This page has information specific for Lecture C. Please see http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~abowers/20a/ for general information about Math 20A.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Buss's review session (problem session) for the
final exam will be held Monday, December 7, in Center Hall 115, 7:00pm.
See http://math.ucsd.edu/~abowers/20a/exam3.html
for final exam information, including rooms.
See below for extra office hours on Monday and Tuesday before the final.
PRACTICE QUIZ on integration In class, Wednesday, December 2. See below to download the quiz.
Instructor: Professor Sam Buss
Office: APM 6210
Email: sbuss@ucsd.edu
Phone: 848-534-6455 (mainly for voice messages)
Office hours as of October 5:
Monday and Friday 1:15-2:30.
Tuesday, 12:00-1:00.
Monday, Dec. 7: 1:15pm-2:30pm and 5:00-6:00pm
Tuesday, Dec. 8: 12:00pm-1:00pm and 4:45-5:45pm.
Teaching Assistants:
Cassandra Callahan, Thursday 8am and 9am sections.
Email: c1callah@ucsd.edu
Office hours: Monday 3:00-4:00. APM 6446.
Monday, Dec. 7: 3:00-4:00pm
Tuesday, Dec. 8: 11:00am-12:00pm.
Shanmukha Kuchibhotla, Thursday 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm sections.
Email: s1kuchib@ucsd.edu
Office hours: Monday and Tuesday 4:00-5:00pm. APM 2313.
Monday, Dec. 7: 12:00pm-1:00pm and 4:00-5:00pm
Tuesday, Dec. 8: 4:00-5:00pm.
Additional office hours are held in the
APM Calculus Lab,
five days a week.
Practice quizes:
1. Differentiation, Nov 6. A copy of the quiz
and the answer key.
2. Extrema, Nov 13. A copy of the quiz
and the answer key.
2. Integration, Dec. 2. A copy of the quiz
and the answer key.
Other handouts:
1. Optimization problem (a square box).
Midterm and final dates and times:
Midterm 1: Tuesday, October 20, 8:00-9:00pm.
Midterm 2: Tuesday, November 17, 8:00-9:00pm.
Will not be in the usual lecture room. --- Room is based on on lecture time and your last name.
Last Name: A-M in Ledden Auditorium, N-Z in HSS 1330.
Final: Tuesday, December 8, 7:00-10:00pm.
See http://math.ucsd.edu/~abowers/20a/exam3.html
for final exam information, including rooms.
Will not be in the usual rooms. --- Room is based on on lecture time and your last name.
Last Name: A-G in CSB 002, H-Z in SOLIS 107.
Problem session (review for final exam): Center Hall 115, Monday, December 7, 7:00pm.
Rooms for the final exam are different than they were for midterms.
Each midterms is 20% of the course grade; the final exam is 40%.
There is an option
to drop one midterm --- see the general course information webpage
for details.
Course information:
Please go to
http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~abowers/20a/
for course information. It is important to be familiar with the information in those pages!
Be sure to read the "Syllabus" and "Course Calendar" and "Homework" and "LaunchPad" pages there as well.
All four lectures of Math 20A this quarter
are coordinated, so they have the same syllabus, same homeworks,
and same midterms and finals.
Tutoring resources:
Calculus lab — run by the mathematics department.
OASIS — has drop in sessions open to everyone.
Jabobs IDEA Study Lab — for Engineering majors.
MAE Math Open House — for MAE majors.
Fresh 20 — student-run tutoring.
Homework:
Online LaunchPad homework is required. 20% of course grade.
Textbook homework is strongly recommended, but is not collected.