Meetings: MWF 2:10-3:00 PM, Social Science 1110.

Instructor: Prof. Jesús A. De Loera.

email: jadeloera@ucdavis.edu

my website: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~deloera/

Phone: (530)-754 05 02

My office hours will be at Dutton 2258, not far from our lecture hall.

My Office hours: I have 4 hours of office hours per week. In person office hours are MW 3-4:00pm (or by appointment).
The in person meetings are in Dutton hall 2258.
I will also have office hours over ZOOM (link through CANVAS), MW 5-6pm.

Teaching Assistants and their office hours:

The 4 TAs will have special office hours (they will also be at the calculus room)

Felix Almendra Hernandez, falmendrahernandez@ucdavis.edu, Thursdays 5-6pm Zoom through CANVAS
Sanchayan Dutta, dutta@ucdavis.edu, Thursdays 1pm-2pm instead, at MSB 3219
Chen Qian, mrcqian@ucdavis.edu, Wednesdays 10:00 am to 11:00 am in MSB 2202
Regina Zhou, rgazhou@ucdavis.edu, Thursday 10:00 am to 11:00 am in MSB 2123 or ZOOM

Co-Class for MAT 21B This is a way to receive extra help for this class.
Tue/Thu 12:10 - 1:30 p.m.
Remote on Zoom
Math Specialist: Claire Davis
What is co-class? Co-class is a way to get additional clarification on topics in your MAT 21B lecture.
Co-class is a helpful, friendly environment where you are encouraged to ask questions as we work through
practice problems and reviews. Co-21B is remote this quarter - the sessions will happen live on Zoom and
will be recorded if that time doesn't work for you.

How to participate: If you would like to participate in co-class, you can enroll for one workload unit
on Schedule Builder (graded P/NP mainly on attendance) by searching for CRN 41384. Alternatively, you
can be added to Canvas without enrolling by completing the AATC Request Form. If you have any questions,
please email Claire at cladavis@ucdavis.edu.

Grading policy: There are 100 points possible in the course that will be obtained through

Weekly homeworks (30 points), Midterm Exams (30 points), and the Final Exam (40 points).

• Weekly wEBWORK homework is due the following week. Each homework is worth 5 points.
  Late homework is never accepted!, but to allow for emergencies and flexibility,
  I will drop the lowest scores, keeping only your top six scores, for a maximum total of 30 points.

• There will be three in class midterms:

  first midterm Monday January 27, 2025
  second midterm Monday February 17, 2025
  third midterm Wednesday March 12, 2025

  Each midterm counts 30 points (3 questions each).
  Very important: There will be NO MAKE UP EXAMS, instead I will drop your lowest two scores.
  This allows for flexibility or any possible emergencies, or accidental bad performances.

• The final exam is comprehensive and counts for the last 40 points.
  The final exam will be March 20th, 2025 at 1pm.

• Letter grades are set based on the entire statistical information of the points obtained by all students
  (this means I compute the mean, standard deviation, etc. and set letter grades according with those numbers).
  Typically the grade letter C+ (ends) or B- (starts) at exactly the mean.
  A grade of A(+/-) are typically within one standard deviation from the mean plus one,
  the grades of B(+/-) usual are assigned to scores between the mean and the mean plus one standard deviation,
  and the grades of C(+/-) are for scores above the mean minus one standard deviation and the mean.
  Finally, the grades of D and F are typically assigned for scores below the mean minus one standard deviation.

Important rules:

• I do not take attendance in lecture. You do not have to give me notes or excuses ever.
• I plan to post the grades on CANVAS. All communication will happen through CANVAS.
• You are responsible for reading my CANVAS messages and all annoucements. You must stay informed.
  And while I do not take attendance, but you are responsible for anything that happened at the class you missed.

• Check your UCD email and CANVAS for the course regularly. All rules are in

  www.math.ucdavis.edu/~deloera/TEACHING/M21B/syllabus21B.html (this page!)

• The use of outside help, books, notes, and calculators will not be allowed on any test. Cheaters will be prosecuted to the harshest punishment through judicial affairs.

What is the content of this course?: This course is an introduction to integral calculus and its applications. Calculus is the study of functions and it finds numerous important applications in science and engineering. Some of the main topics include: antiderivatives, approximating sums, fundamental theorem of calculus, integration techniques (substitutions, by parts, partial fractions, special techniques), calculation of areas, volumes, centroids, improper integrals, polar coordinates (graphing, areas), parametric equations, arc length.

The material of this course is available in multiple books and I encourage you to read other sources but the textbook I will use is

Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendentals, latest Edition by Hass et al; Pearson Publishers.

Prerequisites and Expectations: MAT 21A or equivalent are a pre-requisite. If in doubt, ask me.

You are expected to work regularly and diligently outside the classroom solving exercises, reading the book, thinking about the theorems and lectures, etc.
I estimate a minimum of 3 hours work at home per lecture. The most important thing is what YOU learn and that can only happen with your work!!
Mathematics is not an spectator sport, you must do to learn!!

Make sure to work-out regularly (on your math that is), Don't fall behind and if you do, seek help early (from me, your TA, the Learning Skills center, etc).