Math 152 Calculus II Sections 501 503 Spring 2011 Instructor Dr Mariya Vorobets Class hours MWF 9 10 10 00 HELD 107 Web page http math tamu edu mvorobet Math152 S11 Office Milner 004 phone 845 0849 e mail mvorobet math tamu edu Office hours TR 11 15 AM 12 45 PM or by appointment Recitations 501 R 9 35 10 25 CE 136 502 R 11 10 12 00 CE 136 503 R 3 55 4 45 CE 006 Labs 501 T 9 35 10 25 BLOC 126 502 T 11 10 12 00 BLOC 126 503 T 3 55 4 45 BLOC 123 Teaching assistant Yue Zhang e mail yzhang math tamu edu Learning Outcomes This course is to provide students with quantitative and problemsolving skills of integral calculus power series and 3 D vectors At the conclusion of this course students should be able to Apply techniques of integration to a variety of applications including engineering applications Understand and explain convergence of sequences and infinite series Apply power series to a variety of applications including engineering applications Understand and apply vector operations in 3 dimensions including dot and cross product Use Computer Algebra Systems such as Matlab to solve non routine problems Prerequisite MATH 151 or equivalent Texts J Stewart CALCULUS Early Vectors Aggie Edition Thompson Publishing Brooks Cole ISBN 0534493483 A Gilat MATLAB An Introduction with Applications 3rd Edition Wiley Publishing ISBN 0470108770 Course Web Page The course web page will be my main source of communication to you aside from class and office hours Check the course page regularly for announcements exam information and the course schedule The Mathematics Department has a web page for Math 152 http www math tamu edu courses math152 Here you can find a description of the course approximate weekly schedule past exams help session schedules and other information Email Policy Check your official TAMU email account EVERY day You are responsible for any information I send via email Because of the privacy rights I cannot discuss grades via email or over the phone Please include your name and the section number in the subject line Online homework Homework will be assigned online on the Webassign system for each section and will be due regularly You will be required to purchase an access code for these assignments Instructions are available at http www math tamu edu ehmwk You may use scratch paper calculators etc on the online homework The deadlines are programmed into the computer system so submitting your homework well before the deadline is recommended If you submit your homework late the computer will automatically give you a zero for the assignment and not record your answers You are responsible for remembering to do the homework The lowest five homework grades will be dropped at the end of the semester Suggested homeworks Selected problems from your textbook will be assigned but NOT graded You are strongly recommended to do all of them which will provide a valuable practice for both on line HWs and exams For list of suggested HWs see http www math tamu edu courses math152 currenthw html Computer labs Computer labs will be assigned in section each week with breaks for the exams These assignments will be done in a group Groups will be assigned in section during the first week of classes Quizzes Quizzes will be given regularly almost every week except exam weeks during the recitation meeting on Thusdays All of them are mandatory although a couple of worst grades will be dropped at the end of the semester That is why NO MAKE UP QUIZZES Each student has to buy pack of 15 ScanTron Forms 815E and turn in to the TA before the 1st quiz Grading Your grade will be determined by three exams a cumulative final exam and a laboratory grades The weights of each of these are as follows Exam I Exam II Exam III Final Exam Homework Quizzes Lab reports Total 15 15 20 25 5 10 10 100 Feb 17 March 24 Apr 26 May 9 weekly weekly tba You must bring either your student ID or your driver s license to each of the above exams There will be no extra credit under any circumstances Exams I II and III are common exams same exam is given for all sections of Math 152 and are administered in the evenings from 7 30 9 30 PM An examination room would be announced in class and posted on the course website as soon as it is assigned A two hour comprehensive FINAL examination will be given on Monday May 9 at 8 00 10 00 in the classroom I may curve any grade and will then compute the course grade by the following rule A for at least 90 points B for at least 80 points C for at least 70 points D for at least 60 points and F for less than 60 points Help Sessions and Week in Review The Mathematics Department offers help sessions for Math 152 students on Sunday Thursday 8 10 PM in BLOC 117 See http www math tamu edu courses helpsessions html for more information Also there will be a week in review conducted by Amy Austin each Monday 5 45 7 45 PM in HELD 100 Problems will be posted before each session See http www math tamu edu amy austin livewirmath152 html for week in review information Make up Policy No make ups will be given without written evidence of an official University excused absence see University Student Rules In addition you must notify me NO LATER than the end of the second working day after the missed assignment the student must notify his or her instructor in writing acknowledged e mail message is acceptable prior to the date of absence if such notification is feasible In cases where advance notification is not feasible e g accident or emergency the student must provide notification by the end of the second working day after the absence This notification should include an explanation of why notice could not be sent prior to the class Section 7 3 of the University Student Rules If no such notice is given the rights to a make up are forfeited Specifically in the case of injury or illness students are required to obtain a confirmation note from a health care professional affirming date and time of a medical office visit regarding the injury or illness I will NOT accept the Explanatory Statement for Absence from Class form as sufficient written documentation of an excused absence Late Work Policy Late work for which you do not have a University approved excused absence will NOT be accepted This includes all written and online assignments Scholastic Dishonesty Copying work done by others either in class or out of class is an act of scholastic dishonesty and will be prosecuted to the full extent allowed by University policy
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