Math 121 precalculus Fall 2010

Instructor: Yun Guan
email: yguan3@uic.edu
Office: SEO 728
Phone: (312) 996-1724

Section 13000: MWF 1:00-1:50 Lecture in 2LCD D002

Section 13008: MWF 2:00-2:50 Lecture in 2LCD D002

Office hours: Mon, Wed 11:00-12:00PM or by appointment

Free Tutoring at Math Learning Center, located 430 SEO, Monday-Friday 9am-6pm.

Course Website: http://www.math.uic.edu/math121

Lecture Notes

Week 1	8/23/2010	8/25/2010	8/27/2010
Week 2	8/30/2010	9/1/2010	9/3/2010 part 1; part 2.
Week 3	Labor Day	9/8/2010	9/10/2010
Week 4	9/13/2010	9/15/2010 for students in 2pm lecture, the example for section 4.4 can be found in Sept. 13 lecture notes.	9/17/2010
Week 5	9/20/2010	9/22/2010 Review for Exam 1	9/24/2010 Exam 1
Week 6	9/27/2010	9/29/2010	10/1/2010 Solve an equation (left from section 5.6) Section 5.7 & part of 5.8
Week 7	10/4/2010	10/6/2010	10/8/2010
Week 8	10/11/2010	10/13/2010	10/15/2010
Week 9	Review for Exam 2 problem 1-6 for 1PM lecture problem 1-8 for 2PM lecture	Review for Exam 2 solutions for ALL problems	10/22/2010 Exam 2 (chapter 5 & 6) 1PM Huaiqing BSB 145 Paul LCD 2 2PM Joel’s students LC D2 Brad’s students LC C3
Week 10	10/25/2010	10/27/2010	10/29/2010
Week 11	11/1/2010 sick leave example problems	11/3/2010	11/5/2010
Week 12	11/8/2010	11/10/2010	11/12/2010
Week 13	11/15/2010 Chapter 7 review Chapter 7 solutions part 1 Chapter 8 review	11/17/2010 solutions for chapter 7 review solutions for chapter 8 review	11/19/2010 Exam 3(chapter 7 & 8) 1PM Huaiqing BSB 145 Paul D 2 2PM Joel’s students D2 Brad’s students C3
Week 14	11/22/2010	11/24/2010 Extra Credit Assignment (due next Monday Nov. 29 in lecture)	Thanksgiving holiday, no class.
Week 15	11/29/2010	12/1/2010	12/3/2010
	Exam 1 v1 v1solutions v2 v2solutions Exam 2 solutions Exam 3 solutions
	Review for Final check mymathlab multimedia library for textbook solutions correction for section 5.6 #21; 7.7 #22
	Review sessions: Mon. 1PM LC B1; Wed. 2PM BSB 145
	Sample formula sheet
	Comprehensive Final Exam Thursday, December 9 6:00-8:00pm BSB 250

Texbook:

Precalculus by Michael Sullivan, 8th edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall

We are using an online material on www.coursecompass.com: MyMathLab. You have the choice to purchase just the access code for the MyMathLab (which allows you to read the e-textbook online, doing homework and quizzes online also), or you can choose the access code packaged with the textbook (then you have a hardcopy of the book to read, but you still have to do homework and quizzes online).

How to enroll in MyMathLab? Goto www.coursecompass.com: Choose student register,

You need 3 things to enroll:

1. Your access code ( if you didn’t buy it from the bookstore or other webstores, you can purchase online from CourseCompass with a credit card),

2. You need an email address (UIC’s or any other email you prefer) and create your password (make sure you remember your password, otherwise you’ll have to call Help at CourseCompass.)

3. Your course ID: (Depending on who is your TA, here is the list of the course IDs. Check your schedule to see which one is yours. Each ID is guan followed by five digits)

TA: Huaiqing Zuo, Course ID is guan52693;

TA: Brad Groff, Course ID is guan01775;

TA: Joel Sievert, Course ID is guan75633;

TA: Paul Rodgers, Course ID is guan08886.

Detailed information on how to buy an access code:

1. click the register button at http://www.coursecompass.com, you will see a webpage showing what you need in order to enroll a course, then click Next button,

2. you will get to a page asking for a course ID. Enter the course ID you TA give you, select Buy Now option, then you will see the product "MyMathLab powered by CourseCompass for Precalculus 8th Edition by Michael Sullivan, III", click on the Buy button to make purchase.