over the boundary to the higher grade.)
ABSENCES.  You are expected to attend each class. Although I do not plan to rigorously  enforce it, 
University Policy allows me to give an F to any student who accumulates more than 3 
unexcused absences.
EXTRA HELP.  First Year Learning Resource Center provides extra help for students who are doing poorly.