MAT 151 02 CALCULUS II SPRING 2011 Times TR 11 00 12 15 EN C134 F 10 10 11 00 EN D125 Instructor John Scheuermann Office EN D138 Office Phone 392 5580 You may leave voice mail messages but email preferred E mail address scheuermanj1 southernct edu Website http home southernct edu scheuermanj1 All of the quizzes and tests from the previous times I taught this course are here I will email you a link to the site and a copy of the syllabus and the course goals Office Hours MF 11 00 12 00 W 10 00 12 00 TR 1 45 2 15 Also by appointment or chance You are always welcome to stop by and see if I am in Course Prerequisites Successful completion C or better of MAT 150 Text Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals 12th Edition Equipment Students must have a graphing calculator TI 83 s are recommended TI 89 s TI 92 s and similar calculators are not permitted We will also use MAPLE General You are responsible for any material covered in lecture the text and the assigned homework problems Please bring your textbook and calculator with you to each class According to University Policy an average student should expect to work on course material at least two to three hours outside of class for each hour spent in class Students are encouraged to seek help when needed from the instructor Office hours have been established for that purpose You do not need an appointment to see me during office hours Don t wait till the day before a test or the week before the final to get help If you are not satisfied with how well you are doing in the class come and talk to me If you get D s and F s on your tests and don t come and talk to me I will assume you are satisfied with getting D s and F s The University also offers a free tutoring service that many students have found useful I will let you know the schedule for this course when it becomes available I believe in providing reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities on an individualized and flexible basis If you are a student with a documented disability the University s Disability Resource Center DRC determines appropriate accommodations through consultation with the student Before you may receive accommodations in this class you will need to make an appointment with the Disability Resource Center located in EN C 105A To speak with me about your approved accommodations or other concerns such as medical emergencies or arrangements in case the building must be evacuated please make an appointment as soon as possible Grading Your grade will be determined as follows no extra credit work will be given Quizzes 14 2 lowest dropped MAPLE Computer Projects 6 3 One hour exams 16 each Cumulative Final Exam 32 A 90 92 9 A 93 96 9 A 97 100 C 70 72 9 C 73 76 9 C 77 79 9 F Below 60 B 80 82 9 B 83 86 9 B 87 89 9 D 60 62 9 D 63 66 9 D 67 69 9 You will be graded on more than just your answers Problems must be solved in a neat clear and mathematically correct manner using correct notation You must be able to clearly communicate your results with others If I cannot read it or understand it it is wrong Any answers that are given without sufficient supporting work or explanation will be given zero credit All scratch paper used must be turned in with your work If you lose any points because of the presentation of the answers on quizzes you will be able to get the points back if you rewrite and resubmit the problems in an acceptable format Note that this opportunity will not be given for tests or for answers without supporting work I take off extra points for wrong answers that should have been easy to check such as equations of lines or for answers that you should have known were obviously wrong If you know your answer is wrong but aren t sure how to fix it make sure to state that on the test Making mistakes that Calculus students should not make fractions squaring 3x 5 solving quadratics etc will require an entire sheet of those problems to be solved 100 correctly In every class I have taught so far test results and quiz results are almost always very similar Thus bad quiz scores less than 20 out of 25 should be taken as a warning Don t just write down the corrections for a quiz and think you can then do it Instead find similar homework or old test problems and make sure you can do those correctly Honesty Cheating is anything the instructor decides is cheating Letting another student copy from your test is one of the things I consider cheating If there is any chance that what you want to do will be considered cheating ask first Cheating on any test or quiz will result in a grade of 0 and will not be dropped for that work You will also be reported to the dean If you are caught cheating on a quiz or test that I let you take outside the scheduled time you will automatically fail the course Homework Homework will be assigned daily but will not be collected or graded You should do as many of the assigned problems as you need to do in order to convince yourself that you could do all of those assigned We will spend time at the beginning of each class going over any of the homework any student had trouble with Students are encouraged to discuss the problems or work together with their classmates Answers to the odd numbered exercises are in the back of the book Even though homework does not count directly toward your grade the amount of homework you do will have a huge impact on how well you do in the course Try not to fall behind it is difficult to catch up in a math class Keep all homework problems that you do together in a separate folder or place in a notebook I may ask to see it if you are having trouble in class Attendance Policy Students are strongly urged to attend every class Although attendance will not count directly toward your grade regular attendance will also have a huge impact on how you do on the tests I do not take attendance but I do notice who does and doesn t attend class If you miss a class get the notes from a friend read the book try the homework and then come see me if you still need help Make sure you have someone in the class you can get notes and assignments from if you miss a class Do not call or email me to ask what was covered or assigned Make up Policy In general make up exams will not be given If you miss a quiz NOT a test you may take it before …