Drew University Math 2

My office hour tomorrow (Monday) will be later than usual. I’ll be in my office from 11:30-12:30. On Tuesday, I can be available most of the day by appointment.

I’ll be in the UC Lounge (or nearby if the lounge is noisy) tomorrow, Sunday the 13th, for office hours from 1:30 until 3:00. Feel free to stop by with questions.

Read sections 4.1 and 4.2. Exercises to prepare for the next quiz (possibly on Friday): page 251, #11, 17, 19, 25.

I’ll hold office hours on Sunday, April 6, from 1:30-3:00 in the UC lounge, or the snack bar, if something’s going on in the lounge. Stop by if you can with any questions. If you’re still struggling with Excel and logistic modeling, bring your computer.

On Friday, April 4, there will be an optional, but highly recommended two-part “second chance” exam on selected topics from the earlier exams.

Topics: The topic of the first part will be logistic modeling in Excel. Bring your Drew laptop to the exam if you plan to take the Excel part! The second part will contain several questions that require finding derivatives using the rules from chapter 3 of the text.

Grading: Your score on the two parts of Friday’s exam will be compared to your first two exam scores. If a “second chance” score is higher, your earlier score(s) will be raised. (The specific effect on your score will depend on both your old and new exam scores and will favor the better second-chance score. For example, if you got a D on exam 1 and an A- on its second-chance replacement, your recorded exam 1 grade will be a B.)

Are Friday’s retests required? No, but they can’t hurt you. If you do worse on Friday than you did the first time around, your grades will stay the same. You also have the option of taking only one part of Friday’s two-part exam.

Upcoming Office Hours: Thursday, April 3, 11:00-12:30 (other times by appointment), and Friday, April 4, 10:30-11:20. Note that Friday’s office hour is earlier than my regular Friday office hour, which I can’t make because of a meeting.

Feel free to ask questions about any of these by e-mail, office hours, or in class on Monday.

Exam 2 will be on Wednesday, March 26. You can bring a calculator and one page of notes and formulas to the exam. No laptops needed (or allowed).

Office hours (also by appointment):

Thursday, March 20, 12:30-1:15
Monday, March 24, 10:45-11:30
Tuesday, March 25, 12:30-1:15
Wednesday, March 26, 10:45-11:30

Due to a lunch meeting, my office hour on Friday will be 10:45-11:30.

Due to a committee meeting, my office hour today will be rescheduled. I’ll be in my office from 10:45-11:30. Sorry for any inconvenience.