Math 408C, Calculus

• Text: Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 7th Edition
  
  
• Instructor: Andrew J. Blumberg
  RLM 10.160
  blumberg@math.utexas.edu
  
  
• Office hours: Tuesday, 11-12 AM and Wednesday, 3-4 PM and 7-8 PM, or by appointment.
  
  
• TA: Yunjie (Shelley) Zhao
  RLM 10.112
  shzao@math.utexas.edu
  
  
• Syllabus: Detailed schedule of topics is here: 408C syllabus
  
  
• Prerequisites: Minimum required score on the ALEKS placement exam.
  
  
• Grading policy: The final grade will be determined based on:
  • Homework, 9%,
  • Trial placement exam, 1%
  • each midterm exam 25% (total of 50%), and
  • the final exam 40%.
  Plus/minus letter grades will be assigned.
  
  
• Homework policies: Homework will be assigned on Thursdays, and will be due the following Thursday.
  Homework will be handled through Quest.
  
  
  
• Attendance: I expect that students will attend all classes.
  
  
• Midterms: There will be three in-class midterm exams during the semester.
  
  Your grade will be computed from the best two of the three.
  The dates of these exams are: 9/22, 10/18, 11/10.
  No make-up exams will be held.
  
  
• Final exam: The final will be held Friday, December 9th, from 2:00-5:00 pm.
  
  
• Quest: This course makes use of the web-based Quest content delivery and homework server system maintained by the College of Natural Sciences. This homework service will require a $22 charge per student for its use, which goes toward the maintenance and operation of the resource. Please go here to log into the Quest system for this class. After the 12th day of class, when you log into Quest you will be asked to pay via credit card on a secure payment site. You have the option to wait up to 30 days to pay while continuing to use Quest for your assignments. If you are taking more than one course using Quest, you will not be charged more than $50/semester. Quest provides mandatory instructional material for this course. For payment questions, email "quest.fees@cns.utexas.edu".
  
  
• Class web site: The class website can be found at:
  http://math.utexas.edu/~blumberg/408.html
  
  
• Students with disabilities: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities.
  For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-6441 TTY.