Spring 2010 Course Syllabus
Course: Mathematics 1042.013.
Course Title: Calculus II.
Time: MWF 01:20P-02:30.
Place: BB402S.
Instructor: Wu, Wei.
Instructor Office: Wachman 513.
Instructor Email: wei@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: use email: wei@temple.edu.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~angelone/spring10/Math1042spring10.html
Office Hours: W 2:30-3:30 or by appointment.
Prerequisites: Math 1041 (Calculus I) with a grade of C or better or an equivalent transfer.
Textbook: Jon Rogawski: Calculus: Early Transcendentals ; First Edition, W.H. Freeman and Company.
Course Goals: To teach infinite series and techniques and applications of integration.
Topics Covered: Sequences and series, including power and Taylor series, the definite integral and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, applications of the definite integral, techniques of integration, improper integrals.
Course Grading: Your course grade will be computed according to the following scheme: Exam 1 - 24%, Exam 2 - 24%,Quiz/Homework Average - 18%, Final Exam - 34%.
Exam Dates: Test 1: Tuesday, February 23, 5:50 PM - 7:20 PM; Test 2: Tuesday, April 13, 5:50 PM - 7:20 PM; Final Exam: Thursday, May 6, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM.
Attendance Policy: You are allowed up to 5 unexcused absences during the semester. After that, your grade will be lowered by 1 notch, e.g., from B to B-, for every increment of 5 classes or a portion thereof that you miss.
Office hours in detail: After every MWF classes, you may approach me to ask questions up to one hour (or more hours). Before you head to my office, you must first let me know, either at the beginning or at the end of a class, that you need office hours after the class.
Answers to your email questions: You are welcome to ask me any questions by emails and I will answer them always. If you don't receive my email answer, it means that the answer to your question(s) is(are) written crystal clear HERE in the course syllabus and/or the Course Web Page, the URL of which can be found HERE in this syllabus. In fact, you should read this syllabus regularly and it takes care of majority of your questions.
Letter Grades: 93-100 A, 90-92 A-, 87-89 B+, 83-86 B, 80-82 B-, 77-79 C+, 73-76 C, 70-72 C-, 65-69 D+, 55-64 D, 50-54 D-, 0-49 F.
Quizzes/Homework: A list of homework problems from the text will be distributed. The homework problems will not be handed in for grading, but it is very important that you do these problems. A short quiz will be given every week starting with the second week of class. Each quiz will consist of 4-5 problems based on the homework problems assigned that or previous week. When computing your overall quiz average, the lowest two quiz scores for the quizzes given before Exam 2 will be dropped. No make up quizzes will be given. Missed quizzes will receive a score of zero and are to be counted among the dropped scores. I will let you know the exact time of a weekly quiz if I have a plan. If I can't tell you beforehand, e.g. depending on the lecture progress, you must be ready to take it at any of MWF classes (actually it is not a problem if you timely complete your homework problems assigned).
Make Up Policy: No make up exams will be given except under extraordinary circumstances (a documented serious illness, death in the family or a documented car accident, for example). If such circumstances arise, it's the student's responsibility to contact the instructor by e-mail AS SOON AS POSSIBLE in order to make other arrangements. There will be no make up quizzes given. If you miss a quiz, it will count as a zero and you should count that as the score you drop.
Blackboard: This course is a registered Blackboard course; you should check Blackboard regularly for announcements.
Common Final Exam: The final exam is scheduled for Thursday, May 6, from 3:30 PM until 5:30 PM. The room will be announced later. DO NOT MISS IT. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
Calculator Policy: No calculators are allowed on all exams and on most of in-class quizzes.
Calculus Tutoring Service: MSRC of Temple University is the tutor center that you should take advantage of. Always go to ask your calculus questions.
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed here.
Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:
- The first day of classes is Tuesday, January 19.
- The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, February 1.
- Spring recess is the week of Monday, March 8.
- The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Monday, March 29.
- The last day of classes is Monday, May 3.
During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.