MATH 151 SyllabusSpring 2010Sections 501-503: MWF 12:40pm-1:30pm HELD 111Instructor Information:Instructor: Benjamin Aurispa Office: Blocker 630D Phone: (979) 862-4192Office Hours: MW: 3:00-4:00pm, T: 10:00am-12:00pm, or by appointmentE-mail: [email protected]. Please include your name and section number in any email you send me. Check your TAMU email account daily, because this is where class emails will be sent.Webpage: www.math.tamu.edu/~baurispa -- Check regularly for announcements and important information, as well as for lecture notes, a course schedule, and other helpful links.Catalog Description: Math 151: Engineering Mathematics I. Rectangular coordinates, vectors, analytic geometry, functions, limits, derivatives of functions, applications, integration, computer algebra (MATLAB). Prerequisites: Math 150 or equivalent. Credit will not be given for more than one of Math 131, 142, 151, and 171. Required Materials: Textbook: Stewart, Calculus: Early Vectors, Cengage Learning, ISBN 1428251421Lab Manual: Gilat-Amos, MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications, 3rd edition, Wiley, ISBN 0470108770WebAssign Access Code: Online homework assignments will be completed through the online system WebAssign. In order to have a WebAssign account, you must purchase an access code or have already purchased lifetime access for the Stewart textbook in a previous semester.For textbook and access code purchasing options, see www.math.tamu.edu/courses/eHomework. Calculator Policy: Calculators are not allowed on exams or quizzes, although they may be used on homework assignments.Course Policies:Grading:WeightOnline Homework: 5%Quizzes: 10%MATLAB Assignments: 10%Average of 3 Common Exams 50%Final Exam: 25%Final Grade Ranges 90% ≤ A ≤ 100%80% ≤ B < 90%70% ≤ C < 80%60% ≤ D < 70% 0% ≤ F < 60%Due to privacy issues, I cannot discuss grades over email or phone. If you have a question about your grade, please come see me in person.Common Exams: There will be 3 common exams during the semester. These exams are evening exams taken by all Math 151 students at the same time. Bring your Texas A&M student ID and a pencil to all exams. The location of the common exams will be determined at a later time. The dates for the exams are as follows:Common Exam 1: Thursday, February 18, 7:30-9:30pmCommon Exam 2: Thursday, March 25, 7:30-9:30pmCommon Exam 3: Tuesday, April 27, 7:30-9:30pmFinal Exam: The final exam will be a cumulative (comprehensive) exam. The day and time of the final exam are determined by the university. The final for Sections 501-503 will be on Monday, May 10, 10:30am-12:30pm, in HELD 111.Online Homework: Weekly online homework assignments will be done through WebAssign. See my webpage and www.math.tamu.edu/courses/eHomework for more information.Suggested Homework: Math cannot be learned by watching someone else do math. It requires a lot of practice. On my webpage there is a list of suggested homework. I STRONGLY suggest that you do these problems for more practice. They will not be collected, but doing them to help you learn the material is very important.Recitation/Lab: Your section will meet twice weekly for recitation/lab. On Tuesdays, you will be in recitation. Recitation sessions are led by a teaching assistant who will answer questions, review material, and give weekly quizzes for a grade. On Thursdays, you will be in lab where you will complete weekly MATLAB assignments for a grade. You must attend the recitation and lab you are registered for. The times/rooms for each section are listed below. Section 501: 11:10-12:00, Tuesday Recitation: CE 006, Thursday Lab: BLOC 122Section 502: 3:55-4:45, Tuesday Recitation: CE 222, Thursday Lab: BLOC 124Section 503: 2:20-3:10, Tuesday Recitation: CE 006, Thursday Lab: BLOC 123Quizzes: There will be quizzes given weekly on Tuesdays (except for exam weeks) during recitation by your TA. The best way to prepare for these quizzes is to practice problems by doing the suggested homework. There may also be quizzes given periodically during class, either announced or unannounced, as well as take home quizzes.MATLAB: On Thursdays, you will meet in the computer lab to work on computer assignments using MATLAB. Assignments are posted on the web and are due at the BEGINNING of lab on Thursday of the deadline week (except for exam weeks). The first lab will be done individually. For the rest of the assignments, you will work in groups and turn in one lab report for the whole group. Labs turned in between 10 minutes after the start of lab and the end of the day will receive a 10% penalty. Labs turned in by the end of the next day will receive a 25% penalty. After this, no late work will be accepted. Help Session and Week in Review: Help sessions are come-and-go times where you can ask questions and get help with your homework from the student Help Session leaders. There are also MATLAB Help Sessions held in a computer lab. For more information, see the link on my webpage. The Week in Review is a weekly session led by an instructor to review the topics of the previous week and to provide additional examples. On exam weeks, the Week in Review will be a Night Before Drill. This semester, I will be doing the Week in Review. Problem sets can be found at www.math.tamu.edu/~baurispa/math151/151wir10a.html.Streaming Videos: There are streaming videos online (by Amy Austin and others) with extra problems that you can take advantage of. Make-up Policy: Make-up exams and quizzes or late homework will NOT be allowed unless a University approved reason is given to me in writing. Notification before the absence is required when this is possible. Otherwise, you must notify me within 2 working days of the missed exam, quiz, or assignment to arrange a makeup. See University Student Rules for more guidelines. In all cases where an exam/quiz/assignment is missed due to an injury or illness, whether it be more or less than 3 days, I require a doctor’s note. Further, an absence due to a non-acute medical service or appointment (such as a regular checkup) is not an excused absence.Grade Appeals: If you believe an error has been made in grading, you have until the next class period after the exam, quiz, or assignment has been handed back to let me know. Otherwise, you must accept the grade you received.Copyright: All printed handouts and web-materials are protected by US
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