Course: Math 20B
Title: Calculus for Science and Engineering II
Credit Hours: 4 (Two credits if taken after Math 10B or 10C.)
Prerequisites: AP Calculus AB score of 4 or 5, or AP Calculus BC score of 3, or Math 20A with a grade of C- or better, or Math 10B with a grade of C- or better, or Math 10C with a grade of C- or better.
Catalog Description: Integral calculus of one variable and its applications, with exponential, logarithmic, hyperbolic, and trigonometric functions. Methods of integration. Infinite series. Polar coordinates in the plane and complex exponentials.
Textbook: The required textbook for the course is Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition), by Rogawski and Adams; published by W.H. Freeman and Company. You must also buy access to WebAssign, the online homework system that accompanies this book. If you purchase the paper copy of the book at the bookstore, it will come packaged with access to WebAssign. If you only want an electronic copy of the book, you can buy this online and will need to buy the WebAssign access separately. Shortly after the term begins, I upload the class roster to WebAssign. If you are enrolled in the class at that time (or on the waitlist), you should receive an email (at your official UCSD account) with instructions for setting up your WebAssign account.
Material Covered: We shall cover parts of Chapters 5-11 of the text. We will also use Sections 1-5 of the Math 20B Student Supplement. A list of the topics scheduled to be covered can be found on the Course Calendar.
Reading Assignments: Reading and doing the examples in the sections of the textbook corresponding to our discussions in lecture will help you learn and understand the course material better. If you work through the relevant examples in the book before you start your homework problems, you will probably solve the homework problems more easily and perform better on your exams than if you do not do the reading. Your reading assignments are on the Course Calendar; for example, 6.1 is written on Oct 5, so your assignment is to read section 6.1 before our class meeting that day.
Podcasting: The lectures will be recorded and made available (generally within 12 hours of each lecture) as both audio and visual podcasts. The video can be found here and the audio can be found here. See podcast.ucsd.edu for more information.
Homework: Homework is a very important part of the course, and in order to fully master the topics, it is essential that you work carefully on every assignment and try your best to complete every problem. Most homework will be assigned using an online homework system called WebAssign and will be accessible via TritonEd. The online homework problems all correspond to problems in the textbook, and you can find a list of them on the course Homework Page. Please note that no homework scores will be dropped at the end of the quarter.
Electronic Computing Devices: Graphing calculators and computer programs (or online computing websites such as Wolfram Alpha) can be very helpful when working through your homework. However, a calculator/computer should be used as an aid in the learning concepts, not just as a means of computation. You should use these devices when working on math problems at home, but always keep in mind that you will not be allowed access to any electronic computing devices during exams or quizzes. Of course, this also means that you will not be asked to solve problems on exams or quizzes that require the aid of an electronic computing device.
Homework Help (TLC/SI): You can get help with the homework assignments in the Teaching and Learning Commons (TLC). You can also get additional course-specific tutoring via the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program. You are strongly encouraged to attend. A Student Solutions Manual (available in the Bookstore) has complete solutions for odd-numbered problems in the text.
Midterm Exams: There will be a midterms week 4 and 7. See the Course Calendar for the specific date. Please note:
If you violate the instructions of the midterms or communicate in any way with any other student during the midterms, you will receive a zero.
Final Exam: The final exam will be held from 7-10pm on Thursday, December 13. Please note:
If you violate the instructions of the final or communicate in any way with any other student during the final, you will receive a zero on the final, which means that you will fail the class.
Grades: Your cumulative average will be the best of the following two weighted averages:
An additional 1% of credit will be added to your class percentage based on participation (see below).
You will be assigned a grade based on the grading scale of 97-100 = A+, 93-96 = A, 90-92 = A-, 87-89 = B+, 83-86 = B, 80-82 = B-, 76-79 = C+, 73-75 = C, 70-72 = C-, and below 70 is failing. If necessary, the above grading scale may be adjusted at the end of the quarter, but this adjustment can only help your grade.
You must pass the final examination in order to pass the course. Since there are no makeup exams, if you miss an exam for any reason then your course grade will be computed with the second grading scheme.
Participation: At the conclusion of the course, I will take into account who has participated in class by responding on Socrative, asking questions, consistently attended lecture and discussion (I will ask the TA about who was active in discussion), and this will add up to 1% to your final class percentage.
Gradescope: Exam grading will be done using an online tool called Gradescope (https://gradescope.com/). Exams will be scanned and uploaded to Gradescope and will be graded within it. As a consequence, exams will not be returned to the students. Instead, a digital version of your exams will be made available after the grading has been completed. An email will be sent from Gradescope when the exams are made available.
Regrades and Grade Recording Errors: Regrade requests will be made using the built-in regrade request feature in Gradescope. There will be a limited window of time after the exams are made available during which the regrade request feature will be active. This time window will be announced when the exam scores are released to the students. Please also be sure to check that your exam scores entered in TritonEd are the same as your exam scores published on Gradescope. Contact your TA before the end of the 10th week of the quarter to resolve any grade recording errors.
Note: Homework may not be submitted after the day of the Final Exam.
Suggestions: Below are some suggestions that we hope will help you to succeed in this course:
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