General Information:
| Meeting Time: | MWF, 10:00 - 10:50 AM |
| Location: | Jones 306
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| Instructor: | Ryan Vinroot
Office: Jones 130
Office Hours: Mon, Wed 3:30-4:30, Thurs 9-10:30, or by appointment/walk-in.
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| Lab: | TA: Erik Vargo
Location: Jones 307
Meeting Time: Tues, 8:30 - 9:20 AM
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Textbook: | Single Variable Essential Calculus, Early
Transcendentals, by James Stewart. |
Grade
Breakdown: | 3 Tests -- 15% each, Quizzes/HW --
15%, Labs -- 15%, Final Exam -- 25% (you may
also replace your lowest attempted test score with your Final Exam
score). Grades will be posted on Blackboard. See the syllabus link below for the precise grading scale. |
| Attendance Policy: |
You are expected to attend every lecture and lab. |
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| Calculator Policy: |
See the
main 112
homepage for a list of recommended calculators. Calculators will be
most useful for Labs and on certain homework problems, and will be allowed
for the Final Exam. Calculators will NOT
be allowed for the three mid-term tests, and will not be allowed for most quizzes. |
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| Prerequisites: | The prerequisite is Calculus I (Math 111 or 131), or
placement. So, each student is expected to know the Calculus of
Derivatives and the beginning of Integral Calculs, and specifically, the
material in Chapters 1 through 4, and Sections 5.1 through 5.4 in the text. |
| Syllabus: | The course will begin by reviewing Sections 5.1-5.4,
covering 5.5, and then we will cover most of
Chapters 6-8. For a detailed syllabus, including details of all of the
above information, please read the following carefully:
112 Syllabus (word document). |
Dates & Course Announcements:
- Important Dates and Class Holidays:
- Sat, March 7 - Sun, March 15:
NO CLASS (Spring Break)
- Tues, May 12: FINAL EXAM
- Lab 0, which can be downloaded at the
main 112
homepage, is due in the first lab, on Tuesday, Jan 27. Lab 0 is a
review of Sections 5.1-5.4. While you are
at the main 112 page, you should also follow the instructions there to
install the software you need for the labs.
- Here is a copy of Quiz 0, which is to be turned
in at the beginning of class on Wednesday, Jan. 28. You should try to do the
quiz in 10 minutes at home, since this will be the time limit for all future
quizzes. If you do not finish, you may go ahead and use extra time to finish
the problems. I will grade the quiz in the way that I will grade the tests.
- If you would like to replace your Quiz 1 score with a homework, do the
following problems from the 6.2 assignment, and turn them in on Monday: 1-9
odd, 25, 34, 37, 39, 43, 47, 49, 51, 52.
- To replace your Quiz 2 score with a homework, turn in the problems for
Sections 6.4 (1-21 odd) and 6.5 (1, 7, 11, 18, 20, 25, 30, 31) in class on
Monday, Feb. 16.
- To replace your Quiz 3 score with a homework, turn in the problems for
Sections 6.6, and problems #41-49 odd on page 355, in class on
Monday, Feb. 22.
- Lab 5, which was started this past Tuesday, Feb. 17, is due in lecture, on
Monday, Feb. 22, rather than in lab (this the first test is during that
lab).
- To replace your Quiz 4 score with a homework, turn in the last four
problems for Section 7.2 (#25, 27, 29, 41), and the problems for Section 7.4, in class on
Monday, Mar. 16.
- On Wednesday, Mar. 18, my office hours will be from 2:30 until 3:45
instead of 3:30-4:30.
- You may replace your Quiz 5 score with the following homework: 7.5 #8, 12,
14, 18, 24, 26, 28, 30. These will be due in class on Friday, Mar. 20.
Although I will not have your quizzes back to you until that day in class,
you can look at the solutions and judge for yourself whether you would like
to turn them in. It is a good idea to do the problems anyway to prepare for
the test.
- The following are good problems to do in preparation for Test 2:
pgs. 408-409 #1-8, 10-13, 18, 20-33, 37, 39-42, 44.
- Test 2 will be on Tuesday, Mar. 24, in Lab. You may start the Test as
early as 8:15 AM.
- To replace your Quiz 8 score, the following problems are due at the
beginning of class on Friday, April 17: 8.5 #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10,
17.
- Please note that Lab 8 is due in class on Monday, April 20. The problems
in Lab 8 are excellent exercises to review for Test 3.
- The following problems are good review problems for Test 3: 8.6
(pgs. 456-457) #3-10, pgs. 480-481 #1-27, 36-40.
- I will be in (or near) my office the following times before the Final:
Mon (May 4) 9-12, 2-5; Tues (May 5) 9-1, 3-5; Wed (May 6) 8:30-11:30; Thurs
(May 7) 9-1, 2:30-5; Fri (May 8) 12-1, 2:30-5; Mon (May 11) 8-11, 1-5.
- For two previous Math 112 Finals, and their solutions, go to the main 112
homepage, and scroll to the bottom of the page. These are excellent
review resources.
- The Calculus tutoring room is closed during the first week of exams, but
it will be open on Monday, May 11, 5-8 PM (Jones 131).
- Calculators are allowed on the Final, but in order to receive credit for a
solution, all work and steps must be shown. Calculators which perform
symbolic manipulation, such as taking derivatives or antiderivatives, are
NOT allowed on the Final. I sent an email out regarding this point; this is
department policy for the Calculus final.
Exam Calendar:
| Test 1 |
Tues, Feb. 24 |
In Lab |
Jones 307
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| Test 2 |
Tues, Mar. 24 |
In Lab |
Jones 307
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| Test 3 |
Tues, Apr. 22 |
In Lab |
Jones 307
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| Final Exam |
Tues, May 12 |
9 AM - 12 NOON |
Jones 306
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Homework & Quizzes:
There will be homework assignments for every section covered in class. This
homework is absolutely necessary in order to succeed on the quizzes, tests, and
to develop a firm understanding of the material. In general, the homework will
not be collected, although you are always welcome to ask me to look at your
work and to make comments on your solutions.
The list of all assigned homework problems is here
(word document).
There will be quizzes given at the beginning of lab roughly every week. Each
quiz will be 10 minutes, and will consist of a test-style problem (possibly
with multiple parts). Like the tests, most quizzes will not allow
calculators. The main point of the quizzes, apart from testing your
understanding of the assigned homework, is to prepare you for test problems.
There will be chances for you to replace a low quiz score with a completed
homework assignment (yet another reason to do the homework).
Resources & Links:
- Apart from my office hours, there is also Calculus tutoring by graduate
assistants on Sunday through Thursday evenings from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, in
Jones 131. This is a great place to go get homework problems done, and I
highly encourage all students to take advantage of this service.
- The main homepage for Calculus II at William & Mary, which has Labs 0-7, and some problems from past finals, is here.
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