CALCULUS 122
Fall Semester 2001

MATH 122-D 2nd Semester Calculus 11:00 A.M. M,T, Q, F
Bryan Smith Thompson 321-E 879-3562 bryans@ups.edu

ROOM
Thompson Hall 316
OFFICE HOURS
 

1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday
2:30 - 4:30 P.M. Wednesday

I am also happy to make appointments for meetings at other times. Feel free to contact me personally, by telephone or by electronic mail.

TEXTBOOK, CALCULATOR
 

Calculus, 2nd Edition, Bradley and Smith, ©1999, Prentice-Hall. Inc.
TI-86 Calculator or equivalent.
Science/Math majors might consider buying Scientific Notebook or some other technical
word processor.

COURSE CONTENT
 We will cover section 4.8 and chapters 5-8 of our text. By studying this material, you will learn much about the Integral Calculus: definite integrals, antiderivatives, the Fundamental Theorems of Calculus, and connections, extensions and applications of these ideas (including differential equations, function approximation and infinite series).

The only prerequisite for this course is that you understand the fundamental ideas of the Differential Calculus. This material is covered in MATH 121 (the first semester of the calculus sequence) and includes chapters 1-4 and sections 5.1 and 5.2 of our text. Although you already understand the basic concepts of function, limit, continuity and derivative, we will review these concepts rapidly at the beginning of the semester and during the first three weeks as the occasion warrants.

READING
Developing an ability to read and understand a (relatively) technical piece of writing is a primary goal of this course. To this end, section-by-section reading assignments will be made in the following fashion.

Assignments and their due dates will be posted on my web page well in advance of when they will be collected. They will be due at 6:30 A.M. and are to be submitted by e-mail. When submitting your answers, your e-mail (must) have a certain structure in order for me to be able to filter it out of my other mail. Specifically,

At the end of the semester, these scores will be used to determine how plusses and minuses are assigned for the final grade.

QUIZZES
You will be working on a take-home quiz almost every week. I try to write quiz problems that are interesting and challenging so these problems can be open-ended in the sense that there is no one best solution. I will expect your results to be written up with complete sentences which guide a reader through the work (see below for more specific comments on writing style). I encourage you to work on the quizzes in small groups. However, if you do work on a quiz with others, you must do your own write-up of the results. The write-up must also include the names of those with whom you worked as well as citations of any sources you used in your research.

It is best to think of these quizzes as officially assigned papers in which you completely explain your analyses of the problems. At the very least your quizzes should be

Since many of you are either science or mathematics majors, you might consider using a word processor to write your papers. Reasonable technical word processors that also have symbolic manipulation packages include:

EXAMINATIONS
There will be an examination approximately every four weeks. Sufficient interest from the class can move the exams to a 2-hour, evening format. Otherwise the schedule is
Exam 1
September 14, 2001
Exam 2
October 12, 2001
Exam 3
November 9, 2001
Exam 4
December 4, 2001

Make-up examinations will be given only for appropriate reasons and if arrangements are made prior to the examination.

Examinations are written so approximately half of each exam is ``straightforward'' and the remainder involves more challenging problems. The expectation is that, as well-prepared students, you will work the ``straightforward'' problems without hesitation and find the others more challenging.

FINAL EXAM
The final examination will be comprehensive. It will be held in our classroom on
Wednesdsay December 12, 2001; 8:00 - 10:00 A.M.
Please note this schedule and do not plan to leave town before the scheduled time for the final. Previously purchased airline tickets are not a valid reason for re-scheduling a final examination.

HOMEWORK
I will assign (and post on the course web page) homework problems from the textbook on which I expect you to spend considerable time and effort. I will discuss homework problems daily in class. You will benefit most from these discussions if you have worked on the assigned problems. A selection of homework problems will be regularly collected and evaluated.

GRADING
 The different aspects of the course will be weighted according to the following:

Homework 5%
Reading Assignments +/-
Quizzes 40%
Examinations 40%
Final Examination 15%

ATTENDANCE POLICY
I expect you will come to class every day. I don't take attendance, but in a class of this size it is not hard to notice when someone is not here.

Attending class helps enormously in learning calculus. Class time is often used to (1) explain material from the textbook, (2) work on new problems not found in the textbook, (3) give hints on assignments, and (4) go over assigned problems. [Hint: Exam problems are sometimes remarkably similar to assigned problems and examples worked in class.]

If you have to miss any of your classes for any reason, professors generally appreciate it if you let them know why you will be missing, in advance if possible.

If you will be absent on an exam date, you must let me know well in advance. Students absent from campus on an exam date because they are representing the University in music, athletics, forensics, etc. can arrange to take the exam before leaving campus.

First Assignment
(Due this Thursday at midnight) Find my university web page

(http://www.math.ups.edu/ bryans/index.html)

and send an e-mail message to me at bryans@ups.edu indicating you have access to the internet and understand Beverly Smith (bsmith@ups.edu) does not appreciate receiving Bryan Smith's e-mail messages.



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