Math 171
Fall 2015

Instructor: Uri Andrews
Email: (My last name)@math.wisc.edu
Office: 513 Van Vleck Hall
Office Hours: MF 3:15-4:30
Class Rooms/Times: Van Vleck B102, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM, MWF
Ingraham B10, 02:25 PM - 03:15 PM, MWF

Textbooks

Precalculus: A Prelude to Calculus, Second Edition, Axler; Wiley.
UW Madison Calculus Text -- See here

Homework

There will be a weekly homework assignment, which will be posted in advance here . They will be due on Tuesdays, to be turned in during your section. To facilitate fair, accurate, and timely homework grading, I will not accept late homework except in extreme cases.

Exams

There will be two in-class midterms and one final. The final exam will be on Friday, 12/18/2015, 10:05AM - 12:05PM. Except in exceptional circumstances, the university requires that you take the final exam at the above scheduled time. In particular, an exam may not be rescheduled due to travel arrangements. If you do have an emergency or other legitimate conflict with the above exam date, please let me know as soon as possible. I use the same policy for midterm exams. If you are sick or have an emergency the day of the exam you need to get a note from a doctor.

The two in-class midterms were held on 10/5/2015 and 11/6/2015.

Version A of the first exam can be found here. The median score was 57, or 71.25%. Your score corresponds to a grade according to the following curve: For an A, you need at least 68 points. For an AB, you need at least 64 points. For a B, you need at least 57 points. For a BC, you need at least 53 points. For a C, you need at least 45 points. For a D, you need at least 40 points.

Version A of the second exam can be found here. The median score was 45, or 85.45%. Your score corresponds to a grade according to the following curve: For an A, you need at least 52 points. For an AB, you need at least 50 points. For a B, you need at least 45 points. For a BC, you need at least 40 points. For a C, you need at least 36 points. For a D, you need at least 30 points.

Use of calculators will not be allowed for quizzes or exams. You must bring a valid UW Photo ID to all exams.
If you are eligible for special consideration on exams, please let me know as soon as possible, so that I can ensure that your needs are accommodated.
Note that the library has exams from previous years.

Help

Don't let your questions go unanswered or your confusion unresolved. There are several resources available when you want some help outside of lecture and discussion:

Any TA's Office Hours: See the table below. You are welcomed and encouraged to go to the office hours of any of the TAs, not just the one that leads your discussion section. Because of the many many hours of office hours available to you, your TA will almost certainly not move their office hours to accommodate the schedule of any single student.
Professor Andrews's Office Hours: 513 Van Vleck, MF 3:15-4:30.
Other resources listed here

Grading

There will be homeworks collected once a week, quizzes, two midterms, and a final. The grade breakdown will be: 20% section grade (including quizzes and homeworks), 20% each midterm, 40% final.
Section grades will be adjusted at the end of the semester, so that even if your TA grades harder than another TA, that will not adversely effect your grade.

Email Policy

All questions should first be directed to your TA. If your TA does not know the answer to your question they will ask me and get back to you. Please email me only from your wisc.edu email otherwise your email might get sent to the spam folder. Short direct questions that require short answers are best. If you have a longer question please ask me after class or during office hours.

TAs and Discussion Sections

All e-mails are @math.wisc.edu

Name	Email	Office Hours	Discussion Sections
Yuzhong Gao	`gao24`	101-22 Van Vleck TTh 10-11:30	301	TTh 7:45-8:35AM	Room Van Vleck
			304	TTh 8:50-9:40AM	Room Van Vleck
Elnur Emrah	`emrah`	318 Van Vleck M 9:50-10:40, T 11-11:50, Th 1:20-2:10	302	TTh 7:45-8:35AM	Room Van Vleck
			303	TTh 8:50-9:40 AM	Room Van Vleck
Pritesh Somani	`somani`	101 Van Vleck, Cubicle #11 Friday 12-2:30 PM	305	TTh 11:00-11:50AM	201 Van Hise
			307	TTh 12:05-12:55PM	B333 Van Vleck
Ben Mark	`bmark`	522 Van Vleck TTh 9:45-11:00AM	309	TTh 2:25-3:15PM	B337 Van Vleck
			311	TTh 3:30-4:20PM	B219 Van Vleck
Christopher Boveroux	`cboveroux`	Humanities 2451 M 8-10:30AM	322	TTh 8:50-9:40	53 Bascom Hall
			328	TTh 1:20-2:10PM	6232 Sewell Social Sciences
Meng-Che (Turbo) Ho	`ho`	422 Van Vleck M 9-11:30	323	TTh 9:55-10:45	6232 Social Sciences
			325	TTh 12:05-12:55PM	B123 Van Vleck
Bae Jun Park	`park`	318 Van Vleck F 11-1:30	324	TTh 9:55-10:45	B337 Van Vleck
			326	TTh 12:05-12:55PM	B337 Van Vleck
Christian Noack	`cnoack`	416 Van Vleck Tues and Wed 1-2:15PM	327	TTh 1:20-2:10	Room Van Vleck
			329	TTh 2:25-3:15PM	Room Van Vleck
Kishore Kumar Jagadeesha	`kishore`	101 Van Vleck cubicle 13 W F 9:45-11:00AM	306	TTh 11:00-11:50	B135 Van Vleck
			308	TTh 12:05-12:55PM	B329 Van Vleck
Shujin Jiang	`sjiang37`	101 Van Vleck cubicle 21 T Th 1:00-2:15	321	TTh 8:50-9:40	Room Van Vleck
			330	TTh 2:25-3:15PM	Room Van Vleck

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