MATH 1520 Calculus II Syllabus

Professor: Dr. Ron Smith
Office: 321 Zimmermann
Phone: Office: 784-5283; Home: 784-6473

Office hours: Daily 10-12

You are the reason I am here. Please come see me anytime. For a 20-minute appointment, just sign up on the sheet outside my office door or call me. You do not need to sign up in advance, but if you will please sign when you come, the time will be reserved for you. Also, if someone is in the office and you are signed up, please make your presence known!

Materials:

Scope:

Expectations for the student:

1. Schedule at least 1 to 2 hours outside of class each day for studying calculus.
2. Read each section and work each example with paper and pencil.
3. Look at problems besides those assigned to discover why the author asked the question.
4. Prepare homework to hand in before class starts, including putting the name, class, homework number, and date on the outside.
5. Come to class on time every day and stay the entire period,
6. Have paper and pencil out on the desk at the beginning of class ready to work.
7. Sit beside a partner with whom you will discuss calculus during class.
8. Turn off electronic communication during class.
9. Rest and eat before or after, but not during, class.
10. Check all homework answers with the book and others, but write them up without copying.

Expectations of the Professor:

1. Start and end class on time, or within 3 minutes of the scheduled time.
2. Be prepared for class every day.
3. Grade and return homework and exams within 2 class days.
4. Treat every student with respect.
5. Learn each student's name.
6. Answer every question in a respectful, truthful manner.
7. Post homework assignments with clear due dates.
8. Be available in my office during office hours, and give priority to anyone signed up.
9. Grade all exams myself, completely, equitably, and clearly. Daily homework will be graded by an assistant.
10. Not every homework problem turned in will be graded.
11. Do my best to make every minute of every class a learning experience.

Grades:

• Homework:

  (~300) Approximately 17 homework assignments will be given at 20 points each. The lowest 2 homework scores will be discarded. Homework assignments will typically be due at the beginning of the second class day after they are assigned. Late homework will result in 10% reduction of the score, and will be accepted up to one week after it is due, or on the last day of class, whichever comes first. Papers will be returned in the labeled rack beside my office door. After one week, unclaimed papers may be discarded.

• Exams:

  (400 Points)A gateway exam (100), three midterm exams (@ 100) and a comprehensive final (100)
  • The gateway exam is a test over the symbolic integrals of elementary functions. You are required to pass the gateway exams at a mastery level (90%) in order to pass the course with an A or B. You may take the gateway exam up to 4 times, but there is a bonus for passing it the first time. Your final Gateway score must be recorded by May 2.
  • You must take the final exam in 102 Science at 8:00 am on Monday, May 12.
  • The final exam is comprehensive.
  • Exams may be taken late provided arrangements are made prior to the exam. If, in the opinion of the instructor, missing an exam would not be unavoidable, 90% of the exam score will be recorded.

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Tentative course outline

	Date	Topic
1	1/26/09	App C. Sigma notation
2	1/28/09	Calc I Review
3	1/30/09	5.1 Areas & Distances
4	2/2/09	5.2 The Definite Integral
5	2/4/09	5.2 Con't
6	2/6/09	5.3 Evaluation Theorem
7	2/9/09	5.3 Con't
8	2/11/09	5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
9	2/13/09	5.5 The Substitution Rule
10	2/16/09	Integral Practice
11	2/18/09	Exam 1: The definite integral
12	2/20/09	6.1 Integration by Parts
13	2/23/09	6.1 Con't
14	2/25/09	6.2 Trig Integrals and Substitutions
15	2/27/09	6.2 (Con't) Trig Substitutions
16	3/2/09	6.3 Partial Fractions
17	3/4/09	6.3 Con't
18	3/6/09	Integral Bee
19	3/9/09	Gateway Exam
20	3/11/09	6.4 Integration using tables and Computer Algebra Systems
21	3/13/09	6.5 Approximate Integration-Left and Right rules
22	3/23/09	6.5 (Con't)-Trapezoid and Midpoint Rules
23	3/25/09	6.5 (Con't)-Simpson Rule
24	3/27/09	Review
25	3/30/09	Exam 2: Definite Integrals
26	4/1/09	Return Exams
27	4/3/09	7.1 Areas between curves
28	4/6/09	7.1 (Con't) Practice
29	4/8/09	7.2 Volumes
30	4/10/09	7.3 Volumes by cylindrical shells
31	4/15/09	7.4 Arc Length
32	4/17/09	7.5 Applications to Engineering & Physics: Work
33	4/20/09	7.5 (Con't) Moments, Centers of Mass
34	4/22/09	7.5 (Con't) Pressure, Force
35	4/24/09	Review
36	4/27/09	Integral Bee
37	4/29/09	Exam 3 Applications of Integration
38	5/1/09	7.6 Modeling with Differential Equations
39	5/4/09	7.6 (Con't) Separable equations
40	5/6/09	7.6 (Con't) Direction Fields
41	5/8/09	Review
42	5/12/09	8:00 Final Exam

Guidelines for Written Papers.

1. Be neat! Working problems on scratch paper first and recopying is a good strategy for catching mistakes as well as for being neat.
2. Use pencil or a computer.
3. Use 8.5 x 11 loose leaf paper, one side only.
4. Fold papers together lengthwise to hand them in. Do not staple or tear, etc. The blank side of the paper is to be out. (See illustration below.)
5. On the outside at the top, provide the following information.
   i. Names (First and Last)
   ii. Class (Calc II)
   iii. Assignment Number or Description
   iv. Date that you turn it in
   
6. Clearly mark the section and number of each problem whenever that is appropriate.
7. Organize your information so the grader will know, (a) what the book asked for, and (b) your response.
8. Respect the equal sign "=". Use this sign only when you mean that the expression on one side can be substituted into any statement containing the expression on the other side without changing the truth value of the statement.
9. Avoid "Type" errors. Use the equal sign "=" to connect two expressions only when they stand for the same type of expression, e.g. two numbers, two functions, or two sets. Use implies "=>" to connect two statements when the truth of the first guarantees the truth of the second. Sometimes, you will need to use an explanatory phrase such as "Therefore", "Now we can see", or "From equations (1) and (2)... in order to express the relationship between two statements.
10. Write using proper mathematical notation and complete sentences whenever possible.

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