Calculus for the Life Sciences, Math 119B, Spring 2007

Dr. Florence Newberger

Office: FO3-218
Office Phone: (562) 985-5675
email: fnewberg@csulb.edu
web site: http://www.csulb.edu/~fnewberg

Page Contents:

Resources and Links
Student Open Access Computer Labs at CSULB (link, lab hours)

Homework and material that you can download.

Homework for Section 12.1 due Tuesday, February 6	Click!
Drill for Sections 12.1 and 12.2 Quiz! Tuesday, February 6 at the beginning of class	Click!
Drill for Sections 12.1 and 12.2 Quiz Answers!	Click!
Homework for Section 12.2 due Tuesday, February 13	Click!
Drill for Sections 12.3 Quiz! Tuesday, February 13 at the beginning of class We did an in-class worksheet on some of the drill problems. Here is the worksheet and here are the answers.	Click!
Drill for Section 12.3 Take home quiz! due Thursday, February 15 at the beginning of class	Click!
Drill for Sections 12.4 and 13.1 Quiz Answers!	Click!
Homework for Section 12.3 due Tuesday, February 13	Click!
Drill for Sections 12.4 and 13.1 Quiz! Tuesday, February 20 at the beginning of class	Click!
Drill for Sections 12.4 and 13.1 Quiz Answers!	Click!
Homework for Section 13.1 due Tuesday, February 20 Corrected version as of Sunday, Feb 11 at 12:30pm	Click!
Drill for Sections 13.2	Click!
Homework for Section 13.2 and 13.3 due Tuesday, February 27	Click!
Worksheet on normal random variables! Worksheet Answers! Not to be turned in	Click! Click!
Exam 1 Review Sheet Exam 1 is on Thursday, March 1	Click!
Drill for Sections 10.1 Take home Quiz! due Tuesday, March 13 Take home Quiz! due Tuesday, March 15	Click! Click! Click!
Homework for Section 10.1 due Tuesday, March 13	Click!
Drill for Sections 10.3 and 10.4 Take home Quiz! due Tuesday, March 20 Take home Quiz! due Tuesday, March 22	Click! Click! Click!
Drill Quiz Answers for Sections 10.3 and 10.4 10.3 Quiz Answers! 10.4 Quiz Answers!	Click! Click!
Homework for Sections 10.3 and 10.4 due Thursday, March 22	Click!
Drill for Sections 10.4 and 10.5 Take home Quiz! due Tuesday, March 27	Click! Click!
Homework for Sections 10.5 due Tuesday, March 27	Click!
Exam 2 Review Sheet Exam 2 is on Thursday, March 29	Click!
Homework for Sections 11.1 due Tuesday, April 17	Click!
Drill for Section 11.1 Complete all of the problems by the deadline, and receive full credit, even if some problems take you more than one try. The due dates for the WeBWork assignments can be found by logging in to WeBWork. If you need more time to get it all done, email me! Worhsheet from 11.1 Worksheet Answers! (Use these! They took me forever(!) to write.)	WeBWork! Click! Click!
Homework for Sections 11.2 and 11.3 due Thursday, April 26	Click!
Drill for Sequences (worksheet) Take home Quiz! due Thursday, April 26	Click! Click!
Drill for Difference Equations	Click!
Homework Difference Equations due Thursday, May 3 (Do it by Tuesday, so you can check your answers!)	Click!
Exam 3 Review Sheet Exam 3 is on Thursday, May 3	Click!
Homework Section 11.4 due Tuesday, May 15	Click!
Final Exam Review Sheet The Final Exam is on Thursday, May 24 at 12:30	Click!

Meeting Times
MATH 119B Section 04 meets Tu-Th 2:00 PM-3:15 PM in LA-5 room 147.

Office hours (held in my office: FO3-218)
Feel free to stop by, email or call to schedule an appointment or ask a question!

Tuesdays and Thursdays

1:00-2:00 and 3:15-4:00

Description:

Introduces probability and random variables. Introduces matrices, Gaussian elimination, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. First order differential equations, second order linear homogeneous differential equations, systems of differential equations, difference equations. Functions of several variables, partial derivatives, optimization. Life science applications. Emphasis on problem solving.

Goals:

In addition to gaining mastery of the fundamentals and applications of the content, students will:

work with functions represented in a variety of ways: graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally, and understand the connections among these representations.

communicate mathematics both orally and in well written sentences and should be able to explain solutions to problems.

determine the reasonableness of solutions, including sign, size, relative accuracy, and units of measurement.

Required Course Materials:

Text: Calculus with Applications for the Life Sciences, by Greenwell, Ritchey and Lial, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-74582-8

Assignments::

It is my philosophy that:

Teaching is not telling; listening is not learning.

This means that you can expect to spend time thinking about mathematics both in and out of class. As is standard for a college course, you should expect to spend two hours outside class per credit. This is a 3 credit course; adjust your schedule so that you have 6 hours outside of class to work on calculus each week!

You will have two types of graded homework.

Hand graded homework, assigned weekly, will consist of a few problems (with parts) for you to solve and write up neatly, clearly and correctly.
Drills, which consist of exerciese that require you to excecute technical skills that can only be learned through practice.

Late Homework: You may submit Hand Graded homework late, for 80% of the points you receive. The last day to submit late homwork is the class period after the exam covering that material.

Week	Topics
This table is an approximation of the course outline; we may skip around to review topics from Calculus as necessary, and we may omit some sections to make time for others.
1	Chapters 12 and 13 Probability
2
3
4
5	Thursday, March 1: Exam 1
6	Chapter 10 Matrices
7
8
9	Thursday, March 29: Exam 2
	Spring Break
10	Chapter 11+Supplement Differential Equations and Difference Equations
11
12
13	Thursday, May 3: Exam 3
14	Chapter 9 Multivariable Calculus
15	Chapter 9 Multivariable Calculus

Exams:

March 1
Midterm 1

March 29
Midterm 2

May 3
Midterm 3

See university schedule
Cumulative Final Exam

Grades:

Grade Distributions.

Drill
10%

Hand Graded HW
20%

Midterm 1
14%

Midterm 2
14%

Midterm 3
14%

Final
28%

Cut-offs for letter grades.

Drill
Hand Graded
Midterm
1
Midterm
2
Midterm
3
Final
Weighted average

A 90

B 80

C 70

D 60

Policies: Make up policies, withdrawal policy and cheating and plagiarism policy: click here!

Policies: Make up policies, withdrawal policy and cheating and plagiarism policy: click here!
From the office of the dean: If you received permission to register for a closed class section, only you can enroll for that course. It is the responsibility of the student to complete the registration process before the dates indicated in the Schedule of Classes.