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Math 171 - Calc with Algebra & Trig I
Spring 2016 Tuesday and Thursday and at 13:00 - 14:15 INGRAHAM B10
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Instructor: Laura Villafuerte Altúzar
Phone number: (608) 263-4918
Email: villafuertea@wisc.edu
Office: 407 Van Vleck
Office Hours: Monday 4:00-5:00 pm, Tuesday 9:45 - 10:15 am and by appointment.
Teaching staff:
Syllabus:
You will find a tentative schedule of the course in our Syllabus.
Textbook:
-Precalculus: A Prelude to Calculus by Axler, 2nd Edition 2013
-Math 171/217 online notes, (print copies available for purchase here) (online text available here.)
Quizzes: You will have short weekly quizzes on the material of your homework. There will be no makeup quizzes
under any circumstances. However, we will drop two lowest quiz scores. The first quiz will be on the week of
September 12.
Homework:
Assignments will be posted here. Homework will be assigned every Wednesday and it will be collected next Wednesday at the beginning of your disscusion section. No late homework will be accepted.
However, the worst two grades in homework assignments will not be considered. If you need to miss a class when
homework is due, you are expected to make arrangements with your TA to turn in your homework ahead of time.
Homework problems are only for completeness. This means that you must do all problems assigned in order to
obtain full credit. Remember that your homework is an individual assignment. Students may work in groups, but
copying is prohibited. Copying will result in a zero on an assignment.
Your final grade for the semester will be computed as follows:
Homework: 10%
Quizzes: 10%
Midterm Exam I: 20%
Midterm Exam II: 20%
Final Exam: 35%
Since some TAs are more rigorous than other TAs, so section grades will be adjusted at the end of the semester.
E-mail policy:
All questions should first be directed to your TA. If your TA does not know the answer to your question
she/he will ask me and get back to you. Please e-mail me only from your wisc.edu account. Short direct questions
that require short answers are best. If you have a longer question, please ask me after class or during office hours.
McBurney Students:
If you need special accommodations, please contact me as soon as possible.
Studying advice :
Do as many problems as you can from your textbook. You also can use MyMathTest for precalculus material.
Help:
Any TA's office ours: See the table above. You are welcomed and encouraged to go to the office hours of any of the TAs, not just the one that leads your discussion section.
My offices hours: 407 Van Vleck, Monday 4:00-5:00 pm.
Other resources listed here
Exams:
If you have an inevitable conflict with attending the day of an exam, you must let me know at least two weeks in
advance. Emergencies will be dealt with as special cases.