Math 1156 - Calculus for the Biological Sciences, Autumn 2014


    Lecture: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 am - 12:25 pm in 170 Eighteenth Ave, 209 W
    Office Hours: MWF 3:00 - 4:00 pm, or by appointment
    Office hour location: Jennings Hall 380.

    Syllabus: Link to download syllabus

    TAs:
    20482: Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 - 12:25pm in 218 Cockins Hall,
    20483: Tuesday and Thursday from 12:40 - 1:35pm in 243 Enarson Classroom,
    20484: Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 - 12:25pm in 82 University Hall,
    20485: Tuesday and Thursday from 12:40 - 1:35pm in 82 University Hall.

    Textbook
    Calculus for Biology and Medicine, Claudia Neuhauser, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, Chapters 1-7.

    Exam Announcements
    Midterm 1: Wednesday 10/01 in class
    Midterm 2: Monday 11/03 in class
    Monday Dec 15, 12:00pm-1:45pm

    Course Project Announcements
    Project guidlines
    Presentation structure
    Report structure
    The team members are responsible to contact his/her team leaders. The team leader of each team is responsible to organize meeting times for the team to work on the project together and to consult the project advisors when necessary. It is recommended to work out the project early, at least a few days before your first final exam.

    Project Descriptions:
    Project 1 : Mathematics of Disease Spread, Mentor: Dr. Karly Jacobsen, email: jacobsen.50@mbi.osu.edu
    Groups : Disease Haters, Something whity, Mathbusters, Team 200/200
    Project 2 : The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio in Nature, Mentor: Dr. Matthew Oremland, email: oremland.2@mbi.osu.edu
    Groups : The Calculus kids, Baby Buckeyes, Hao you doing?
    Project 3 : Untitled Cancer project, Mentor: Dr. Ruchira Datta, email: datta.53@mbi.osu.edu
    Groups : The Everlasting Tumor Stoppers, The Pineapples under the sea, The Plastics 12:40, Better Than Yours
    Project 4 : Do dogs know calculus? Mentor: Dr. Richard Buckalew, email: Buckalew.2@mbi.osu.edu
    Groups : Blue cat 21, The drifters, The dangerous Derivers, Who let the dogs out

    Important dates:
    11/10 : Form a team of 6-8 people and choose a team leader.
    11/21-12/05 :Students work on the project together as a team. Each team leader should schedule your team's first meeting with your project advisor for better explanations of the project. Project advisors are busy, please schedule early. Students write up a project report as a team. Everyone in the team should write part of the report. Each team member's contribution to the project should be clearly stated in the report.
    12/1 & 12/3 : Project presentation.
    12/10 (5pm) : Project report due. Please submit it to Lecturer's office (Jennings Hall, 380) or by email (hao.50@osu.edu).

    Class Schedule
     
    Monday
    Tuesday
    Wednesday
    Thursday
    Friday
    Week 1 (08/25-08/29) Sec 1.2 Sec 1.2
    Week 2 (09/01-09/05) No class Quiz 1 Sec 1.3, 2.1 HW 1 Sec 2.2
    Week 3 (09/08-09/12) Sec 3.1 Quiz 2 Sec 3.2 HW 2 Sec 3.4
    Week 4 (09/15-09/19) Sec 3.5 Quiz 3 Sec 4.1 HW 3 Sec 4.2, 4.3
    Week 5 (09/22-09/26) Sec 4.4 Quiz 4 Sec 4.5 HW 4 Sec 4.6, 4.7
    Week 6 (09/29-10/03) Review for 1st midterm Q&A 1st midterm Q&A No class
    Week 7 (10/06-10/10) Sec 5.1 Quiz 5 Sec 5.1 HW 5 Sec 5.2
    Week 8 (10/13-10/17) Sec 5.3 Quiz 6 Sec 5.3 HW 6 Sec 5.4
    Week 9 (10/20-10/24) Sec 5.5 Quiz 7 Sec 5.8 HW 7 Sec 6.1
    Week 10 (10/27-10/31) Sec 6.1 Quiz 8 Sec 6.2 HW 8 Review for midterm 2
    Week 11 (11/03-11/07) 2nd midterm Q&A No class Q&A Sec 6.1
    Week 12 (11/10-11/14) Intro to project No class Sec 6.2 HW 9 Sec 6.3
    Week 13 (11/17-11/21) Sec 7.1 Quiz 9 Sec 7.2 HW 10 Sec 7.2
    Week 14 (11/24-11/28) Meet with project mentors Quiz 10 No class Thanksgiving No class
    Week 15 (12/01-12/05) Project presentations Q&A Project presentations Q&A Review for Final
    Week 16 (12/08-12/12) Q&A Project report due


    Homework Announcements (Homework will be graded based on both correctness and completeness. We will choose 3-5 problems to grade for correctness. Bonus points awarded for attempting all questions!)

    HW1:
    Sec 1.2.1: 2, 8, 10, 12, 18
    Sec 1.2.2 - 1.2.8: 30, 44, 56, 58, 74
    Sec 1.3: 23, 28, 32, 48, 60
    Sec 2.1: 14, 22
    Collected on Thursday 09/04.

    HW2:
    Sec 2.2: 18, 26, 32, 42, 46, 50, 72, 76, 80
    Sec 3.1: 6, 14, 22, 40, 46, 50, 54
    Sec 3.2: 6, 8, 10
    Collected on Thursday 09/11.

    HW3:
    Sec 3.3: 2, 6, 14, 16
    Sec 3.4: 2(b), 4(c), 6, 8, 10, 12, 16
    Sec 3.5: 2(b), 4(b), 6
    Collected on Thursday 09/18.

    HW4:
    Sec 4.1: 18, 22, 26, 30, 36
    Sec 4.2: 6, 10, 22, 32, 36, 38, 58
    Sec 4.3: 4, 14, 16, 20, 32, 38, 42, 48, 52, 58, 78, 80, 86, 88, 90
    Sec 4.4: 4, 8, 10, 16, 26, 32, 34, 36, 40, 50, 52, 54, 68, 78
    Collected on Thursday 09/25.

    HW5:
    Sec 4.5: 2, 6, 12, 16, 66, 68
    Sec 4.6: 10, 18, 22, 26, 29
    Sec 4.7: 23,28, 33, 34
    Collected on Thursday 10/09.

    HW6:
    Sec 5.1: 20, 22, 24, 28,35,40, 42
    Sec 5.2: 2,4,6,14,16,20
    Sec 5.3: 2,4,8,14
    Collected on Thursday 10/16.

    HW7:
    Sec 5.3: 19,22,27,35
    Sec 5.4: 4,5,7,8,10
    Sec 5.5: 6, 10, 26, 34, 42, 50, 60
    Collected on Thursday 10/23.

    HW8:
    Sec 5.8 : 4, 8,10, 11,28, 30, 42, 44, 60, 62
    Collected on Thursday 10/30.

    HW9:
    Sec 6.1 : 6, 10, 25, 26, 34, 41, and 68 (d)
    Collected on Thursday 11/13.

    HW10:
    Sec 6.2 : 2, 10, 20, 42, 100
    Sec 6.3 : 2,8,26
    Sec 7.1: 2,32, 58
    Collected on Thursday 11/20.