Course Organization:

Announcements

August 20:	Please click  here  to see  your final exam grade and unofficial letter grade
	for the course. Also, please note that your official grade will be sent to you
	by the Registrar's Office upon the approval by the Senate.
July 28:	As it was announced earlier, Final Examination will take place on Wednesday,
	August 11 from 19:00 to 22:00 in CLH J. On the exam you will be responsible
	for all material covered in this course according to Course Schedule. You are
	permitted to bring a non-programmable, non-graphing calculator. No other aids
	are allowed. If less common formulae are needed on the exam, then those formulae
	will be provided on the exam. There will be several questions, some with a few
	parts. Marks for each question will be indicated. You have to show all your
	work, and you should explain your solutions where appropriate. Unofficial final
	grades for the course will (hopefully) be posted to the course web page by
	August 25th.
	Also, please note that I will also be holding an additional office hours on
	Friday, July 30 from 16:00 to 18:00.
July 27:	I am making available a scanned copy of  solutions  to Test #3 questions in
	PDF format. Please note that the graded test papers will be returned in the
	class on Wednesday, July 28.
	Practice exercises for Chapter 11:
	11.1:  # 2, 8, 13, 16, 18, 23, 25, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 55, 56, 62,
	63, 69, 71, 72, 75, 79, 80
	11.2:  # 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 17, 22, 28, 31, 33, 36, 40, 42, 45, 50, 55-58, 63, 64
	11.3:  # 2, 3, 7-10, 13, 19, 21, 24, 28, 36, 38, 39, 43, 45, 47, 54, 55, 60, 63,
	65-67, 71, 75, 76, 81.
July 19:	As it was announced in the class today, we will write Test #3 during the
	lecture period from 18:00 to 19:30 on Wednesday, July 21. On the test
	you will be responsible for all the material covered in class from Sections 9.9,
	4.1-4.5, 6.1-6.3, 5.1-5.4 and 7.1-7.2 of the textbook. Please note that
	NO CALCULATORS will be allowed to use during this test.
July 15:	To view Diagram of angles and radians of a unit circle please click  here
	Practice exercises for Chapter 7:
	7.1:  # 1, 3, 10, 13, 14, 16-18, 24, 28, 33, 46, 59, 67, 79, 81, 86, 89, 90,
	96, 101, 102
	7.2:  # 4-7, 13, 16, 23, 24, 32, 33, 36, 39, 43, 46, 49, 54-57
	7.3:  # 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 17, 27, 29, 33, 37, 40, 41, 44, 59, 62, 65, 69, 77, 79,
	83, 88, 92, 94
	7.4:  # 2, 3, 10, 14, 15, 23, 25-27, 29, 32, 34, 37, 39, 42, 44, 48, 50, 52,
	54, 56-59
	7.5:  # 2, 6, 7, 16, 20, 27, 31, 35, 36,  40, 43, 45, 48, 51, 58, 50, 62, 65, 69,
	71, 76, 79, 80, 84, 86, 87.
July 12:	Please note that Course evaluations are available on-line at the URL link
	http://courseevaluations.yorku.ca until Friday, July 30. It is the time for you
	to be the judge. Please go on-line and complete the course evaluations.
	Also, please note that the Final Examination will take place on Wednesday,
	August 11, from 19:00 to 22:00 in CLH J.
	Practice exercises for Chapter 5:
	5.1:  # 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 22, 24, 25, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 41, 46, 48,
	52, 55
	5.2:  # 1, 4, 7, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 33, 40, 43, 47, 50, 51, 56, 66, 70,
	73, 76, 79, 81, 83
	5.3:  # 3, 8, 14, 19, 20, 26, 29, 31, 33, 37, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 58, 61, 64,
	66, 69, 73, 76, 79, 81, 83
	5.4:  # 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 19, 20, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30, 34, 39, 42, 52-54, 56, 56, 57.
July 09:	Practice exercises for Chapter 6:
	6.1:  # 2, 9, 14, 20, 21, 26, 34, 39, 45, 46, 49, 50, 53, 56, 59, 60, 64, 67, 71,
	72, 75, 76, 80, 88
	6.2:  # 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25, 29, 30, 33, 37, 40, 43, 47, 49,
	54, 60, 61, 66
	6.3:  # 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 18, 20, 21, 29, 30, 34, 39, 41, 46, 49, 52, 56-57, 63,
	64-66, 68.
July 02:	I am making available your  grades  for Test #1 and Test #2.
	Practice exercises for Chapter 4:
	4.1:  # 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 24, 28, 31, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45-47, 50,
	53, 59, 64, 67, 70, 72, 73, 74, 77, 82, 83
	4.2:  # 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 27, 34, 36, 39, 43, 45, 47, 56
	62, 67, 76, 79, 81, 83, 87
	4.3:  # 3, 4, 7, 10, 16, 19, 27, 30, 39, 42, 44, 45, 51, 56, 57, 62, 63-66, 68
	4.4:  # 4, 6, 10, 11, 19, 24, 27, 32, 33, 36, 40, 44, 49, 51, 55, 61, 65, 67,
	71, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 83, 85
	4.5:  # 1, 2, 5, 11, 13, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 32, 34, 38, 41.
June 26:	I am making available a scanned copy of  solutions  to Test #2 questions in
	PDF format. Please note that the graded test papers will be returned in the class
	on Wednesday, June 30.
June 22:	As it was announced in the class yesterday, we will write Test #2 during the
	lecture period from 18:00 to 19:30 on Wednesday, June 23. On the test you
	will be responsible for all the material covered in class from Sections 2.3-2.8,
	3.1-3.3, 3.6, 9.1-9.4 and 9.7 of the textbook.
June 17:	Practice exercises for Chapter 9:
	9.1:  # 2, 6, 11, 12, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 36, 39, 42, 46, 47, 49,
	51, 54, 55
	9.2:  # 2, 4, 9, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 26, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 41, 44, 48,
	53, 55, 59
	9.3:  # 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14-17, 21, 22, 24, 29, 31, 33, 35-39
	9.4:  # 2, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26, 29, 30, 33, 36-38, 40. 43, 49, 50, 52
	9.7:  # 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 17, 19, 22, 24-27, 29, 34, 35, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 55,
	57, 60, 62, 63
	9.9:  # 4, 5, 8, 13, 15, 18, 23, 27, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 45, 47- 49.
June 14:	Practice exercises for Section 3.6:
	3.6:  # 2, 5, 8, 16, 20, 24, 26, 27, 32, 33, 38, 40, 46, 49, 51, 54, 55, 59, 62, 66, 71,
	75-77, 79, 82, 83.
June 07:	Practice exercises for Sections 3.1-3.3:
	3.1:  # 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15, 20, 22, 26, 27, 30, 36, 37, 42, 45, 52, 58, 59, 63, 68, 72,
	73, 79, 81, 83
	3.2:  # 1, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 24, 26, 29, 30, 38, 40, 46, 49, 50, 53, 55, 56,
	58, 59, 62, 64, 66, 67
	3.3:  # 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 17, 18, 27, 30, 34, 40, 41, 48, 49, 52, 55, 62, 65, 66, 69, 71,
	75, 77, 80, 84, 88, 92, 97, 100.
June 01:	Practice exercises for Sections 2.5-2.8:
	2.5:  # 3, 5, 9, 18, 21, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 40, 43, 45, 50, 53, 54, 60, 62,
	65, 68, 72
	2.6:  # 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29, 34, 36
	2.7:  # 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 37, 42, 45, 48, 49, 53, 54,
	57, 59, 60, 63, 65, 66
	2.8:  # 2, 4, 5, 8, 13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 25, 29, 34, 36, 41, 43, 47, 52, 57, 63, 66, 73,
	74, 79, 80, 81.
May 31:	I am making available  solutions  to Test #1 questions in PDF format.
	Please note that the graded test papers will be returned in the class on
	Monday, June 07.
May 20:	As it was announced in the class yesterday, we will write Test #1 during the
	lecture period from 18:00 to 19:20 on Wednesday, May 26. On the test you
	will be responsible for all the material covered in class from Sections 1.1-1.8,
	1.10 and 2.1-2.2 of the textbook.
May 17:	Practice exercises for Sections 2.1-2.4:
	2.1:  # 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 45, 48, 51, 52, 56, 61, 62,
	65, 70, 71, 73, 75
	2.2:  # 3, 7, 8, 14, 20, 23, 24, 25, 31, 32, 38, 48, 54-57, 59, 61, 65, 70, 72, 73, 76
	85, 88, 94
	2.3:  # 1, 3, 11, 12, 18, 22, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39
	2.4:  # 1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 29, 30, 31, 52, 53, 57, 64, 67, 69, 72, 75.
May 10:	Please note that starting today the Math Lab, S525 Ross Building, will be open throughout
	the semester. Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday (4:20-5:50 P.M.), Mondays (10:30-
	-12:00 P.M.) and Thursdays (1:30-3:00 P.M.). For more information on the Math Lab
	please go to: www.math.yorku.ca/new/undergrad/mathlab.htm
May 03:	Welcome!
	To view and/or print  PDF  files you need to download the free Acrobat Reader
	Practice exercises for Chapter 1:
	1.1:  # 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 20-24, 29, 30, 33, 34, 40, 44, 48, 52, 55-57, 60-63, 68, 71-73,
	75, 77, 79
	1.2:  #9, 11, 15, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39, 40, 47, 48, 59, 60-62, 69, 70, 72, 74, 76,
	80, 81,83, 84, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 101
	1.3:  # 7-9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 26, 31, 44, 49, 50, 53, 54-58, 61-64, 71, 72, 77, 78, 79,
	98, 99, 101, 102, 107, 110, 112,  113
	1.4:  # 4-6, 8-10, 14-16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 31, 32, 39, 40, 45, 47, 51, 52, 61, 62, 64,
	67-70, 74-76, 93, 95, 97
	1.5:  # 3, 5-7, 31, 33-35, 37-40, 44-46, 53-56, 62, 65, 69-72, 75-78, 82-84, 96, 97,
	101, 102, 107, 109
	1.6:  # 13, 18, 29, 31, 33, 35, 39, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69,
	72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 81, 84, 85
	1.7:  # 7-10, 25, 26, 29, 30, 35-37, 43, 44, 47, 48, 60, 63, 64, 75, 76, 82, 83, 96, 97,
	101, 104, 105, 107
	1.8:  # 4, 10, 17, 18, 26, 33-34, 38, 45, 51-53, 56, 58, 61, 68-70, 72, 75, 82-83, 87,
	88, 90, 92, 95, 96, 98, 99, 106
	1.10:  # 1, 2, 9, 11, 14-15, 19, 22, 24, 28-29, 31-32, 41, 43-45, 47-50, 61, 67-68, 73.

Course Information

Course Description:

This course is designed for the student whose mathematical background is weak and who wishes to take further courses in mathematics. Topics include algebraic equations and inequalities; simple sequences and series; analytic geometry; trigonometry; functions, including algebraic, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. The course is a survey of topics that would normally be taken in secondary school, prior to the final year. It is also intended for students whose mathematics background is weak, because of an interruption in their education. For a more detailed list of topics with references to the textbook, please see Course Schedule.

Course Schedule

(subject to any changes announced in class)

Note: The course will not cover all the sections of each chapter from the textbook.

Homework

Throughout the term, practice exercises will be announced in class and posted to the Announcements section. In order to develop your understanding of the course material you must do all assigned problems. These will not be collected for grading and hence will not directly affect your grade. However, it is extremely important that you complete all assigned exercises. Do not memorize them. Rather, learn how to solve problems like them. Learning Mathematics is not a spectacular sport, it is a participatory event. There is nothing like a bit of computation to strengthen understanding in mathematics! Use the Solutions Manual only after you have tried the problem. Successful students must keep up with homework and seek help for points they do not understand as soon as possible. Do not fall behind! It is recommended to read the relevant sections of the textbook before every class. Next to the classes, working out the answers to the problems is the most important preparation for the tests and exam that will contain for the most part but not exclusively, questions very similar to those from the textbook. It is quite practical to work on your own or together in small groups. Each student should do at least two hours of independent study for every lecture hour. The amount you learn in this course and the grade you receive will be proportional to the amount of time you spend working on problems.

Exams Information

Lecture/Test Rules:

Please turn off all cell phones and pagers before entering the lecture hall. For tests and exam cell phones, digital dictionaries, palms, pagers, computers, and hats with large peaks are not allowed. All such devices as well as all books, papers, knapsacks, and briefcases must be left at the front of the lecture hall. Anyone caught with electronic devices will be charged with Academic Dishonesty (see the next page). The only items you may have at your seat on the tests and exam are pens, pencils, student ID and purses. You are responsible for all material covered in lectures.
Note: You may NOT use graphing or programmable calculators on the tests and final exam. Non-graphing calculators will be allowed for some of the tests. Photo identification and signing-in are required at all tests and exam.

Final Grade:

The official grades at York University are LETTER grades. Qualitative descriptions of these grades can be found in the York Calendar at this link. Your test marks will be on a numerical scale because these have to be weighted and averaged in various ways, but THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC PREDETERMINED CORRELATION BETWEEN NUMERICAL GRADES AND LETTER GRADES in this course. In particular, the "numerical" grades you receive are NOT to be interpreted as percentages; they are merely "raw scores". When the tests are returned in class, the distribution of "raw scores" will be announced along with an approximate conversion to letter grades. The median letter grade for the course will likely fall between C and C+.
The composition of the final grade is as follows:
Three Tests (75 minutes each written tests held in lecture period): 20% each (Tentative dates for the tests: May 26, June 23, and July 21). Final Examination (three-hour exam scheduled by the Registrar's Office):   40% of the overall grade, will take place during the examination period.
Note: Students have seven days from the date of the return of a test paper to appeal their marks. Some test papers (randomly selected) are photocopied before they are handed back, so we can detect subsequent alterations. Once you have written all three tests and your final exam grade is higher than your average test grade, your final exam will be counted as 60% and term grade as 40% of your overall grade for the course.

Make-up Policy:

No permission will be given to a student to write tests in advance of their scheduled dates. No make-ups will be done for the tests. Missed tests will be counted as zero, except under extreme circumstances in which case the corresponding percentage of the overall grade will be "forwarded" to the final exam. If you miss a test  for medical reasons you must turn in  within one week following the test date the Attending Physician's Statement form provided here after getting it filled in by your doctor. No other type of medical note will be accepted.  However, missing tests is extremely dangerous and not recommended. As experience has shown, students who miss class tests because of some 'mysterious illnesses' will usually average 30% on the final exam. A student who misses the final examination will be allowed to write a make-up exam only if both of the following conditions are met:
    1) the student notifies me (raguimov@mathstat.yorku.ca) or the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (Undergraduate Office, N502/503 Ross Building, 416-736-2100, Ext. 55902 or 33969) in advance that the exam will be missed,
    2) the student submits within one week following the exam date the Attending Physician's Statement form provided here after getting it filled in by his/her doctor .
Students who miss the final examination and do not meet both conditions will receive a grade of F. It is student's responsibility to fill out and submit the Deferred Standing Agreement Form.
Note: Do not make vacation/job plan until the final exam date is known: having a plane ticket for Hawaii or Las Vegas on August 07 is NOT a legitimate excuse for absence from a final exam on August 10.

Religious Observance:

York University is committed to respecting the religious beliefs and practices of all members of the community and making accommodations for observances of special significance to adherents. If any of the dates specified in the course schedule for the tests pose such a conflict, students should contact me (raguimov@mathstat.yorku.ca) within the first two weeks of classes. Please note that if the final exam date poses a conflict, students must complete the Final Exam Accommodation Form, which can be obtained from the Registrar’s Office.

Academic Honesty:

Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with University Policies and Regulations. Conduct that violates the ethical or legal standards of the university community or of one’s programme or specialization may result in serious consequences. Refer to the Senate Policy on Academic Honesty.

Communication:

Individual questions can be discussed by e-mail, or in person after class, or during office hours. Please send all e-mail notes as plain text within the body of the message. Do not send attachments nor HTML-formatted mail. Also, if the name of your account is an alias, I will not know who the mail is from unless you sign it; it also risks being accidentally discarded as junk mail. The course web page will be up-dated regularly to include important announcements made in class, such as the material to be covered on the tests. E-mail notes requesting such information contained on the web page will be answered the last.

Links and Other Resources

1- York Undergraduate Math Program
2- York University Library

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