math 11a calculus with applications

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math 11acalculus with applications

• instructor pascale garaud
• room BE131

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info

• website http/www.cse.ucsc.edu/classes/math011a/W
  inter05/
• TAs
• Chris Wong
• Deboja Das
• Wenyi Zhang
• Shubhra Sharma

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syllabus

• textbook calculus for biology and medicine, by
  claudia neuhauser.
• homework
• quickcheck sheets not mandatory
• homework sheets mandatory, due on first lecture
  of following week.
• sections
• guided section work strongly recommended
• quizzes similar to quickcheck, now and then
• exams
• 2 mid-terms, 1 final
• similar to quickcheck homework and section work

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calendar

• holidays january 17, february 21
• mid-terms january 31, february 22
• final march 15, 1600-1900

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material needed

• A non-graphic scientific calculator
• Some graphing paper, linear-linear, linear-log
  and log-log

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questionnaire

• what is your major
• what are your general interests
• what previous math courses did you take, what
  grades did you get
• placement exam
• special needs

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calculus with applications applied
mathematics aim develop and use mathematical
tools to solve important, complex problems in
any scientific field
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