Math 1A Calculus, Spring 2019

Time: MWF 9.10-10.00

Location: VLSB 2050

Instructor: Song Sun (sosun@berkeley.edu)

Office: 839 Evans Hall

Office Hours: M 1.30-2.30, F 10-11

Textbook

Stewart, Single Variable Calculus, Cengage Learning, 8th Edition, Math 1A, B at UC Berkeley

Notices

For questions regarding Enrollment: enrollment@math.berkeley.edu

You are always welcome to ask and answer questions on Piazza

Discussion Sections

GSI Office Hours:

Ritwik Ghosh (101, 103): 866 Evans, Tuesday and Thursday 11-12

Priya Rajendran (105, 108): 866 Evans, Tuesday and Thursday 8-9 am

Jiaming Wang (110, 112):832 Evans, Monday 2.30-4.30 pm

Yuan Yao (111, 114): 826 Evans, Friday 11-12, 5-6 pm

Yi Gai (102, 104): 753 Evans, Tuesday and Thursday 9.30-10.30

Damon Zhang (106, 107): 866 Evans, Monday 12-1, Tuesday 3-4 pm

Ziwen Zhao (109, 115): 830 Evans, Monday 6.30-8.30 pm

Note: You are welcome to attend the office hours of any of the GSIs.

The Student Learning Center also offers Drop-In tutoring to all students, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm

Grading

The grading is based on the following scheme

• Homework: 10%
• Quiz: 10%
• Midterm 1: 20%
• Midterm 2: 20%
• Final: 40%

Note:

• The grading will be based on a curve. Each of the five categories (Homework, Quizzes, Midterm 1, Midterm 2, Final) will be individually curved. The instructor retains the right to determine what grade corresponds to the middle of the curve.

• Your lowest midterm score will be automatically replaced by the final score, if the latter is higher. This means, however, if you miss the final exam, you most likely will fail the course.

• The 8 lowest homework scores and 2 lowest quiz scores will be automatically dropped.

Exams

Homework

Homework will be assigned via WeBWorK, which can be reached via bCourses.

Usually, a set of about 10-30 problems will be assigned after each class (except the midterm dates) and you will have one week to solve each problem set. The submission deadlines will be at 5 am. For example, if a homework set is assigned on a Wednesday after class, then the due time is 5 am on Thursday of the next week.

Notice the initial assignment 0 is just for testing and will not be counted toward your grades.

Once the submission deadline has passed, the score of the problem set is determined and cannot be changed. The solutions will show up immediately.

You can try each problem as many times as you want.

Quizzes

Syllabus (only tentative!)

Discussion Section and Quiz Schedule