- CALCULUS 122-A and B
- Fall Semester 2002
Bryan Smith | Thompson 321-E | 879-3562 | bryans@ups.edu |
|
MATH 122-A | Thompson Hall 316 | 9:00 A.M. | M,W,F |
| Thompson Hall 316 | 8:30 A.M. | T |
MATH 122-B | Thompson Hall 125 | 10:00 A.M. | M,W,F |
| Thompson Hall 125 | 9:30 A.M. | T |
- OFFICE HOURS
-
11:00 - 11:50 A.M. | Monday | | Wednesday | | Friday |
10:30 - 11:30 A.M. | | Tuesday | | | |
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.
See http://math.ups.edu/info/calculators.html |
for detailed
calculator requirements. 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, sequences and
infinite series). See my web page for a detailed (and fairly
accurate) timeline.
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,
- The SUBJECT: field must contain both `Calculus
122' and `Section ?.?' where `?.?' refers to the chapter
and section. For example, the SUBJECT: lines
- `Calculus 122, Section 5.1'
- `My class is Calculus 122 and this is my response to
the reading assignment for Section 5.1'
are both acceptable SUBJECT lines for the assignment
dealing with section 1 of chapter 5.
- The first line of your answer must begin with your name.
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 expect your
results to be written using 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. This is
non-negotiable! Collaborating on how to write up the material will
result in zero credit.
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
- Written without any help in presentation or style
(although you may work in groups during the
problem-solving stage)
- In ink or written on a word processor with the
names of any collaborators cited on the first page
- Written using complete, accurately punctuated
sentences
- Presented in the first person and with a clear,
easy-to-follow expository style
- Targeted at an
audience consisting of students not in this class but
with an equivalent mathematical background.
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:
- Scientific Notebook
- Mathematica
- MathCad
- MatLab
- EXAMINATIONS
- There will be an examination approximately
every three weeks and your lowest score will be dropped. No makeup
examinations will be given - a missed exam will be your dropped
score. The examination schedule is
- Exam 1
- September 17, 2002
- Exam 2
- October 8, 2002
- Exam 3
- October 29, 2002
- Exam 4
- November 19, 2002
- Exam 5
- December 10, 2002
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 examinations will be comprehensive. They will
be held in our classroom on
Math 122-A; Thursday December 19, 2002; 8:00 -10:00 A.M. |
|
Math 122-B; Monday December 16, 2002; 4:00 - 6:00P.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) introduce material or work on 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.
- First Assignment
- (Due this Friday at 6:30 A.M.) 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.