Math 3A - Fall, 1999		GENERAL INFORMATION

TEXTBOOK: Single Variable, Calculus, Stewart
We will roughly cover chapter 1-4.

Instructor: Xi Chen
Phone #: 893-3878
Email: xichen@math.ucsb.edu
Office and Office Hours: South Hall 6502, Tue & Thu 10-11:30am

GRADING: There will be one quiz each week in the discussion sections starting
from the 3rd week (Oct. 11). The quiz problems are chosen by TAs from the
homework assignments of the previous week. There will be two midterms, the
first around the 4th week (before the course drop date) and the second
around 8th week. And there will be one common final for all math3a
classes. The grading policy is: a student will receive a C- or below if he/she
fails to get 50% out of the final no matter how well he/she did in the quizzes
and midterms; on the other hand, a student will receive at least a C if
he/she scores 50% or more in the final; for a student above the passing
line (50%) of the final, I will use the formula
       max(10% quiz + 20% mid1 + 20% mid2 + 50% final,
	   25% mid1 + 25% mid2 + 50% final)
to calculate his course grade. In English, I will take the sum of 10% quiz,
20% each midterm and 50% final or the sum of 25% each midterm and 50%
final, whichever is better, as your course grade. The letter grades are
determined by curve fitting, roughly, 30% A, 35% B and 35% C. (This ratio
is only for the students passing the final. So if 40% students fail the final,
there are only 18% A, 21% B and 21% C.)

HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned but not be turned
in. However, since quiz problems are selected from the homework, you
should probably do it anyway or at least make sure you know how to
do the problems assigned.

EXAMS: No books are allowed in quizzes and exams. You may use a
calculator and a notecard. You should bring a photo ID to all exams.

WEBSITE: http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~xichen/math3a99f/
I will post homework assignments, handouts, solution sets, 
exam locations and etc. to the website on a regular basis.
If you miss some classes, you should check the website to 
see if there is anything new.