Course Information

Texts

Official Textbook

• C. Neuhauser, Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall.
  (Notice that we will be using the 2nd edition, even though it says 3rd edition in the course description in the Math department website).

• Instructor - Oren Louidor
  Please note 1: All email inquiries concerning this course must have their subject line contain the word "Math 3C". Otherwise, they will not be caught by the email forwarding system and not reach the instructor.
  Please note 2: Oren Louidor will not respond to inquiries made via Virtual Office Hours. However, you are welcome to use it as an intercommunication arena among you.
• TAs - David Roberts, Michael Hall, John Lensmire

Evaluation Policy
Homework

• In general - There will be weekly homework assignments. Problems will be taken from the book. It is vital that you do the homework as, in general in mathematical courses, understanding is achieved via practicing. Moreover, all of the problems in the midterm and many of the problems in the final will be identical to homework problems, with only the numbers changed.
• Justify your solution - The final answers to most problems will be provided so that you could verify that your answer is correct. This is yet another reason for you to thoroughly justify your solution. Correct final answers with wrong or not enough justification will be scored poorly.
• Group work - Group work is allowed, but is limited to 4 people per group and you must explicitly write on the first page of the homework, the names of the people in your group. Identical works of students who are not explicitly stated to belong to the same work group will all be disqualified and receive a grade of 0.
• Homework cycle - Homework will be handed in at the end of the lecture on Monday and returned graded in recitation in the following week. Homework due on Monday will cover the material taught in the 3 lectures ending in the one on the Monday a week before and the recitation following this Monday (i.e. you will have a week between the last lecture which is covered by the homework and the time you have to submit it). Nevertheless, the homework will be posted earlier than this Monday and you are encouraged to start working on it before all material has been taught.
• Submission guidelines - Attach this cover page as the first page of each submitted homework assignment. Please staple.

Examinations

• In general - All examinations in this course are closed book. No notes and accessories (e.g. calculators) will be allowed.
• Midterms - There will be 4 midterms. See course schedule below for precise times. Midterms will be given during the lecture and will last for half the duration of the class. Each midterm will cover the material discussed in the few weeks prior to the exam and will consist of problems identical to the ones assigned in the homework, with only the numbers changed.
• Final - The final examination will cover all material in the course. See course schedule below for the precise time of the final.

Grades

• Ranges - Homework grades will be between 0 and 10. All exam grades will be between 0 and 100.
• Dropping of lowest grades - The lowest 2 homework grades will be dropped when calculating the average homework grade. The lowest midterm grade will be dropped when calculating the average midterm grade.
• Final numeric grade - Your final grade is calculated from the average homework (scaled to the range 0-100), average midterm and final exam grades as a weighted average with the following weights:

  Factor	Weight
  Average homework grade	10%
  Average midterm grade	45%
  Final exam grade	45%

• Final letter grade - The numeric cut-offs for determining the letter grade from the final numeric grade will be defined according to the performance of the class. The general policy is that the top 25% will get an A grade (A+/A/A-),the next 30% will get a B (B+/B/B-) and the remaining students who have at least 50 for their final numeric grade will get a C (C+/C/C-). Students with less than 50 for their final numeric grade will get a D or an F. Note that this is just a guideline and the final conversion policy can deviate from it.
• Posting - Grades will be accessible via MyUCLA.

Makeup\alternate exams and late homework submission

• Homework - No late homework submission will be allowed. This is why the 2 lowest homework grades are dropped.
• Midterms - No alternate times for midterms will be given. This is why the lowest midterm grade is dropped.
• Final - Alternate time will be given only in cases were religious circumstances prevent the student from taking the exam in its original date. Contact the lecturer during the first week of classes if this is the case. Not showing up for the final exam results in an automatic F, unless under well justified and unpredictable circumstances (e.g. sickness) and only if student has completed with passing grades all homework assignments and midterms - all in accordance with university and departmental policy. In the latter case, an I (incomplete) will be given.

Appeals

• In general - You may only appeal on correctness, not on the amount of partial credit you think you deserve.
• Midterms - Midterms will be returned in recitations. A randomly chosen sample of the works will be photocopied and kept with the staff of the course (to make sure no sudden changes mysteriously appear). Appeals must be submitted to the instructor within one week after they are returned.
• Final - The final exams are not returned. Appeals must be submitted to the instructor within two weeks of exam grading.

• Student Math Center (SMC) - Departmental tutoring service. Group study and tutorials for lower division math courses on a drop-in bases.
• Covell Math/Science Tutorials - University tutoring service. Weekly tutorial group meetings and drop-in service. Note: Online registration is required for weekly sessions and seem to get full very quickly.
• Private Tutors - The math department maintains a list of graduate students who are available for hire as students.

Practice Resources

Textbooks

• Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Probability - an inexpensive source for many problems, covering the basic topics in the course (and more). Available at UCLA's bookstore.
• Schaum's Outline of Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes - an inexpensive source for many problems, covering the more advanced topics in the course (and more). Available at UCLA's bookstore.

(Note that by no means buying any of these books is required and no HW or exam problems will be taken from there. These additional texts are provided to respond to the request of students for additional sources for practice problems).

Exams from previous quarters

• Math 3C, Final, Spring 2008
• Math 3C, Final, Spring 2007
• Math 3C, Midterm 1, Fall 2010
• Math 3C, Midterm 2, Fall 2010