DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Information for Students in Math 126, Sec 9-15 

Lecturer:  Professor Barth Pollak (Office: 317 CCMB)
TA's -  Brian Allen (Office: 220 CCMB)
        Charley Miller (Office: 316 CCMB)
        CharlesMcCoy (Office: 216 CCMB)

Textbook: Calculus by  G.B. Thomas and R. Finney, 9th Edition 

Class meets: 11:15 MWF  in 117 Cushing (Engineering Auditorium)
Each student is also assigned to a Tuesday lab section.  It is the
student s 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.  All
will be given in class.  The dates are
Friday, Feb. 7
Friday, Feb. 28
Wednesday, Mar. 26
Friday, Apr.  18
There will also be a two-hour final examination on May 8 at 1:45 - 3:45
PM (place to be  announced).  (No one will be allowed to take the exam
early. Plan accordingly.) 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  +  \sum_{i=1}^4 Ti  -  \min_{i=1}^4 Ti
F = final exam score  Ti = score on ith one-hour exam

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 an Honor Code.)

Doing homework is essential to deepen your understanding of the
subject.  To encourage doing homework I shall award bonus points to
your total 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
   86-88
   89-91
   92-94
   95-97
   98-100
(The principal effect of the addition of bonus points to the test score
total 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 Freshman (Freshperson?)
who accumulates more than 3 unexcused absences.

EXTRA HELP.  The First Year Learning Resource Center provides extra help for students who are doing poorly.