1 Math 151 Engineering Mathematics I Spring 2010 Texas A&M University Instructor: Jill Zarestky Office: Blocker 640B Phone: 862-1302 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:30-4pm, and Thursdays, 3-4:30pm Email: [email protected] This is the best way to get in touch with me. Include your full name and class in any email you send to me. Please check your university email daily. Webpage: www.math.tamu.edu/~zarestky Check the website regularly for course information and updates. TAs: Fred Iacoletti [email protected] (Sections 507-509) Jiayin Liu [email protected] (Sections 510-512) Section Lecture, TR, HELD 113 Recitation/Lab Time Monday Recitation Wednesday Lab 507 8-9:15am 8-8:50am CE 136 BLOC 126 508 8-9:15am 9:10-10:00am CE 136 BLOC 126 509 8-9:15am 10:20-11:10am ZACH 119D BLOC 122 510 9:35-10:50am 11:30am-12:20pm CE 223 BLOC 124 511 9:35-10:50am 3-3:50pm ZACH 119D BLOC 124 512 9:35-10:50am 4:10-5:00pm, ZACH 119D BLOC 122 Course Description Rectangular coordinates, vectors, analytic geometry, functions, limits, derivatives of functions, applications, integration, computer algebra. Prerequisite: MATH 150 or equivalent. Credit will not be given for more than one of MATH 131, 142, 151 and 171. Required Materials Textbooks Stewart, Calculus: Early Vectors, 1st ed. and Gilat, Matlab: An Introduction with Applications, 3rd ed. Calculator Calculators are not permitted on exams or quizzes. You may use the calculator of your choice on homework. Texas A&M Student ID Bring your student ID to all exams. 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 and bring your ID. WebAssign All online homework will be based in the online system WebAssign. Everything you will need to know about textbook and access code purchasing options, creating an account, and logging in is available here: http://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/eHomework/2 Tentative Schedule: All changes will be announced in class or via email. Exam locations TBD. Week 1 Jan. 19-22 Appendix D, Section 1.1 Week 2 Jan. 25-29 Sections 1.2-1.3, 2.2 Week 3 Feb. 1-5 Sections 2.3, 2.5-2.6 Week 4 Feb. 8-12 Sections 2.7, 3.1-3.2 Week 5 Feb. 15-19 Sections 3.3-3.4 Exam 1 is Thursday, Feb. 18, 7:30-9:30pm Week 6 Feb. 22-26 Sections 3.5-3.7 Week 7 Mar. 1-5 Sections 3.8-3.10 Week 8 Mar. 8-12 Sections 3.11, 4.1-4.2 Week 9 Mar. 15-19 Spring Break Week 10 Mar. 22-26 Sections 4.3-4.4 Exam 2 is Thursday, Mar. 25, 7:30-9:30pm Week 11 Mar. 29-Apr. 2 Sections 4.5-4.6, 4.8 Week 12 Apr. 5-9 Sections 5.1-5.3 Week 13 Apr. 12-16 Sections 5.5, 5.7, 6.1 Week 14 Apr. 19-23 Sections 6.2-6.3 Week 15 Apr. 26-30 Section 6.4 Exam 3 is Tuesday, Apr. 27, 7:30-9:30pm Week 16 May 3-4 Review Cumulative Final Exam Monday May 10, 1-3pm for Sections 507, 508, 509 Friday May 7, 12:30-2:30 pm for Sections 510, 511, 512 Grading Grade Weights Exams 1, 2, and 3 50% Final Exam 25% Online Homework in WebAssign, Labs, and Quizzes 25% Required Averages A 90–100% B 80–89.9% C 70–79.9% D 60–69.9% F 0–59.9% Grade Disputes All grade disputes must be dealt with at the time you receive the exam or assignment. Once you leave class, you have accepted your grade. Due to privacy issues, I cannot discuss grades over email or phone. Attendance & Make-up Policy Attendance is required in this class. No make-up exams or assignments are possible without a University-approved excused absence (see the Texas A&M University Student Rules). An absence for a non-acute medical service or regular check-up does not constitute an excused absence. To be excused, you must notify me in writing prior to the date of absence if possible. Consistent with Texas A&M Student Rules, 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, i.e. within about 48 hours. For injury or illness too severe or contagious to attend class, you must provide confirmation of a visit to a health care professional affirming date and time of visit. The Texas A&M University Explanatory Statement for Absence from Class form will not be accepted. It is the student's responsibility to schedule a make-up. Any assignments given on the day(s) missed will still be due according to the regular schedule.3 Quizzes Each week during the Monday recitation, you will have a quiz over the previous week’s material. Your two lowest quiz grades will be dropped. To be successful, it is important that you stay caught up with the suggested homework: http://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/math151/currenthw.html Common Exams Engineering Calculus I uses common exams in order to establish consistency among sections. These common exams are administered in the evening. Please see the tentative schedule on p. 2. Final Exam The final exam is cumulative and is not a common exam. The schedule of all final exams is available on the TAMU website. Please see the tentative schedule on p. 2 for our final exam schedule. Matlab Assignments Each week, starting week 2 and excluding exam weeks, you will have a Matlab assignment due. These assignments are always due at the beginning of lab. If you are late to lab, there is a 5% deduction. This deduction will increase by 10% for each day the assignment is late. You will complete each lab as part of a team and turn in one lab report per team. Visit the following link for the assignments and schedule: http://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/math151/matlabsched.html Online Homework Online homework is in WebAssign and is required in all math 151 classes. You will have one or more sections of homework due each week. Your two lowest homework grades will be dropped. Everything you need to know can be found here: http://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/eHomework/ Extra Help & Preparing for Exams Me I am here to help you but I can’t help if I don’t know there is a problem. I encourage each of you to talk to me, ask questions both in and out of class, come to office hours, send emails, etc. Your best bet for success is active participation! Your Classmates We will all learn more and have more fun if we talk to each other. Get to know your classmates. Form study groups and help each other. Week in Review The Week-in-Review is a review session conducted by Mr. Ben Aurispa for all Math 151 students once per week to review the topics of the previous week and to