Calculus II: Mathematics V1102
Fall 2015
Monday and Wednesday 1:10pm -
2:25pm
Mathematics 207
Instructor: Peter Woit
E-mail: woit@math.columbia.edu
Office: Mathematics 421
Phone: 212-854-2642
Office hours: After class Monday, Wednesday from
2:30-3:30. Students are encouraged to drop by Math 421 at any
time. I'm usually there and happy to provide help with the course.
Help room: Milbank 333 on the Barnard campus is
staffed much of the day and evening by teaching assistants who can
help you with this course. The schedule for the help room is
available here.
The textbook for the course is Calculus: Early Transcendentals,
8th Edition, by J. Stewart. More information about the
textbook is available here.
The WebAssign
online system will be used to assign some of the homework, and will
contain a detailed schedule and syllabus. Students should enroll in
the WebAssign section for the class at webassign.net, using class key columbia
4432 3881. Please use your UNI as your user
name. A "Quick Start Guide" to help you get started with
WebAssign is available here.
Details of the schedule, syllabus and assignments are available
through the WebAssign system.
There will be homework due each Monday, for a total of eleven
assignments. These will include a component to be completed
online using WebAssign, as well as additional problems to be handed
in after class on Monday. The lowest homework score will be
dropped.
There will be two midterm exams (October 7 and November 17)
and a final exam (December 21, 1:10-4pm).
Final grades will be assigned based on the homework (20%), midterms
(20% each) and final (40%).