MATH 101, January-April, 2009 — Integral Calculus with Applications
to Physical Sciences and Engineering
This is the common page for all sections of MATH 101 in Term
2 of the 2008W session (January–April, 2009) . This page
gives the course outline, suggested homework problems, some old
exams, course policies, other course information, and information
on available resources. For section-specific information, please
contact your instructor.
- UBC Calendar Description: The definite integral, integration
techniques, applications, modeling, linear ODE’s.
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- Text: Calculus, Early Transcendentals,
6th edition (option 1) or Single Variable Calculus,
Early Transcendentals, 6th edition, (option 2) both by James Stewart
- Note 1: There are two versions of this textbook. The
first one
covers single-variable calculus only. The second one
covers single-variable, multivariable,
and vector calculus. Both versions include all the material needed
for MATH 100, 180, and 101. Supplementary Course Notes are available
in PDF format, and can be downloaded by clicking
here.
- Note 2: You may be able to use the Option 2
version in follow-up UBC MATH second- and third-year multivariable-
and vector-calculus courses (MATH 200, 217, 226, 227, 253, 263,
and 317), depending on future textbook adoptions for these courses.
Decisions on textbook adoptions for these courses in 2009W will
be made in the spring of 2009.
COURSE POLICIES
- There will be a common final exam in April for all sections
of MATH 101. This exam will account for 50% of a student’s
final grade. The remaining 50% will be based on term work; contact
your instructor for details on how the term mark will be computed.
The final exam will not generally be weighted higher for students
who perform better on the final exam than they did during the
term, although some allowance may be made for students
who perform much better on the final exam than they did
during the term.
- At least 2/3 of the questions on the common final exam will
be similar to the suggested homework
problems. The final exam will be similar in content and difficulty
to recent old final exams.
- After the final exam has been marked, term marks for each
section will be scaled so that the distribution of term marks
in that section matches the distribution of the section’s
final-exam marks. These adjusted term marks will be used
to compute a student’s final grade. This scaling is performed
in order to ensure fairness of the final grades in sections whose
term exams are harder or easier than average.
- No calculators or electronic communication devices
are allowed at the final exam. Formula sheets are also not allowed.
OTHER COURSE INFORMATION
- The prerequisite for MATH 101 is one of MATH 100, 102, 104,
180, 184 or equivalent, i.e. a university-level course in differential
calculus.
- A sufficiently high score on AP Calculus BC or IB Higher
Level Mathematics entitles you to claim credit for Math 101.
More information
- UBC takes cheating incidents very seriously. After due investigation,
students found guilty of cheating on tests and exams are usually
given a final grade of 0 in the course and suspended from UBC
for one year. More information
RESOURCES
The following resources are available for getting help in the
course, in addition to your instructor’s office hours:
- Math Department Tutorial Centre:
Tutors are available,
at no charge, to answer questions on a drop-in basis, starting
the second week of classes and continuing through the final-exam
period until the final exam. Times scheduled for Math 101 are
available by clicking the link.
- Mathematics
Department website: There is much available under
the Undergraduates tab, including recent final exams for most
undergraduate mathematics courses.
- AMS
tutoring: The UBC student society provides an
assortment of tutoring services.