General Information:
Meeting Time: | MWF, 11:00 - 11:50 AM |
Location: | Morton 203
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Instructor: | Ryan Vinroot
Office: Jones 100D
Office Hours: M 2:30-4, W 4-5, Th 11-12 and 3:30-5 (also by appointment).
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Lab: | TA: Brock Crook
Location: Morton 201
Meeting Time: Tues, 8:30 - 9:20 AM (on test days, start time at 8:00 AM)
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Textbook: | Single Variable Calculus: Early
Transcendentals (8th edition), by James Stewart. |
Grade Breakdown: | 3 Tests -- 15% each, Quizzes --
15%, Labs -- 15%, Final Exam -- 25% (you will
be able to replace your lowest attempted test score with your Final Exam
score). See the syllabus link below for the precise grading scale. |
Attendance & Lecture Policy: |
You are expected to attend every lecture and lab. If there is some
reason you must reschedule a test, you must discuss it with me BEFORE the
test. Please do not email or text during lecture or lab. Keep all cell
phones/hand held devices/laptops/tablets put away during lecture and lab. |
Calculator Policy: |
Calculator will NOT be allowed for quizzes, tests, or the final exam. A
calculator would be most useful for certain HW or Lab problems. You can
certainly get away without purchasing a calculator, and just use web-based
calculating tools. If you would like to purchase a calculator, see the
main 112
homepage for a list of recommended calculators. |
Prerequisites: | Calculus I (Math 111 or 131 or credit). This means you are expected to understand thoroughly all of the concepts taught in Calculus I at William and Mary. If you are receiving AP credit or transfer credit for Math 111/131, please make sure that you know the material from Chapters 1-4 and Sec. 5.1-5.4 well. |
Syllabus: | This is a course on integral calculus, concentrating
on evaluating and applying definite and indefinite integrals. The last
third of the course will cover sequences and series, and concepts of
convergence. In particular, after a very quick review (one lecture and Lab
0) of Sections 5.1-5.4, we will cover Section 5.5, and then certain
sections from Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11. For a detailed syllabus, including details of all of the
above information, please read the following carefully:
112 Syllabus (pdf). |
Dates & Course Announcements:
(Tentative) Exam Calendar:
Test 1 |
Tues, Feb. 14 |
In Lab, 8-9:20 am |
Morton 201
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Test 2 |
Tues, Mar. 21 |
In Lab, 8-9:20 am |
Morton 201
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Test 3 |
Tues, Apr. 18 |
In Lab, 8-9:20 am |
Morton 201
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Final Exam |
Thurs, May 4 |
9 AM - 12 NOON |
Morton 201
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- All important announcements related to the class will be listed here. Check back frequently
(don't forget to refresh your browser) for updates.
- Important Dates and Class Holidays:
- Fri, Jan 27: ADD/DROP DEADLINE
- Sat, Mar 4 - Sun, Mar 12:
NO CLASS (Spring Break)
- Fri, Mar 17: WITHDRAW DEADLINE
- Thurs, May 4, 9:00 AM - 12 Noon: FINAL EXAM
- (1/18) My office hours during this first short week of classes are: Wed
4-5, Thurs 11-12 and 3-5. Regular weekly office hours will be announced soon.
- (1/23) My office hours this week are: Mon 3-5, Wed 4-5, Thurs 11-12 and
3:30-5.
- (1/27) A correction was made to the course syllabus, the linked pdf above
is the corrected one. We are not covering Section 6.3, but rather we are
going from Section 6.2 to 6.4, which covers Work.
- (1/30) My weekly office hours for the semester are set as follows: Mon
2:30-4, Wed 4-5, Th 11-12 and 3:30-5. You can always email me to make an
appointment if you would like to talk to me outside of these.
- (1/30) A Trig Review Session will be given by Prof. Zapf of the Math
Department this Tuesday, Jan 31, 4-5 PM, in Small 110. The review session is
open to all Calculus students from all sections.
- (2/6) My office hours today (Mon, Feb 6) have to be cut short to 3-4 pm.
My other office hours this week are schedule as normal.
- (2/9) Test 1 will be on Tues, Feb 14, in Lab, but starting at 8 AM.
The test will cover Sections 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. The
following are some suggested practice problems from the Chapter Review
sections:
Chapter 5 Review: #14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 30, 32
Chapter 6 Review: #1-8, 10, 12-15, 23, 25, 27-32
Chapter 7 Review: #2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 16, 20, 23, 24
- (2/13) My office hours today (Mon, Feb 13) will be 3-5 pm.
- (2/20) I will have extra office hours tomorrow, Tues Feb 21, from
9:30-11:30 AM and 1-3 PM. Please come with any questions.
- (3/3) There will be a quiz on the Tues after Spring Break (Mar 10), and it
will be on Section 8.1 Arc Length. Also don't forget a lab is due on that
Tuesday as well. Have a great Spring Break!
- (3/13) Here is a link to a direction field (or slope field) generator for
differential equations: Nathan
Grigg's slope field generator.
- (3/17) Test 2 will be on Tues, Mar 21, in Lab, but starting at 8 AM.
The test will cover Sections 7.4-7.8, 8.1, 8.3 (hydrostatic force only), and 9.1-9.4 . The
following are some suggested practice problems from the Chapter Review
sections:
Chapter 7 Review: #5, 14, 15, 18, 19, 25, 41-50, 63-66, 71, 78
Chapter 8 Review: #1, 2, 3, 11, 12
Chapter 9 Review: #1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18
- (3/27) I have to have some fairly strange office hours today, instead of
2-3:30 my office hours will be 3-3:45 and 4:30-5. I apologize for any
inconvenience.
- (4/11) There will be a very slight shift in the syllabus. We will cover
Section 11.8 on Power Series on Wed, Apr 12, and then Section 11.7 on Fri,
Apr 14, to start our review for Test 3.
- (4/13) Here are links to a big list of problems about convergence or divergence of
series (courtesy of a Calculus course from the University of South Alabama) :
Series Problems, and here are the Solutions.
- (4/14) Test 3 will be on Tues, Apr 18, in Lab starting at 8 AM. The
test will cover Sections 11.1-11.8. The following are suggested practice
problems from the Chapter Review for Chapter 11 (pgs. 785-786):
Chapter 11 Review: #1-8, 11-29, 32, 34, 38, 40-44
- (4/26) Two assignments are due by 5 PM on Fri, Apr 28, on Brock's door:
Lab 10, and the History of Calculus assignment, both of which are on the main
Math 112 website.
- (4/26) The location of the Final Exam has been set as Morton 201 (the same
room as lab), and it is on Thurs, May 4, from 9 AM until 12 Noon. There are
practice finals, with solutions, at the bottom of the main Math 112 website,
which are good resources for studying.
- (4/27) My office hours today, Thurs, Apr 27, are 3-5 pm (not 11-12). I
apologize for any incovenience. Please email me any questions you have if
you cannot make it to office hours.
- (4/27) The following Chapters/Sections from the text are precisely what
will be covered on the Final. I am including comments on what will be given
to you, what will not be given, and what page numbers you can omit from each
section:
Sections 5.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4. 6.5, 7.1 - No comments on these sections, all is
covered
Sections 7.2 and 7.3 - The only identities that will be given to you are the
half-angle identities at the top of pg. 480, and the product identities on
pg. 484. You should know the identities in the table on pg. 486.
Sections 7.4, 7.5 - No comments on these
Section 7.7 - You will be given the error bounds for approximate integrals, but
not the formulas for the approximations themselves
Sections 7.8 and 8.1 - No comments here
Section 8.3 - Only Hydrostatic pressure and force is covered
(pgs. 558-560)
Sections 9.1, 9.2 - In 9.2, only Direction fields are covered
(pgs. 591-594)
Sections 9.3, 9.4 - Do not memorize the solution to the logistic equation, but
you should understand how the solution is obtained
Sections 11.1-11.5 - All is covered, including the Remainder estimates for the
Integral Test and Alternating Series Test
Section 11.6 - pg. 742 on Rearranging series is not covered
Sections 11.7-11.9 - No comments here, all is covered
Section 11.10 - The following are not covered: Taylor's Inequality (pg 762),
Binomial Series (pgs. 766-767), and Division of power series (bottom half of
pg. 770).
- (4/28) My office hours during exams will be as follows:
Mon, May 1: 12 Noon-2 pm
Tues, May 2: 12 Noon-2 pm, 4-5 pm
Wed, May 3: 9-10 am, 12 Noon-2 pm, 3-5 pm
Labs:
The Lab for our Section of Math 112 meets on Tuesday, 8:30-9:20 AM, in Morton
201. The TA for your Lab will be announced soon. It is
essential that you show up for your Lab every week. For one, as explained
below, a quiz will be given during every lab, unless there is a
Test. Each of the mid-semester tests will be given during Lab. On those days,
your Lab time will begin 30 minutes earlier, at 8:00 AM, so that everyone has
ample time to complete the tests.
Each lab assignment will be discussed during the lab time, with an
introduction to the concept covered and some examples given by your TA.
Your scores on the Lab assignments will count as 15% of your final grade.
All of the labs will be available at the following link:
112
homepage.
The first Lab meeting is Tuesday, Jan 24. Prior to the first Lab meeting,
complete Lab 0, which is a review of Math 111 material. Lab 0 is due at the
beginning of the first Lab meeting. Quiz 0
will be handed out at the first Lab meeting, which
will not be a timed quiz, but rather will be a sample (ungraded) quiz to do on your own at home.
Please check the class syllabus to see which labs are due on
which week. The syllabus for the Lab, with policies from your
TA, is here: 112 Lab Syllabus (pdf).
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. 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 during my office hours.
The list of all assigned homework problems is here(pdf).
WebAssign problems are available online for those students who purchased a WebAssign
account with an electronic textbook. WebAssign is not a requirement for the course. These will be strictly for your benefit (and will be similar to
the problems listed above), but will be a bit enhanced with hints and extra
help from WebAssign. The Class Key for this section's WebAssign (Math 112,
section 01) is: wm 9046 3044.
There will be quizzes given at the beginning of lab every week when there is
not a mid-term test. Each
quiz will be 10-15 minutes, and will consist of a test-style problem (possibly
with multiple parts). Like the tests, calculators will not be allowed on quizzes. The main point of the quizzes, apart from testing your
understanding of the assigned homework, is to prepare you for test problems.
In general, if you do all of the assigned homework for each
lecture during the week, you will be prepared for the quiz.
For your total quiz score at the end of the semester, I will drop your lowest
quiz score. There are no make-up quizzes.
I will list all quizzes given throughout the semester, along with their
solutions, here:
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 112. If you can, take advantage of this free service.
- The main homepage for all sections of Calculus II at William & Mary, which
has all of the Labs, and some problems from past finals, is here.
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