Omar Abuzzahab
Department of Mathematics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395
Office: DRL 4C11
Email: omarab (at) math (dot) upenn (dot) edu --- please put "math 260" in your subject line
Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays at 4:00 pm.
Main Page > Spring 2013 - Math 260 Honors Calculus III
Class News
Course Information
Instructor: Dennis DeTurck
Class Web Page: http://www.math.upenn.edu/~deturck/m260/main.html
Lecture
T,Th 10:30 am -12:00 pm in DRL A4
Recitation Sections:
Section 201: Wednesdays 6:00-7:30 pm, 4C4 DRL
Section 202: Wednesdays 7:30-9:00 pm, 4C4 DRL
Policy:
See the Professor's policy laid out on the course website. A 15% portion of your grade will be based on the homework (which is handed in during lecture, graded by me and returned to you during recitation). Extra points will be added/subtracted to your overall homework grade based on your recitation participation and attendence.
Additional policy for recitations:
- Please show up on time
- Please refrain from idle conversations
- Do not bring food to class
One of the goals during recitations is to provide an open question and answer session for your benefit. Feel free to ask any question, not just about solving specific problems. For example it could be re-explaining a concept, or clarifying something from the book or lectures. A second goal is to practice solving problems at the board, conducted both by me as well as by individual volunteers.
Homework format policy
- HW must be stapled together, not folded together. There are staplers in the math office and libraries. If you cannot get a staple then a paper clip is acceptable.
- If you tear your HW out of a spiral notebook then please remove the fringe running down the side of the pages.
- Put your name and "section number" (one of the numbers 201 or 202) on the first page in the upper right corner.
- Write your HW single sided (i.e., the back of the page is always blank) and in a one column format (i.e. don't split the page vertically).
Advice:
Besides maintaining good study habits, what else should you be doing?
- Pay attention during class and ask questions as soon as they come up.
- Come to office hours to clarify concepts and to get help for problem solving.
- Talk to your friends, engage in study groups.
- Search the Internet! Wikipedia is one example, but there are many places you can find through Google that have helpful explanations on almost any math topic. If you aren't used to doing this you are missing out.
- Read Calculus Help at Penn to make yourself aware of study resources provided by the University.