Calculus II (MATH V1102-008, Fall 2007)

Policies & Procedures

Goals: At the end of the course, students should be able to

• make calculations with agility, accuracy, intelligence and flexibility;
• explain the basic concepts of calculus clearly and reason logically with them;
• solve extended problems, with good judgment in the choice of tools and in checking answers.

Expectations: To achieve these goals, students are expected to

• read each section of the textbook before the material is presented in class;
• attend the lectures;
• complete all homework assignments;
• discuss mathematics with other students.

Assessment: The course grades will be computed as follows:

20% Homework

20% First test

20% Second test

40% Final exam

Tests and Exams: There are no makeups for missed tests. You must take the final examination at the time scheduled by the university; no final exams will be given earlier.

Exercises give you a chance to check that you understand the material and to practice and refine your basic calculus skills. For each lecture, a suggested list of exercises will be given in the syllabus below. Those exercises will not be collected. I insist that the list is only a suggestion. You should do as many exercises as needed to feel confident that you can solve them easily. That can be less or much more than what is suggested in the list.

Graded Homework: There will be two kinds of graded homework: Problem sets and webwork assignments. Each Monday (which is not a holiday) one graded homework of one kind or the other will be due. Your two worst grades among the twelwe received for graded homework will be removed and the average of the remaining ten will determine your homoweork grade for the class.

• Problem sets consist of approximately 3 questions. They are not intended to be harder than the exercises although some may well be. Instead, they may ask you to apply a technique in a mildly novel context or combine concepts that you have only seen in isolation before. Problem sets are posted in PDF format; your browser can be trained to automatically open these files with the free program Acrobat Reader. Problem sets will be collected at the beginning of class and late homework will not be accepted.
I expect that problem sets will be graded by the TA within one week after the due date. Grades will appear on courseworks. Graded problems sets will be put in a box on a table near the office 521. In case of concern about your grade, please contact the TA first, then me.
• In addition to written work you must complete Webwork assignments. (The webworks does not start until a couple of weeks into the semester at which point you will get a username and password.) Basic information about webwork is available here. You should now be able to log on webwork.

Extra Credit: An extra credit of up to 4 percentage point on your average is available in recognition of extra work. You have four options. Some are worth 3 points and the last one is worth 4 points (if done perfectly). Do only one of them.