Instructor: Ilya Kofman
Course website: http://www.math.csi.cuny.edu/~ikofman/math229.html Email: ikofman ![]() Office hours: Wednesdays 12 - 2:30pm in my office, 1S-209. |
Course Time and Place:
Mondays: 12:20pm - 2:15pm in 1S-103 Webwork for Math 229-36224 Julia on Gesis Notebooks or Julia on Mybinder https://mth229.github.io/ |
In person classes: Our first class on August 30 will be online on Blackboard. Afterwards, classes will be held in-person only in 1S-103.
Julia: There are several ways to access Julia:
Projects: There are 10 projects due. You must load and work on each project in a Julia notebook. Your answers must be submitted on Webwork for Math 229-36224. In Webwork, you can click on to launch Julia on Gesis Notebooks in a browser, or click on
to launch Julia on Mybinder in a browser. You can cut and paste your answers from Julia into Webwork. Helpful notes about the projects are at https://mth229.github.io/.
In a Julia notebook, you can "run" cells by (1) shift-enter, or (2) click on the "Run" button, or (3) click on "Cell" then "Run all".
If you open a new Julia notebook, remember to run “using MTH229” on the first line.
Project due dates:
1. Calculator | Set 13 |
2. Functions | Sep 20 |
3. Graphing | Sep 27 |
4. Zeros | Oct 4 |
5. Limits | Oct 18 |
6. Derivatives | Oct 25 |
7. First and second derivatives | Nov 8 |
8. Newton's Method | Nov 15 |
9. Extrema | Nov 29 |
10. Integration | Dec 13 |
Final Exam: You must take the final exam at the time scheduled by the college. You may not use a phone, calculator or other websites during the exam.
Grading: The course grade will be determined by your grades on the Julia projects, quizzes and final exam. You must pass the quizzes and final exam to pass this course.
Help: Email is the best way to contact me. Stop by during my office hours. Free math tutoring is also available (http://www.math.csi.cuny.edu/Students/Tutoring).
Attendance policy: Attendance is mandatory. Unauthorized absences from three or more classes will result in a course grade of WU (Withdrew Unofficially).
Disability policy: Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable academic accommodations if determined eligible by the Office for Disability Services. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of student's eligibility from the Office of Disability Services, which is located in 1P-101. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with the Office for Disability Services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.
Integrity policy: CUNY's Academic Integrity Policy is available online at https://csicuny.smartcatalogiq.com/en/current/Undergraduate-Catalog/Academic-Policies-and-Procedures/Academic-Integrity-Plagiarism-and-Cheating
Important Dates: www.csi.cuny.edu/currentstudents/academiccalendars
Excellent online videos: 3Blue1Brown Essence of Calculus