Mathematics for Life Sciences II Syllabus
fall 2003

Instructor: Evan Haskell, LCB 306, 581-6195, haskell@math.utah.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 10:45am-11:45am or by appointment
Info on the web: http://www.math.utah.edu/~haskell/1180

Teaching Assistant: Angie Marchant, LCB 311, 585-1642, marchant@math.utah.edu

Office Hours: TBA or by appointment

Class Schedule: MWF, 9:40-10:30 am, JTB 120

Textbook: Modeling the Dynamics of Life: Calculus and Probability for Life Scientists, F.R. Adler
The Course. Math 1180 is the second semester of a full year calculus and statistics sequence designed to introduce the mathematics necessary to do biology in an increasingly qunatitative field. The sequence is for students with little or no previous calculus. We will cover one section of the book per lecture.
Computer Labs. You will meet for one hour weekly with the TA for a computer lab in LCB 115. Lab assignments will be due the on the following Tuesday and will account for 10% of your grade. The material covered in the labs will be fair game for tests and quizzes.

Homework. Homework will be due weekly on Wednesdays. The problems for the book have been extensively revised. I will hand out the problems that are assigned, but consult the web page for other examples. Hand in assigned problems from the previous week.

Exams. There will be three mid-terms, and a comprehensive final. The tentative exam schedule is:
Midterm 1 (Chapter 5) Wednesday, February 4
Midterm 2 (Chapter 6) Monday, March 8
Midterm 3 (Chapter 7) Friday, April 9
Final Exam (Chapters 5-8) Thursday, May 6 8:00am - 10:00am
Grading. Grades will be weighted according to the following scheme. You can either drop your lowest midterm or halve the final exam grade.
Each midterm 10%
Brief Research Paper12.5%
Final Exam 30%
Written homework 15%
Computer lab write-ups 12.5%
Incompletes:
The grade ``incomplete'' will be given only when, during the final stages of the course, the student is prevented by circumstances beyond his or her control to complete the course.
Withdrawals:
Last day to drop classes: Januar 21.
Last day to withdraw from classes: March 5.
ADA:
The ``American with Disabilities Act'' requires that reasonable accomodations be made for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of this semester to discuss any such accomodation for the course.


MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
January 12: 4.2

January 14: 5.1

January 16: 5.2

January 19: holiday

January 21: 5.3

January 23: 5.4

January 26: 5.5

January 28: 5.6

January 30: 5.7

February 2: Chapter 5

February 4: Exam 1

February 6: 6.1

February 9: 6.2

February 11: 6.3

February 13: 6.4

February 16: holiday

February 18: 6.5

February 20: 6.6

February 23: 6.7

February 25: 6.8

February 27: 6.9

March 1: 6.10

March 3: 6.11

March 5: Chapter 6

March 8: Exam 2

March 10: 7.1

March 12: 7.2

March 15: SPRING

March 17: BREAK

March 19: WEEK

March 22: 7.3

March 24: 7.4

March 26: 7.5

March 29: 7.6

March 31: 7.7

April 2: 7.8

April 5: 7.9

April 7: Chapter 7

April 9: Exam 3

April 12: 8.1

April 14: 8.2

April 16: 8.3

April 19: 8.4

April 21: 8.5

April 23: 8.6

April 26: 8.7

April 28: Chapter 8

April 30: Classes Ended