Mathematics 200 Section [ A01 CRN 12177 ] COURSE OUTLINE

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria

September, 2014
INSTRUCTOR

Ryan Budney (rybu@uvic.ca)

DTB A516, Ph: 853-3292 (e-mail preferred).

OFFICE HOURS

Mondays 10:3011:30am, Wednesdays 9-10am or by appointment.

PREREQUISITES

Mathematics 101 or its equivalent. Note: credit will not be given

for more than one of Math 200, 202 or 205.

TEXT (2014F, 2015S) Edwards and Penney, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 6e or 7th Edition.
Bookstore or SUBtext may have used copies of either Edition. One copy of the
two-volume Instructors Solutions Manual has been placed in the Reserve Reading
Room of the Library; it contains solutions for most of the problems in the text,
and is available on a two-hour loan basis.
SYLLABUS

See the COURSE SCHEDULE for a detailed description.

TUTORIALS
Math 200 has a one-hour weekly tutorial component, which you should regard as a fourth hour of instruction
for which you have paid. The first tutorial session takes place in the second week of class. You will
hand in homework at the tutorials, and write both of the midterms there as well. Students in tutorials
will be divided up into a number of small problem-solving groups. The problem-solving techniques and
methodology presented in the tutorial will be of precisely the same type as that which will be required for
the final examination.
The topics to be discussed in each tutorial are indicated on the COURSE SCHEDULE. It is important that
you have attempted the related REQUIRED PROBLEMS for the sections to be discussed BEFORE you go
to the tutorial, so that you can take part in the group discussions. It is also important that you participate
in the tutorial discussions as some topics and techniques may ONLY be discussed in the tutorial. Most
students find Math 200 to be a difficult course. You should plan on 100% attendance at the lectures and the
tutorials, as well as completing all homework, to maximize your likelihood of passing the course.
EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING
Calculators will NOT be permitted in the examination room for the midterm tests or the final
examination.
There will be a three hour final examination scheduled by the University and TWO MIDTERM TESTS held
in your tutorial hour in the weeks of September 29 and November 3. Each midterm counts toward 20% of
your final grade.
Assignments will be handed in regularly, as indicated on the Course Schedule, and graded. There will be
a list of Required Problems from the textbook which you work through, checking your answers, but do not
hand in. Off-schedule Final Examinations are not given except in accordance with the regulations on Illness,
Accident or Family Affliction at Exam Time in the U.Vic. Calendar. Deferred status is granted only for
Final Examinations. If you have a legitimate reason for missing a midterm (with documentation), then your
performance on the rest of the terms work, not including the final examination, will be used to compute a
numerical score for the missed midterm. There will be no make-up midterms. Your grade will be determined
by assigning 40% credit to the midterms, 10% to the assignments and 50% credit to the final examination.
FINAL GRADE
Math 200 is a multi-section course. In order to ensure fairness to students, all sections of the course will
be using the same method of evaluation described above. In addition, consistent testing standards across
sections will be maintained. All sections will write the same final examination, and all sections will have the
same assignments.

UNDERGRADUATE LINK
You MUST READ the following information, which outlines the new University-wide grading table, academic
integrity, attendance, calculators, Assistance Centre, and other important topics:
http://www.uvic.ca/science/math-statistics/undergraduate/course-policies/index.php