MATH 1520 Calculus II Syllabus

Professor: Dr. Ron Smith
Office: 116 Resch
Phone: Office: 784-5283; Home: 784-6473

Office hours: MWF 1:30-3:00 and TTh 9:30-11:30

You are the reason I am here. Please come see me anytime. For a 20-minute appointment, just sign up on the sheet outside my office door or call me. You do not need to sign up in advance, but if you will please sign when you come, the time will be reserved for you. Also, if someone is in the office and you are signed up, please make your presence known!



Materials:

The required text is Calculus Concepts and Contexts Ed. 4e, by James Stewart. Each student is required to have a programmable graphing calculator, as we will be numerically evaluating integrals. I will be using a TI 83 in class and highly recommend it to students.

Scope:

This course will cover the Mean Value Theorem, integration, including the fundamental theorem of calculus, techniques of symbolic integration, and numerical integration. The material is found in chapters 4-6 in the text.

Expectations for the student:

A successful calculus student will be...
  1. Respectful.
  2. Studious.
    1. Schedule at least 1 to 2 hours outside of class each day for studying calculus.
    2. Read each section and work each example with paper and pencil.
    3. Check all homework answers with the book and others, but write them up without copying.
  3. Prepared.
    1. Prepare homework to hand in before class starts, including putting the name, class, homework number, and date on the outside.
    2. Come to class on time every day and stay the entire period,
    3. Have paper and pencil out on the desk at the beginning of class ready to work.
    4. Sit beside a partner with whom you will discuss calculus during class.
    5. Rest and eat before or after, but not during, class.

Expectations of the Professor:

I promise to do my best to make every minute of every class a quality learning experience. I will be ...
  1. Respectful to students
  2. Available in my office during office hours, and give priority to anyone signed up.
  3. Prompt: Start and end class on time, or within 3 minutes of the scheduled time.
  4. Prepared for class every day.

Grades:

You will need 87.5% for an A, 75% for a B, 62.5% for a C, and 50% for a D. Grades will be based on homework, exams, and extra credit. Your final grade is the percentage of the total possible plus extra credit, provided that you have passed the gateway exam at the mastery level.

Food:

If I bring food to the classroom, I will bring enough for everyone. I expect the same courtesy from students. Please do not eat personal snacks/meals in the classroom.

Electronics:

Cell phones, pagers, or other electronic devices intended to facilitate communication between students must not be used during lectures or exams.

Incompletes:

Incompletes for the course require signing a contract for making up work, and must be initiated by the student.

Academic Integrity:

Honesty is a prerequisite for being a competent person. If you copy solutions to problems from any source, you are required to acknowledge the source. This includes copying from friends or old homework/test files. Working together for inspiration and asking for hints is allowed on everything but exams. However, writeups must be your own. For more on this subject, see the college policy printed in the handbook.

Disabilities:

Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to make necessary accommodations.

Tentative course outline

DayDateTopic
11/25/10Calc I Review
21/27/104.3 Derivatives and the shapes of curves
31/29/104.8 Antiderivatives
42/1/10App F. Sigma notation
52/3/105.1 Areas & Distances
62/5/105.2 The Definite Integral
72/8/105.2 Con't
82/10/105.3 Evaluation Theorem
92/12/105.3 Con't
102/15/105.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
112/17/105.5 The Substitution Rule
122/19/10Integral Practice
132/22/10Exam 1: The definite integral
142/24/105.6 Integration by Parts
152/26/105.6 Con't
163/1/105.7 Trig Integrals and Substitutions
173/3/105.7 (Con't) Trig Substitutions
183/5/105.7 Partial Fractions
193/8/105.7 Con't
203/10/10Integral Bee
213/12/10 Gateway Exam
223/22/105.8 Integration using tables and Computer Algebra Systems
233/24/105.9 Approximate Integration-Left and Right rules
243/26/105.9 (Con't)-Trapezoid and Midpoint Rules
253/29/105.9 (Con't)-Simpson Rule
263/31/10Review
274/2/10Exam 2: Definite Integrals
284/7/10Return Exams
294/9/106.1 More about areas
304/12/106.1 (Con't) Practice
314/14/106.2 Volumes
324/16/106.3 Volumes by cylindrical shells
334/19/106.4 Arc Length
344/21/106.5 Average value of a function
354/23/106.6 Applications to Engineering & Physics: Work
364/26/106.6 (Con't) Moments, Centers of Mass
374/28/106.6 (Con't) Pressure, Force
384/30/106.7 Appliction to economics
395/3/106.7 (Con't) Application to Biology
405/5/10Integral Bee
415/7/10Review
425/10/108:00 Final Exam

Guidelines for Written Papers.

  1. Be neat! Working problems on scratch paper first and recopying is a good strategy for catching mistakes as well as for being neat.
  2. Use pencil or a computer.
  3. Use 8.5 x 11 loose leaf paper, one side only.
  4. Fold papers together lengthwise to hand them in. Do not staple or tear, etc. The blank side of the paper is to be out. (See illustration below.)
  5. On the outside at the top, provide the following information.
    i. Names (First and Last)
    ii. Class (Calc II)
    iii. Assignment Number or Description
    iv. Date that you turn it in
  6. Clearly mark the section and number of each problem whenever that is appropriate.
  7. Organize your information so the grader will know, (a) what the book asked for, and (b) your response.
  8. Respect the equal sign "=". Use this sign only when you mean that the expression on one side can be substituted into any statement containing the expression on the other side without changing the truth value of the statement.
  9. Avoid "Type" errors. Use the equal sign "=" to connect two expressions only when they stand for the same type of expression, e.g. two numbers, two functions, or two sets. Use implies "=>" to connect two statements when the truth of the first guarantees the truth of the second. Sometimes, you will need to use an explanatory phrase such as "Therefore", "Now we can see", or "From equations (1) and (2)... in order to express the relationship between two statements.
  10. Write using proper mathematical notation and complete sentences whenever possible.



Last Update: January 25, 2010
Ronald K. Smith
Graceland College
Lamoni, IA 50140
rsmith@graceland.edu