MW 8:35-9:50, F 9-9:50
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Instructor: Jessica Sidman Office: 402a Clapp Lab Phone: 538-3251 Email: jsidman Office hours: M 3-4 (special calculus II hour), T 3-4, Th 3-4, and by appointment Text: Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 5th ed., James Stewart, Brooks Cole, 2003, ISBN 0-534-39330-6. New and used textbooks are on sale at the Odyssey Bookstore. If you choose to purchase the text from another source it is your responsibility to make sure that you have the correct edition ready for use when classes begin. Technology: We will sometimes use the Maple software package in class for visualization and computation. If you choose to buy software of your own, Maple is recommended but not required. You may use computer software on written work (with proper acknowledgement) unless otherwise specified. You are welcome to use software other than Maple, but help may not be available. There are several calculus-oriented Maple "tutors" that I encourage you to try. Please ask if you are interested. Homework: Please check our daily schedule frequently for updates on recommended problems, reading assignments, quiz topics, and due dates. Written homework assignments will be posted here. Written homework will be due weekly. The problems on the written homeworks will be challenging. I urge you to start working as soon as the problems are posted so that you have plenty of time to discuss the assignment with classmates, tutors, and me. Each student may turn in two assignments late without penalty. However, late work is discouraged, as it delays the communication of important feedback. Late work will not be accepted more than one week late except under extreme circumstances. In addition to graded homeworks, I will recommend discussion problems to be completed after each class that will help you assess how well you have mastered the material that day. At the beginning of each class we will discuss a small selection of the problems recommended during the previous meeting. You may be asked to present a discussion problem at the board or to write up one of your solutions to be turned in. Your goal in completing the assignments should be learning. The best way to learn mathematics is to do it. This doesn't mean that I expect you to complete your homework all by yourself. I encourage you to start it on your own to see how much you can do alone, but then you should feel free to get help from classmates, tutors, or from me. You are free to get as much help as you need on homework. However, when you write up your assignment I ask two things. First, please acknowledge any help that you received. (You can just write "Help from ..." at the top of the assignment.) It is always appropriate to acknowledge help. Second, I ask that you only write down what you truly believe you understand. If something is a little hazy when you're writing it down, then you can let the grader know that you were a little confused so you can get feedback there. Evening help sessions: Sunday-Thursday, 7:00-10:00, in Clapp 401, 402, and the surrounding classrooms. Quizzes: Short 15 minute quizzes will be given on most Fridays. The topics covered will be announced in the preceding class. Exams: There will be two midterm exams and a final. The midterms are tentatively scheduled for March 2nd and April 13th. Attendence: You are expected to come to every class ready to do mathematics. This means that you should bring your book, pens, pencils, and other equipment that you may need. Before each class you should prepare by doing the assigned reading and recommended problems. No work missed due to unexcused absences can be made up. Excused absences are granted only in extreme circumstances and may require written documentation. Grading: Your grade for the course will be determined as follows:
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