Math 3B - Winter, 2000		GENERAL INFORMATION

TEXTBOOK: Single Variable, Calculus, Stewart
We will roughly cover chapter 5-10.

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

GRADING: Your grade in this course is based on weekly homework, two
in-class midterms and one final. The final is common among all math3b
classes. The grading policy is: you will receive a C- or below if you
fails to get 50% out of the final no matter how well you did in homework
and midterms; on the other hand, you will receive at least a C if
you score 50% or more in the final; if you pass the final, I will use the
formula
       max(15% homework + 20% mid1 + 20% mid2 + 45% final,
	   25% mid1 + 25% mid2 + 50% final)
to calculate your course grade. In English, I will take the sum of 15%
homework, 20% each midterm and 45% 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 is due each week in your discussion section. It will be
graded and handed back to you the next week in the discussion section.

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

The first midterm will be around the 4th week (before the course drop date)
and the second will be around 8th week. The final will be on March 20 from
7:30pm to 10:30pm. Unless announced otherwise before the exams, the
midterms will be held in the same room where the lecture meets. The room
for the final is usually NOT the room where the lecture meets. It will be
assigned and announced roughly three weeks before the final.

WEBSITE: http://www.math.ucsb.edu/~xichen/math3b00w/
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.