Math 131—Fall 2012

Thanks to Professor Eisenberg !

Professor Eisenberg has been a math131-math132 course chair many years, he has done a lot of contribution in management of Calculus teaching and Calculus help center. He created this fabulous math132 course web and well organized everything together, so the instructors and students can find all of information related to the course here. It takes us a lot of convenient.  Now he authorize the following math132 course chair Dr. Jinguo Lian to run the course  web continuously. Thanks to Professor Eisenberg !

Welcome to Math 131, Calculus I, for Fall 2012.

What’s here?

This web site provides information applicable to all sections of Math 131. Your own lecture section instructor will provide additional information specific to just that section, in the form of another web site and/or a printed handout.

The About page here constitutes a comprehensive syllabus for the course. It includes information about the course-wide common exams, on-line homework system, and other course requirements along with the course-wide common grading scheme.

If you have a question about course policy, course operation, grading, etc.,  you should address it in the first instance directly to your own lecture section instructor.

Which version of textbook?

If you buy from the UMass Textbook Annex, in person or on-line, you have two choices. The higher-priced “Hybrid edition” includes a printed copy of the text; the lower-priced item does not, just an eBook. Both versions include an access code for the required WebAssign on-line homework system.

Be sure you are buying one of these, both of which are the Seventh (7th) Edition of the text—the one we are using.

For more information, see the Text & Homework page.

Discussion sections do meet first week, even on Tuesday!

During the first week of classes, beginning Tuesday 4 September, Math 131 discussion sections do meet!

Even if your first discussion section is Tuesday and your first lecture section is Wednesday, your discussion section does meet! In fact, that discussion section meeting the first day will become an ordinary lecture.

Want to add Math 131 or change sections?

If you need to add the course or change sections, you should try over and over again to do so in the normal way through Spire.

If that still doesn’t work, then see this FAQ.

Jinguo Lian, Math 131 Course Chair
lian<at>math.umass.edu
LGRT 1028
545-6016