Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Northern Illinois University
MATH 211 Summer 2009 Section 1
Reavis Hall 302
8 -9:15
Richard Blecksmith
RECITATION
Teaching Assistant: Angela Antonou
Tuesday 2:30 - 3:20
Davis Hall 309
OFFICE HOURS
Prof. Richard Blecksmith
Watson Hall 344
Monday, Wednesday 9:30-11:30
or by appointment
email: richard@math.niu.edu
Angela Antonou
DuSable Hall 352
Tues 1:00 - 2:15
Wed 12:30 - 1:45
or by appointment
email: angela@math.niu.edu
TESTS
There are four exams, roughly covering Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.
| Test Number
| Date
|
| Test 1
| June 25
|
| Test 2
| July 9
|
| Test 3
| July 23
|
| Test 4
| August 6
|
- Test 1: Sections 1.1 - 1.5
- Test 2: Sections 1.6 - 1.8, 2.1 (all homework), 2.4 (up to exercise 34)
- Test 3: Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1
- Test 4: Sections 3.2 - 3.4, 4.1 - 4.5
GRADES
The lowest of your four exam scores and your recitation
score will be dropped. Your grade is based on the percentage
of the four remaining scores.
MAKE-UP EXAMS
Any missed exam will be considered a 0 and dropped as your
lowest score. For this reason, except for highly unuaual
circumstances, there will be NO make-up exams
SAMPLE EXAMS
Disclaimer: These are taken from another semester by another
instructor. The material may differ from the exam you actually
take. Also, we are dividing the class into 4 exam periods,
not three.
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Sample Exam 1
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Sample Exam 2
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Sample Exam 3
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
For a list of all assignments,
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Homework will be collected in RECITATION
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- Week 2: Sections 1.1 - 1.4
- Week 3: Sections 1.5 - 1.6
- Week 4: Sections 1.7 - 1.8
- Week 5: Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 (only thru exercise 35)
- Week 6: Sections 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
- Week 7: Sections 3.1, 3.2
- Week 8: Sections 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 (only thru exercise 50)
STUDENT HANDOUTS:
NOTE: The following handouts are in PDF format, so
you will need
Adobe's Acrobat Reader which is a free and useful download. Click on
the above link to get the latest version of the Acrobat Reader.
- Week 1 Lecture Notes 1.1 - 1.3
- Week 2 Lecture Notes 1.4 - 1.6
- Week 3 Lecture Notes 1.7 - 1.8
- Week 4 Lecture Notes Chapter 2 Graphing
- Week 5 Lecture Notes Chapter 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
- Week 6 Lecture Notes Chapter 3.1
- Week 6 Lecture Notes Chapter 3.2-3.4
- Week 7 Lecture Notes Chapter 4.1-4.2
- Week 8 Lecture Notes Chapter 4.3-4.4
- Week 8 Lecture Notes Chapter 4.5
Last Change 8/4/09