Math 213: Calculus and Introduction to Differential Equations

Course Description (Syllabus included)

Instructor: Ke Zhu ( kzhu@math.wisc.edu ) Van Vleck Hall 815

TA: Diego Glindo ( galindo@math.wisc.edu ) Van Vleck Hall 316, Jie Ling ( ling@math.wisc.edu ) Van Vleck Hall 718

Textbook: “Calculus with Applications” by Lial, Greenwell and Ritchey (8^th edition)

Material to be covered: We will cover Chapter 7 (7.3, 7.4, 7.6), 8, 9, 10 and 12.

Lectures: TR 1:00-2:15pm Van Vleck Hall B239

Office Hour: W 2:25-3:25pm R 4-5pm

Homework: Homework will be assigned at the end of lectures, and is due on Wednesday night 11:59pm

the next week. You can either hand in homework in your discussion section or put it in the TA's mailbox.

It is allowed and encouraged to discuss homework with your classmates, but you should write the solutions

independently. Only selected homework problems will be graded. Please note that no late homework is acceptable.

Check here for homework. (Please write your name and the TA section clearly, and staple it.)

Exams: Exams will be taken with closed books, no reference and no calculator. You must take exams on time;

Make up exams can be allowed only in very unusual circumstance, and you must discuss with me in advance.

You can practice with exams in past years.

Exam schedule:

Midterm1: Feb 26 (Tuesday) in class

Midterm2: April 15 (Tuesday) in class

Final: May 14 (Wednesday) 12:25pm-2:25pm

Grading: The final grade is based on the Total Score= ( homework and discussion sections ) x 15% + ( midterm1 ) x 20% + ( midterm2 )x25% + ( final ) x40%. Note:

Midterms are kept as raw scores and won't be curved. We only curve the total score. The curve can only be determined after the final.

There is a rough way to estimate your grade based on your total score: A:>=90/100, B:>=80/100 and C:>=70/100. For example,

if your homework and discussion part is 90/100, and midterm1, midterm2 and final are 80/100, 85/100 and 90/100 respectively, then

your total score is 90x15%+80x20%+85x25%+90x40%=86.75, and you are likely to get AB.

Math help: You can get help in your math class.