MATH1003 Integral Calculus and Modelling

General Information

This page contains information on the Junior Unit of Study MATH1003, a Normal Level Unit of Study.

All students should read the information sheet for this unit. The information includes (for example) details of the assessment procedure, including dates of assessment tasks.

• Credit point value: 3CP.
• Classes per week: Two lectures and one tutorial.
• Lecturer(s) for this unit of study: Terry Gagen, Florica Cîrstea, Charlie Macaskill, Andrew Crisp and Chris Cosgrove.
• Email contact address: MATH1003@maths.usyd.edu.au.
  Students: Please include your name and SID when emailing us.

Please check the main junior mathematics page for general information relating to all junior mathematics units.

End of semester examination

• For general information about exams, go to the University's Examination Information page.
• The time and date for the examination may be found in the Final Examination Timetable (on the web page mentioned above). Check the time and date of your exam on the Final Examination Timetable very carefully. Some exams start at unusual times and the time on the Final Timetable may vary from that on the Draft Timetable.
• Check the venue (and seat number) for your exam before the examination day.
• A copy of the front page of the exam, describing its format.
• The answers to the multiple choice questions will be machine-marked. You should take a dark soft lead pencil (2B for example) and an eraser with you to the examination.
• The calculator supplied for the exam is a Casio fx-85MS. You may inspect such a calculator at the Student Centre.
• Lecturers will be available for pre-exam consultations, as follows:
  Dr Chris Cosgrove, 2-4pm, Tuesday November 3rd, Carslaw room 716.
  Dr Charlie Macaskill, 10am-noon, Friday November 6th, Carslaw room 627.
  Dr Florica Cirstea, 2.30-4.30pm Monday November 9th, Carslaw room 719.
  Dr Florica Cirstea, 10am-noon, Tuesday November 10th, Carslaw room 719.
• Examination results will be published on the web by Student Records progressively from Wednesday 9 December. Under no circumstances will the Mathematics Student Services Office make results available before they are published on the web.
• Past examination papers are available on the library web-site.
  Full worked examination solutions are available for 2008: 2008 examination solutions.
  The answers (no working) are available for 2007: 2007 examination answers.
  

Online Resources

• Assignments
  

  There will be two assignments. Only the first will count towards your final mark. The first assignment is due on Thursday 27th August.

  Assignment 1 and Solutions.

  For the second assignment solutions and a marking scheme will be provided, and you are encouraged to mark your assignment yourself, or ask a friend to mark it for you using the marking scheme provided.

  Practice Assignment 2 and Solutions.

• Practice Quizzes
  

  There will be two quizzes held in tutorials. Both of these will count towards your final mark. The first quiz will be held in the week beginning Monday 7th September and the second quiz will be held in the week beginning Monday 12th October.

  The practice questions for Quiz 1.

  The practice questions for Quiz 2.

• Tutorials and Web Quizzes

  Tutorials are printed in the back of the MATH1003 Notes. You should either bring these notes with you to class or print the weeks tutorial sheet from here, to take to your class. You will get the most benefit from your tutorial class if you try the exercises beforehand, so that you can ask your tutor specific questions if you have any problems. Short answers are provided to some of the questions.

  Solutions will be published at the end of the week in which the tutorial is held.

  In addition to the tutorial exercises for each week you should try the web quiz for some immediate feedback on your understanding of the material.

  • Web Quiz 1;    Exercises for Week 2;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 2;    Exercises for Week 3;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 3;    Exercises for Week 4;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 4;    Exercises for Week 5;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 5;    Exercises for Week 6;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 6;    Exercises for Week 7;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 7;    Exercises for Week 8;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 8;    Exercises for Week 9;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 9;    Exercises for Week 10;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 10;    Exercises for Week 11;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 11;    Exercises for Week 12;    Exercises with Solutions.
  • Web Quiz 12;    Exercises for Week 13;    Exercises with Solutions.

• Course Notes Extras

  Answers and Solutions to selected exercises from the course notes chapters 1-13. If you want more help with these exercises come to one of the timetabled consultations. [Correction: the answer to question 8(b), Chapter 8 should read y=(2+4e^(4x))/(2e^(4x)-1).]

Useful Links

• Handbook:
  Every student should have a copy of the Junior Mathematics and Statistics Handbook.
• Examination Timetable:
  For general information on examinations, including the end of semester examination timetable, see the University's Examination Information web site.
• Past Exam Papers:
  Fisher Library's previous years' exam papers page.
• The Faculty Handbook entry:
  The Faculty Handbook entry for MATH1003 from the central units of study database.

Timetable