Mathematics 181, Honors section Calculus II

University of Illinois at Chicago Fall, 2008

• Course meetings
  • Lectures: 11 AM, Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 304 Taft Hall
  • Discussions: 11 AM, Tuesday and Thursday: 117 Taft Hall

• Instructor: Professor Peter B. Shalen
  • Office: 500 SEO
  • Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 2--3 PM
  • E-mail: shalen@math.uic.edu
  • Telephone: 996-4825

• Teaching Assistant: Ms. Holly Krieger
  • Office hours: To be announced
  • E-mail:hkrieger@uic.edu

• General course description: This is NOT an ordinary section of Math 181. It is a course for people who enjoy mathematics and wish to acquire a deeper understanding of calculus than they would find in a typical second-semester calculus course.

• Textbook and syllabus: Information about the textbook will be posted here soon. I must emphasize that many topics which we cover may not be in the textbook.

  I will remain flexible about the exact syllabus because of the special nature of this course. Requirements will be made clear to anyone who attends lectures regularly. In addition, before each exam I will give a list of topics that you are expected to know about.

• Homework: Problems will be assigned roughly once a week, and solutions will be due roughly a week after the problems are assigned. For problems that have been assigned so far, and solutions to selected problems for which the due date has passed, click here.
• Exams and grades: Tentatively, I am planning to give two one-hour exams and a final. The first hour exam may be given in the fourth or fifth week. Grades will be based on class participation (10%), quizzes and homework (20%), hour exams (20% each), and final (30%).