MA 23200: Calculus for the Life Sciences II Fall 2010COURSE WEBPAGE: http://www.math.purdue.edu/ma232REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Calculus for the Life Sciences, Marvin L. Bittinger, Neal Brand and John Quintanilla, 2006PREREQUISITE: MA 23100 (or: MA 29000 Section 1 or 2 from Spring 2009)CALCULATOR: A scientific calculator with a one-line display is required. Graphing calculators and programmable calculators cannot be used. Calculators which are capable of numerical or symbolic differentiation or integration also cannot be used. Sharing calculators on a quiz or exam is not allowed.HOMEWORK: Homework will be collected daily. The two lowest homework scores will be dropped at the end of the semester. No late homework will be accepted except with your instructor's permission.QUIZZES: Quizzes will be given frequently. The lowest quiz score will be dropped at the end of the semester. There will be no make-up quizzes. In extenuating circumstances, your instructor may choose to excuse you from a quiz.EXAMS: There will be two in-class midterm exams, one evening midterm exam, and a final exam. The two in-class midterm exams will be written and graded by your instructor. On these exams, partial credit may be awarded for substantial progress toward solving a problem. The evening midterm exam and final exam are course-wide, multiple-choice, machine-graded exams written by the course coordinator. The dates of the midterm exams are as follows:Exam 1in-class exam (50 min) on Friday, September 17Exam 2evening exam (60 min) on Thursday, October 21, at 6:30 pm in LILy 1105Exam 3in-class exam (50 min) on Wednesday, November 17Final Examduring finals week (120 min), location, date, and time to be announcedIf you have a class or exam conflict with Exam 2 or the final exam, you should contact your instructor well before the exam. In this case, you will be allowed to take an alternate exam without penalty. If you miss an exam for any other reason, contact your instructor immediately and explain why you missed the exam. You should be prepared to present documentation to your instructor that supports the reason for your absence. Depending on the situation, your instructor may allow you to take an alternate exam. Not knowing the right date, time, or location of an exam is not a valid reason for missing it.GRADES: The course grade will be based on a total of 600 points. Since the only assessments common to all students and graded identically for all students are the two course-wide exams (Exam 2 and the Final Exam), a normalization process based on the composite score (sum of the scores for Exam 2 and the Final Exam; maximum 300 points) is used to determine the number of each letter grade given in a section:Homework50GRADES: The course grade will be based on a total of 600 points. Since the only assessments common to all students and graded identically for all students are the two course-wide exams (Exam 2 and the Final Exam), a normalization process based on the composite score (sum of the scores for Exam 2 and the Final Exam; maximum 300 points) is used to determine the number of each letter grade given in a section:Quizzes50GRADES: The course grade will be based on a total of 600 points. Since the only assessments common to all students and graded identically for all students are the two course-wide exams (Exam 2 and the Final Exam), a normalization process based on the composite score (sum of the scores for Exam 2 and the Final Exam; maximum 300 points) is used to determine the number of each letter grade given in a section:Exam 1100GRADES: The course grade will be based on a total of 600 points. Since the only assessments common to all students and graded identically for all students are the two course-wide exams (Exam 2 and the Final Exam), a normalization process based on the composite score (sum of the scores for Exam 2 and the Final Exam; maximum 300 points) is used to determine the number of each letter grade given in a section:Exam 2100GRADES: The course grade will be based on a total of 600 points. Since the only assessments common to all students and graded identically for all students are the two course-wide exams (Exam 2 and the Final Exam), a normalization process based on the composite score (sum of the scores for Exam 2 and the Final Exam; maximum 300 points) is used to determine the number of each letter grade given in a section:Exam 3100GRADES: The course grade will be based on a total of 600 points. Since the only assessments common to all students and graded identically for all students are the two course-wide exams (Exam 2 and the Final Exam), a normalization process based on the composite score (sum of the scores for Exam 2 and the Final Exam; maximum 300 points) is used to determine the number of each letter grade given in a section:Final Exam200GRADES: The course grade will be based on a total of 600 points. Since the only assessments common to all students and graded identically for all students are the two course-wide exams (Exam 2 and the Final Exam), a normalization process based on the composite score (sum of the scores for Exam 2 and the Final Exam; maximum 300 points) is used to determine the number of each letter grade given in a section:TOTAL6001. Each student's Exam 2 score and final exam score will be added together, to form a composite score (out of a maximum of 300 points).2. The Mathematics Department will decide on the “A” range, “B” range, etc., for the composite scores. 3. Your instructor will count the number of composite scores for his/her students which are in the “A” range, “B” range, etc.4. For course grades, your instructor will assign a number of “A”s, “B”s, etc, equal to the number of “A”s, “B”s, etc. earned as the composite scores. However, the final grades will be assigned based on total score (out of the 600 points as listed in the table above).5. Example: Suppose that, among your instructor's students, there are 8 “A”s, 10 “B”s, etc. for the composite scores. Then the students with the 8 highest total scores will receive an “A”; the students with the next 10 highest total scores will receive a “B”; and so on.6.