Welcome to Math 3C!
Instructor: Taylor McAdam
Email: tmcadam@ucsd.edu
Lecture: MWF 3:00-3:50 pm and Th 5-5:50 pm in PCYNH 109
Office Hours: MW 4-5:30 pm or by appointment in APM 5748
Announcements
- Midterm 1 Solutions. For further questions, post on Piazza or come to office hours.
- I will hold special office hours during finals week on Tues, 3/19, from 1-4 pm. I will not hold office hours on Monday.
- The final exam for this course is on Wednesday, 3/20, from 3-6 pm in PCYNH 109. You must take the final to pass the class. No make-up exam will be given. You are allowed one 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of notes (2-sided, handwritten). Please see the announcement on Piazza for additional details about the final.
- Midterm 2 Solutions. In addition to providing solutions to the midterm, this key also addresses some of the common errors. For further questions about the midterm, please post on Piazza or attend office hours.
- Midterm 2 scores have been posted. The average was 40.28 out of 80 (approximately 50%) and the standard deviation was 11.56. Please see the post on Piazza for more details.
- There has been a recent increase in the number of requests to submit homework assignments late. Please be advised that the course policy has not changed: NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Remember that one homework will be dropped when computing your overall homework score at the end of the quarter. This policy is in place so that reasonable, unforseen circumstances that may prevent you from submittng your homework on any given week will not necessarily count against you.
- When posting a homework question on Piazza, please be sure to always include the text of the problem and be specific about what you are confused about/what you have already tried. This is the way to receive the best help in the most timely manner.
- Details of Midterm 2 have been emailed. If you did not receive the email, please see the post on Piazza.
- Midterm 1 scores have been posted. The average was 46.27 out of 80 (approximately 58%) and the standard deviation was 12.74. The scores, grading rubric, and comments from the graders can be viewed on Gradescope. See the post on Piazza for more details.
- I have sent an email regarding details for Midterm 1. If you did not see the email, please look at the announcement on Piazza.
- Section A02 (Tues 9 am) has been canceled because the university was unable to find a TA. Students in that section should attend one of the other discussion section times (see syllabus).
- Please complete your diagnostic testing here with code 2MY4 before Sat 1/19. This test does not impact your grade in any way, but it can provide you with important information about your strengths and weaknesses in the course content.
Data from the class will also provide me with information about which topics I should focus on most.
- HW 1 has been posted. You can find it under the "Homework" tab on this website or on TritonEd. It is due Wed 1/16 by 6 pm on Gradescope. NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
- You should now have access to the course pages on TritonEd, Gradescope, and Piazza.
If for some reason you are unable to access the course content on these sites, please contact me.
A "test" assignment (0 points) has been created on Gradescope to allow you to test whether you can successfully upload a document.
- Please take time to carefully read through the syllabus. The answer to most course questions (i.e. homework, tests, grading, administrative questions) can be found there.
Resources
- TritonEd--Another landing page for this course.
- Gradescope--This is where you will turn in assignments and view your graded work.
- Piazza--An online discussion forum where you can ask and answer questions (anonymously, if desired). Just make sure not to post solutions to any assignments until after they are due.
- Supplemental Instruction--Peer-assisted group study sessions specifically for this class.
- Drop-In Content Tutoring--Find help for Math 3C Monday through Friday from 12-8 pm in the Teaching + Learning Commons in Geisel Library.
- OASIS--The Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS) offers many great services for this course, including drop-in study tables Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm in CENTR 375.
- Learning Strategies Tutoring--Metacognitive tutoring that can help you learn how to study more effectively for all your courses.
- Wolfram Alpha--A free online computation engine. This is a great resource for calculating numerical solutions, checking your work, and visualizing some of the functions that we will be working with in this course.
Just remember that you are expected to SHOW ALL WORK on all homework problems, and that you will NOT be allowed a calculator for any of the exams, so make sure not to become overly-reliant on computational assistance from resources like this.
- UCSD Math Department--Here you can find information and resources for math classes at UCSD. For more individualized help, you can visit the math department front desk on the 7th floor of AP&M.
If you are looking for the professional webpage of Taylor McAdam, you can find it
here.