Math 21B: Integral Calculus
Fall Quarter, 2019
If you have a question about
registering for the class or your place on the wait list,
please contact studentservices@math.ucdavis.edu.
Instructor Ben Morris
e-mail: morris at math dot ucdavis dot edu
Office: 2105 MSB
Office hours: M 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m, F 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m and by
appointment
Lectures: MWF 12:10 p.m., Kerr 293
TA Office Hours
TA: Kyle Chickering
The Calculus room (1118 MSB) is open Monday-Thursday from 10am-7pm
and Friday from 10am-6pm and is continuously staffed by TAs. You can
ask questions of any TA.
Exams
There will be two in-class midterms and a final. There will be
no makeup exams, and no alternative times for exams. If you
have an official reason that prevents you from attending a midterm,
you must contact me by e-mail before the exam takes place,
and you must receive a response giving you permission to miss the
midterm. Your course grade will then be determined by your
performance on the remaining exams and quizzes. If you miss a
midterm for unforeseen reasons beyond your control, please contact
me as soon as possible.
No calculators are allowed in any of the
exams.
Quizzes
There will be quizzes in the discussion section on the following
dates: Oct 8, Oct 15, Oct 29, Nov 5, Nov 12, Nov 26 and Dec 3.
Midterm 1
Midterm 1: Wednesday,
October 23, in class.
Midterm 2
Midterm 2: Wednesday, November 20, in class.
Final Exam
Final Exam: Tuesday, December 10,
10:30am-12:30pm.
Homework
Homework will be assigned but will not be collected or
graded.
Course Grade
The course grade will be based on (weights in
parentheses):
- Quizzes (10%)
- Midterm 1 (25%)
- Midterm 2 (25%)
- Final Exam (40%)
Text for Math 21B
Thomas'
Calculus Early Transcendentals, M. D. Weir, J. Hass, and F.
R. Giordano, Twelfth ed., Pearson. Earlier editions of the
textbook should also be suitable.
The central topic of the course is
integration. We will cover roughly Chapters 5-8 of the text
- Ch. 5: Integration
- Ch. 6: Definite integrals and applications
- Ch. 7: Logs and Exponentials
- Ch. 8: Integration methods
A detailed syllabus is here.
Computer Accounts
The class will not have assignments that
involve computation. However, if you want to use numerical
packages such as MATLAB to increase your understanding of
calculus, you can sign up
with the mathematics
department for a class account.