Course Syllabus
Last update: 08/27/2024
INSTRUCTOR: Amin Gholampour
WEBPAGE: https://www.math.umd.edu/~amingh/
OFFICE: MTH 4407 (4th floor in Math building)
LECTURES: MWF 11-11:50am at ARM0131
OFFICE HOURS: In person or virtual. Make an appointment by email (at least a few hours in advance) to meet in the weekdays afternoon (for the virtual meetings making appointment within 7-9pm slot is also possible). For the virtual meetings use Zoom URL: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5743700841.
CONTACT ME: Use one of the following methods:
- If you have a question about a particular Homework problem in WebAssign, use "Ask Your Teacher" option in WebAssign.
- For all other inquiries please use ELMS email system to contact me. (To make sure I get back to you as soon as I can, please do not use my other email addresses.)
ACADEMIC DEADLINES: Click here.
COURSE RELATED POLICIES: Find information about the university course related policies here.
FORMAT and TEXT: Math 141 is part 2 of the calculus sequence. The course meets MWF in large lectures and TTh in discussion classes. Textbook: 6th or 7th edition of Calculus, by Robert Ellis and Denny Gulick (ISBN: 9781133436751 or 0-759313792). The text covers, among other topics, applications of integration, inverse functions, techniques of integration, sequences, series, polar coordinates and complex numbers. Notes for each lecture are posted at 8:00am before each MWF class.
In the following table you can find information about the TA (TTh sessions' instructors) and their office hours:
| Section | Time & Place | TA | Office hours |
|
0211 |
TuTh 8-8:50am
MTH B0423
|
Ekrem Demirboga |
TuTh 12:45-1:45pm MTH 4204 |
| 0212 |
TuTh 8-8:50am
MTH B0427
|
Zhi Heng Liu (zhl) |
WF 12-1pm |
| 0221 |
TuTh 9-9:50am
MTH B0423
|
Ekrem Demirboga |
TuTh 12:45-1:45pm MTH 4204 |
| 0222 |
TuTh 9-9:50am
MTH B0427
|
Zhi Heng Liu (zhl) |
WF 12-1pm |
| 0231 |
TuTh 10-10:50am
MTH B0423
|
Alzubair Habibullah (azrhabib) |
W 10-11am |
| 0241 |
TuTh 11-11:50am MTH B0423
|
Alzubair Habibullah (azrhabib) |
W 10-11am |
GSS LEADER: Diallo Barnes (dbarne10)
HELP: Besides my office hours and TA's you can get help from tutoring hours and tutoring at the Math Success Program. There is also counseling at the Learning Assistance Service and help at the Math Learning Program for math anxiety, preparation, study skills, etc.
HOMEWORK: Homework is submitted and graded electronically via WebAssign that you have to access through ELMS/Assignments. There are 30 assignments each containing a number of problems. The assignments will appear weekly as the course progresses. I strongly recommend you to complete the problem sets assigned to you in each week by the end of that week. Do not let them accumulate! Note that you have 5 submission allowances for each problem except for Homework 29 near the end of semester for which the number of submission allowances is 3. For a few problems there are only two possible answers e.g. true/false, clockwise/counterclockwise etc. For such problems the number of submission allowances is 1. Here are three FAQ. Before starting WebAssign, make sure to read carefully the file WAinfo.pdf.
QUIZZES: See the schedule table below for the dates of quizzes and the sections numbers that they are on. All the questions regarding quizzes like absence, grading issues etc. should be referred to your TTh instructor.
TESTS: See the schedule table below for the dates. All the questions regarding these tests should be communicated with me. Tests are graded by the TAs. Regrading requests must be submitted to me by an email and within a week of the exam return date. You have to explain your solution and specify why you deserve a higher grade based on the grading scheme (I provide you with a solution and a grading scheme after each exam). You should not submit a regrading request if you have altered your solutions after the exam in any way. After submitting your request, I will look at your whole exam. Do make sure that there is a mistake in grading before submitting your request to me, otherwise your request will not be considered or it may even result in lowering your score if I find that a question is graded over-generously.
CALCULATORS: Calculators can be used for Homework but are not allowed on tests or quizzes.
HONOR CODE & STUDENT CONDUCT: The Code of Academic Integrity lists the expectations of you as a student and your academic work by understanding the 5 academic integrity violations, Sanctions, and Incident Referrals. You will be asked to write and sign the following honor pledge on each quiz and exam unless exempted by your instructor: "I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this assessment." See here for detailed explanation of academic misconducts and their consequences.
ADS: If you have a diagnosed disability please contact me immediately. I will discuss academic arrangements with you. See https://www.counseling.umd.edu/ads/
COPYRIGHT: All course materials are made available to students that are enrolled in this class. Distributing these material is prohibited.
PARTICIPATION/EXCUSED ABSENCE: Find the university policy on excused absence here. You are expected to keep awake and follow my work in class, the first person to immediately correct any mistake of mine gets 1 pt towards the semester grade. I also occasionally ask you questions that are worth of 1, 2 or 3 points. If you collect some points during a lecture you'll need to send me a 1-line message in the same day to claim them, I will then record your point(s) in ELMS grades.
SNOW DAYS: In the event of inclement weather or other emergencies affecting the campus area, classes and exams will be held unless the campus is officially closed. You can check the campus web page or call 301-405-SNOW for snow closure information. Should any classes or exams be cancelled, please check the class schedule page for updated schedule information.
GRADING:
| WebAssign: | 100 |
| TTh Quizzes: | 100 |
| Tests: | 400 (100 each) |
| Final exam: | 200 |
| Total grade: | 800 |
| Final grade: | (Total grade)/8 |
RULES:
- The lowest test score, the lowest two quiz scores, and the lowest two WA's will be dropped.
- The lowest of
{the second lowest test score, the average of 8 remaining quiz grades out of 100, the average of 28 remaining WA grades out of 100} will be replaced by the middle score among the three. - If the middle score among the three scores above is at least 50 and 3*(Final exam grade) > (Term grade out of 600) then the Total grade is replaced by 4*(Final exam grade).
- Rules 2 and 3 are not implemented in ELMS grades; they will be applied before calculating the final letter grades. The letter grades with +/- will be submitted to UMEG based on the Final grade obtained as above.
MAKE UP POLICY: There will be no make ups for the tests and quizzes except for university approved absences in which case the student, after presenting the necessary documents, will be given a choice of taking an alternative test/quiz at a later time or having the missed test/quiz pro-rated (in the latter case the missed test/quiz will not be counted among the lowest scores mentioned above). Foreseeable absences must be documented prior to the date of the test (with me) or quiz (with your TA).
ANONYMOUS SURVEY: You can submit anonymous comments/suggestions anytime in the course of semester before Nov 17. This option is found in Quizzes.
MATH141 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
(There will be a quiz on Thursdays that are marked red over the sections indicated. Quiz problems are asked out of the suggested problems below.)
| 1st day of week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 8/26 | Review | Review | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 |
| 9/2 | No class | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.4,6.5 | 6.2,6.7 |
| 9/9 | 6.7,6.8 | 6.2,6.7,6.8 | Review | Review | Test 1 |
| 9/16 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1,7.2 | 7.3,7.5 |
| 9/23 | 7.5,7.6 | 7.3,7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5,7.6 | 7.6/8.1 |
| 9/30 | Review | Review | Test 2 | 8.1 | 8.1/8.2 |
| 10/7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2,8.3 | 8.4 |
| 10/14 | 8.6,8.7 | 8.4,8.6 | 8.7 | 8.4,8.7 | 8.7, 9.1 |
| 10/21 | 9.1 | 8.7,9.1 | Review | Review | Test 3 |
| 10/28 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.2,9.3 | 9.4,9.5 |
| 11/4 | 9.5 | 9.4,9.5 | 9.6 | 9.5,9.6 | 9.7,9.8 |
| 11/11 | 9.8 | 9.7,9.8 | 9.9 | 9.8,9.9 | Complex Numbers |
| 11/18 | Complex Numbers | Complex Numbers | Review | Review | Test 4 |
| 11/25 | 10.1 | 10.1 | No class | No class | No class |
| 12/2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | Review | 10.1,10.2 | Review |
| 12/9 | Review | No class | Final Exam |
PAST YEAR FINAL EXAMS: Here you can find some of the past years exams (look for the MATH141 folder after clicking on the link).
SUGGESTED PROBLEMS FROM THE TEXTBOOK:
Quiz problems are asked out of these suggested problems, so I strongly recommend you to go over them after each class (Answers to most of odd numbered problems can be found in the back of the textbook.)
Section Practice Problems
Review p. 363: 5, 8, 13, 19, 29, 35
6.1 p. 377: 3, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 31, 35, 53
6.4 p. 395: 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23
6.5 p. 405: 3, 7, 11, 15, 23
6.7 p. 415: 3, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15.a
6.2 p. 383: 3, 5, 12, 19
6.8 p. 423: 1, 3, 9, 10.a, 10.b
7.1 p. 439: 9, 11, 19, 23, 25, 35, 43, 55, 57
7.2 p. 446: 7, 15, 25, 33, 35, 37
7.3 p. 454: 5, 7, 11, 15, 21, 29
7.5 p. 470: 5, 9, 13, 15, 21, 23, 29, 33, 37, 39, 45, 53, 67a
7.6 p. 481: 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 37, 47, 53, 57
8.1 p. 509: 5, 11, 13, 25, 31, 35, 41, 47, 55, 57
8.2 p. 520: 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 31, 35, 41, 45, 53
8.3 p. 528: 1, 5, 9, 15, 19, 21, 25, 29, 30, 43
8.4 p. 538: 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 31, 39, 49
8.6 p. 548: 1, 11, 13, 15, 19, 27
8.7 p. 559: 3, 7, 9, 11, 17, 27, 31, 33, 39, 49, 55, 58, 69
9.1 p. 572: 1, 7, 9, 11, 19, 27.a, 27.b
9.2 p. 584: 3, 7, 17, 19, 25, 31, 35, 53
9.3 p. 590: 1, 9, 15, 17, 19, 25, 29
9.4 p. 602: 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 25, 29, 31, 33, 35, 41, 43
9.5 p. 612: 3, 5, 9, 11, 19
9.6 p. 617: 1, 9, 13, 17, 19
9.7 p. 624: 1, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23, 27
9.8 p. 636: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23, 27, 31, 41, 43
9.9 p. 649: 3, 7, 9, 13, 19, 23, 33, 37
Review p. 656: 7, 9, 13, 17, 23
10.1 p. 670: 1eg, 2cg, 3, 9, 13, 25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 47
10.2 p. 678: 1, 5, 7, 11, 25, 27, 31, 33
HOW TO STUDY MORE EFFECTIVELY: This course contributes to the UMD General Education Program, which offers students foundational learning experiences and exposes them to a diversity of disciplines and ways of thinking. General Education courses build their competence, expand their understanding of the world, and foster their creativity. When you encounter a Homework or Exam problem we want you to focus on
- Identify all aspects of the problem and display recognition of subtleties and nuances embedded in the problem.
- Select and use appropriate methods, equations, or formulas.
- Employ all elements of the methodology or theoretical framework.
When grading your exams we will look for how much of these you followed in your solutions. The file Tips.pdf provides some tips to study more effectively and do well in this course.
Course Summary:
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