Calculus for Biological Scientists I
Math 155      Spring 2017

Colorado State University

Special Announcements:


Here is the course information sheet.

The help hour schedule at the CSU Calculus Center (Weber Building, Room 17). Please check back occasionally, as changes may occur.  

Information & Grading Policy

Information on prerequisites, the textbook, assessments (homework, quizzes, exams), and grading is found here, as is the alternate exam time request form.

 

Calendar/Syllabus

The calendar gives you an idea of when what topics will be discussed in class (it's a good idea to run ahead and read the text before hand). Due dates for homework, quiz and test days, links to weekly readings, and special events are also on the calendar.

 

Homework

WebWorK homework
due Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:00 pm.

Written homework
due Wednesdays in class

Here you will find the assigned problems as well as suggested practice problems. You might want to work on the practice problems with your colleagues in the Great Hall

Study Resources

The help hour schedule at the CSU Calculus Center (Weber Building, Room 17). Please check back occasionally, as changes may occur.  

Evening tutoring (5pm-10pm Sunday-Thursday) is available at the Great Hall of the TILT building. Please come study with us!

Review Handout

Here assembled for you is a list of tutoring opportunities and study resources such as past exams.

Welcome! Living organisms grow, reproduce, and move around. They c h a n g e. With Calculus, we will study the nature of this change and quantify it by asking questions such as How fast it it changing ? How much ? and Into what ? Biological examples motivate mathematical concepts, which in turn lead us to ask new questions about biology. Math 155 is a math course, but one that is also a science course.

Help Hours are held at the CSU Calculus Center (Weber Building, Room 17). You are welcome to come to the help hours of any MATH 155 instructor. Here is the schedule.


  Sections and Instructors  


Section 1/301
MTWF 8:00-8:50;
ENGRG E 104
Jacob Mescher


Section 2
MTWF 9:00-9:50;
ENGRG E 104
Derek Handwerk


Section 3
MTWF 10:00-10:50;
ENGRG E 104
Mark Blumstein


Section 4
MTWF 11:00-11:50;
ENGRG E 104
Ian Kessler


Section 5
MTWF 2:00-2:50;
WAGAR 232
Mary Worthley


Section 6
MTWF 1:00-1:50;
ENGRG 104 E
Dean Bisogno


Section 7
MTWF 3:00-3:50;
ENGRG E 104
Zhuoran Wang


Section 8
MTWF 4:00-4:50;
ENGRG E 104
Rashmi Murthy


Section 9
MTWF 12:00-12:50;
ENGRG E 104
Clayton Craig


Section 10
MTWF 2:00-2:50;
ENGRG E 104
Karleigh Cameron


Course Coordinator

Dr. Patrick Shipman

shipman(at)math.colostate.edu