Differential Calculus for Scientists, M408N, Fall 2016, Unique #s: 53856, 53957

  • Professor: Lorenzo Sadun, sadun@math.utexas.edu
  • Teaching Assistant: Alex Moody, amoody@math.utexas.edu
  • Lectures: MWF 12:00-1:00, ECJ 1.202
  • Discussion sections by unique number:
    53856: TuTh 11-12, SZB 296
    53857: TuTh 5-6, CPE 2.212
  • Website: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/sadun/F16/M408N
  • Office: RLM 9.114
  • Lorenzo Sadun's Office Hours: Tu 2-3, Th 10-11, RLM 9.114
  • Alex Moody's Office Hours: M 3:30-4:30 and W 3:30-5:30, RLM 12.120
  • Phone: 471-7121
  • Text: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 7th Edition, by Stewart.
  • Prerequisites: This class is restricted to students in the College of Natural Sciences who have scored 70% or higher on the ALEKS assessment. If you do not meet these conditions, you will be dropped from the class around September 4.

    • The final exam will be on Monday, December 12, 9:00-12:00 noon. The ground rules are the same as for the midterms, except that you are allowed two crib sheets instead of one. Calculators are not allowed.

    *Handouts and Other Course Information

  • First Day Handout
  • Course Schedule
  • Written homework
  • The Quest server. That's where you'll get the learning modules and do the online portion of your homework.
  • My Youtube channel with over 300 math videos, including most of the videos in the M408N Quest learning modules. See especially the playlists on Precalculus and on Differential Calculus.
  • The Calculus Lab website. CalcLab is where you get get TA help 5 days per week, typically 5 hours/day. It won't always be our TA and LAs staffing CalcLab, but there will always be somebody there to answer M408N questions.
  • The Sanger Center, a great source of (mostly) free help.
  • Course outline (Mostly intended for final exam review)

  • Practice first midterm from 2011, both without and with solutions.
  • Practice first midterm from 2012, both without and with solutions.
  • Practice first midterm from 2015, both without and with solutions. Note that this exam was much later than our first midterm, and so covers more ground.
  • Actual first midterm from 2016, both without and with solutions.

  • Practice second midterm from 2011, both without and with solutions.
  • Practice second midterm from 2012, both without and with solutions.
  • Practice second midterm from 2015, both without and with solutions. Note that this exam was much later than our second midterm. Problems 2, 3, 4 and 6 are still relevant for our third midterm.
  • Actual second midterm from 2016, both without and with solutions.

  • Actual third midterm from 2016, both without and with solutions.

  • Practice final from 2011, both without and with solutions.
  • Practice final from 2012, both without and with solutions.
  • Practice final from 2015, both without and with solutions.

  • Actual final from 2016, both without and with solutions.