Math 3B: Calculus for Life Sciences Students

Basic Information

Lectures:	MTW 11am-12:50pm
	MS 5200
Instructor:	Michael Bradford Williams (Mike)
Office:	MS 6224
Office hours:	M 1-2:30pm, W 9:30-11am, by appointment
Email:	mwilliams [at] math [dot] ucla [dot] edu
TA Session:	TR 9-10am
	MS 5147
TA:	Yasser Taima
Office:	MS 6221
Office hours:	TR 10-11 am
Email:	ytaima [at] math [dot] ucla [dot] edu

Here is the first day handout.

Here is more detailed information about the course:

• Announcements
• Homework Assignments and Quizzes
• Exam Information
• Grading Scheme
• Weekly Calendar

Announcements

The final exams have been graded and course grades have been determined.

Solutions for Quiz 8 have been posted.

Solutions for Quiz 7 have been posted.

The final exam is Wednesday, September 7. A review sheet has been posted.

Recall that there will be no class on Monday, September 5, which is Labor Day.

Mike will be gone Wednesday (but the lecture will still occur), so office hours for that day will be cancelled. Additional office hours will be held on the Tuesday before the final.

The eighth and final quiz is Tuesday, September 6. Homework probems have been posted.

The seventh quiz is Thursday, September 1. Homework probems have been posted.

Solutions for Quiz 6 have been posted.

Solutions for the sample midterm have been posted.

The second midterm is Monday, August 29. A review sheet has been posted.

The sixth quiz is Thursday, August 25. Homework probems have been posted.

Take a look at Wolfram Alpha, a website that allows you to plot graphs of functions. Here is an example of a function we considered in class.

Solutions for Quiz 5 have been posted.

Solutions to the ODE homework have been posted. (Typos have been corrected.)

Solutions for Quiz 4 have been posted.

The fifth quiz is Tuesday, August 23. Homework problems have been posted.

Here are notes for the second part of the lecture for August 17, on solving higher-order differential equations.

The fourth quiz is Thursday, August 18. Homework problems have been posted.

Solutions for the sample midterm have been posted.

Solutions for Quiz 3 have been posted.

The first midterm is Monday, August 15. A review sheet has been posted.

Solutions for Quiz 2 have been posted.

Links to webpages for other instances of this course have been added for your studying pleasure.

The third quiz is Thursday, August 11. Homework problems have been posted.

Solutions for Quiz 1 have been posted.

The second quiz is Tuesday, August 9. Homework problems have been posted.

The first quiz is Thursday, August 4. Homework problems have been posted.

The first day of class is August 1!

Homework Assignments and Quizzes

Homework problems will be assigned from each lecture, but will not be collected. There will, however, be quizzes in most TA sessions that consist of (or at least are very similar to) one or two homework problems. The quizzes will be on the following days and will correspond to the indicated homework assignments.

• August 4:
  • § 6.1: # 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 49, 51, 65, 68, 71, 74, 83
  • § 6.2: # 7, 9, 15, 19, 43, 47, 59, 69, 83, 101, 115, 119, 123
  • Note: If you are unfamiliar with sigma notation for sums, I suggest doing as many of problems 5-31 in 6.1 as you need in order to feel comfortable.
  • Solutions for Quiz 1 are here.
• August 9:
  • § 6.3: # 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29
  • § 7.1: # 19, 21, 25, 33, 39, 47, 49, 55, 59
  • Solutions for Quiz 2 are here.
• August 11:
  • § 7.2: # 5, 11, 21, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47
  • § 7.3: # 3, 7, 13, 15, 17, 29, 49
  • Solutions for Quiz 3 are here.
• August 18:
  • § 7.4: # 11, 15, 19, 25, 31, 34, 37, 43
  • § 8.1: # 3, 9, 11, 17, 19, 27, 31, 37, 47
  • Solutions for Quiz 4 are here.
• August 23:
  • Problems on solving higher-order ODEs, with solutions
  • § 8.2: # 1, 5, 7, 9, 11
  • Solutions for Quiz 5 are here.
• August 25: (this looks worse than it is)
  • § 9.4: #1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 39, 55, 59, 65
  • § 10.1: # 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 23, 25
  • § 10.2: # 7, 11, 15, 17, 23, 27
  • Solutions for Quiz 6 are here.
• September 1:
  • § 10.3: # 1, 5, 9, 21, 23, 41, 45
  • § 10.4: # 3, 5, 9, 19, 21
  • § 10.5: # 3, 5, 17, 19, 23, 27, 29, 35, 43
  • Solutions for Quiz 7 are here.
• September 6:
  • § 10.6 # 1, 7, 9, 15, 23, 25, 37, 45, 49, 51, 57
  • Solutions for Quiz 8 are here.

Exam Information

There will be two mid-term exams, each held during normal class hours, and in the normal classroom unless otherwise indicated. The final exam will be on or near the last day of classes, in a location to be determined. You will be allowed to bring in one sheet of paper containing any notes that you want. This must be readable without supplemental magnification. All electronic devices (including calculators, but especially cell phones) must be OFF during all exams. Please bring your student ID with you to each exam.

• First Midterm: Monday, August 15. This will cover material from sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 in the textbook. Here is a review sheet, and here are solutions to the sample test therein.
• Second Midterm: Monday, August 29. This will cover material from sections 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 9.4, 10.1, 10.2 in the textbook, as well as the supplemental material on higher-order differential equations. Here is a review sheet, and here are solutions to the sample test therein.
• Final: Wednesday, September 7. This will be cumulative, but roughly half of the exam will cover material from sections 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 in the textbook. The length will be comparable to a midterm exam. Here is a review sheet; solutions are in the back of the textbook.

Grading Scheme

Make-up exams and quizzes will not be given, and you must take the final exam in order to pass the class. However, the lowest quiz score will be dropped, and your final score will be the maximum of the following two scores:

Quizzes (15%) + Midterm 1 (25%) + Midterm 2 (25%) + Final (35%)
or
Quizzes (15%) + Better of Midterms 1 and 2 (35%) + Final (50%)

If you have any complaints about grading, including improper recording of scores, you must bring your complaint to the attention of the instructor within 14 calendar days of the date the assignment in question was due, or exam in question was written, and before the final exam. Grading complaints not brought forward in this time frame will not be considered.

Grades will be viewable on MyUCLA.

Weekly Calendar

This is tentative and may change at any time (but I hope not by much).

August	1 2 3	6.1, 6.2, 6.3
	8 9 10	7.1, 7.2, 7.3
	15 16 17	Midterm #1, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2
	22 23 24	9.4, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
	29 30 31	Midterm #2, 10.4, 10.5
September	5 6 7	10.6, Review

Other Links

Here are link to revious instances of this course, as taught by other instructors:

• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~hbe/3b.1.05s/
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~alethea/3b.1.09s/
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~neiman/3b.1.10s/
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~louidor/3b.1.11s/
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/classes/math/11s/3b.2.11s/index.html
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~popa/3b.1.08w/
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tamara/3b.2.09w/
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~radko/3b.3.10w/
• http://www.math.ucla.edu/~hpt/3b.2.11w/

last modified: 09/08/2011