Math119 – Xiaowei Wang

MATH

119

Basic Calculus

Spring 2019 Course Information

Instructor
Xiaowei Wang, TA:
Alex Lowen (office:Smith
232)

Office Room 314,
Smith Hall.

Lectures Monday
2:30pm-3:50pm Smith 220
Wednesday 1:00am-2:20pm Smith 220

Office Hours Monday
4:00 -6:00pm
or by appointment.

Textbook Larry J. Goldstein, David C. Lay, David
I. Schneider, Nakhle H. Asmar Calculus& its Applications,14thEdition,

Grading In order to obtain credit for the course,
a student has to take the final exam
The final grade is calculated as follows:
Final exam : 30 percent
Midterm : 40
percent
Quiz: 20 percent
(weekly quiz on every Friday, NO make-up for quiz but we will
drop two lowest scores.)
Homework: 10 percent

Exams Midterm: Feb. 27nd and Apr.
3rd,
2019. Make–up exam will be allowed ONLY in EXTREME situations(e.g. death in the family, serious illness with
an official record of an emergency room visit )and I must be notified BEFORE the scheduled exam. Final: Tentative Schedule is available
here.

Important Date

Last day to drop a
course with NO penalty: Tuesday, Jan. 29th,
2019
Last day to
withdraw from a course with a “W” grade: Monday,
Apr. 2rd, 2019

Homework Homework will be assigned on
MyMathLab with Course ID:
wang64326. Student registration
direction can be found here.

Anouncement Please find the practice

exam for midterm I
(solution),

midterm II
(solution)
and Final
(solution).

Also here are the solutions to the midterm I
and II.
The following links are helpful to your study:
1. Calculus

applet
2. 3-D

grapher
3. Calculus

Applets using GeoGebra
4. Other helpful tool: Derivative;
Limit;
Precise
definition of limit 1 and 2
; Secant

and derivative and more.

Academic Integritdy Rutgers
University is committed to fostering an intellectual and
ethical environment based on the principles of a
academic integrity. Please find the university policy on
academic integrity here.

Outline:

Here is the tentative
outline for the class. Please read the indicated
sections before each lecture.

	Monday	Wednesday
1		Jan 23 Section 1.1-1.2
2	Jan 28 Section 1.3-1.4	Jan 30 Section 1.4-1.5
3	Feb 4 Section 1.6-1.7	Feb 6 Section 1.7-1.8
4	Feb 11 Section 2.1-2.2	Feb 13 Section 2.2-2.3
5	Feb 18 Section 2.4-2.5	Feb 20 Section 2.6-2.7
6	Feb 25 Review	Feb 27 Midterm I
7	Mar 4 Section 3.1-3.2	Mar 6 Section 3.2-3.3
8	Mar 11 Section 4.1-4.2	Mar 13 Section 4.2-4.3
9	Mar 18 Spring Recess	Mar 20 Spring Recess
10	Mar 25 Section 4.4-4.5	Mar 27 Section 4.5-4.6
11	Apr 1 Review	Apr 3 Midterm II
12	Apr 8 Section 5.1-5.2	Apr 10 Section 6.1-6.2
13	Apr 15 Section 6.3-6.4	Apr 17 Section 6.4-6.5
14	Apr 22 Section 7.1-7.2	Apr 24 Section 7.2-7.3
15	Apr 29 Section 7.4	May 1 leeway
16	May 6 Final Review


Instructor	Xiaowei Wang, TA: Alex Lowen (office:Smith 232)
Office	Room 314, Smith Hall.
Lectures	Monday 2:30pm-3:50pm Smith 220 Wednesday 1:00am-2:20pm Smith 220
Office Hours	Monday 4:00 -6:00pm or by appointment.
Textbook	Larry J. Goldstein, David C. Lay, David I. Schneider, Nakhle H. Asmar Calculus& its Applications,14thEdition,
Grading	In order to obtain credit for the course, a student has to take the final exam The final grade is calculated as follows: Final exam : 30 percent Midterm : 40 percent Quiz: 20 percent (weekly quiz on every Friday, NO make-up for quiz but we will drop two lowest scores.) Homework: 10 percent
Exams	Midterm: Feb. 27nd and Apr. 3rd, 2019. Make–up exam will be allowed ONLY in EXTREME situations(e.g. death in the family, serious illness with an official record of an emergency room visit )and I must be notified BEFORE the scheduled exam. Final: Tentative Schedule is available here.
Important Date	Last day to drop a course with NO penalty: Tuesday, Jan. 29th, 2019 Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” grade: Monday, Apr. 2rd, 2019
Homework	Homework will be assigned on MyMathLab with Course ID: wang64326. Student registration direction can be found here.
Anouncement	Please find the practice exam for midterm I (solution), midterm II (solution) and Final (solution). Also here are the solutions to the midterm I and II. The following links are helpful to your study: 1. Calculus applet 2. 3-D grapher 3. Calculus Applets using GeoGebra 4. Other helpful tool: Derivative; Limit; Precise definition of limit 1 and 2 ; Secant and derivative and more.
Academic Integritdy	Rutgers University is committed to fostering an intellectual and ethical environment based on the principles of a academic integrity. Please find the university policy on academic integrity here.