Math 1272: Calculus II, Section 030

COURSE SYLLABUS

Fall 2003

CLASS MEETINGS: 1:25-2:15 M W F (NichH 211)

INSTRUCTOR: Alex Voronov

OFFICE: VinH 324

PHONE: (612) 624-0355

E-MAIL ADDRESS: voronov@math.umn.edu. You are welcome to use e-mail to send questions to me.

INTERNET: All class announcements will be posted on the class homepage http://www.math.umn.edu/~voronov/1272/index.html and NOT handed out in class.

OFFICE HOURS: M 10-11 a.m., W 11-noon, Th 11-noon, and by appointment.

TEXT: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 4th edition, by James Stewart.

OVERVIEW: Techniques of integration, including integration by parts, simple trig substitutions, partial fractions. Basic numerical integration; improper integrals; arc length; area of surface of revolution. Separable differential equations, Euler's method, exponential growth and decay. Parametric curves and polar coordinates. Review of conic sections. Sequences and series, comparison and ratio tests, Taylor series and polynomials. Vectors in three dimensions, dot product, cross product, lines, planes, cylinders, quadric surfaces; cylindrical and spherical coordinates.

PREREQUISITE: C- in Math 1271.

COVERAGE:

Chapter 7, omitting 7.6
Chapter 8, omitting 8.4 and 8.5
Chapter 9, omitting 9.5-9.7
Chapter 10, omitting 10.7
Chapter 11, omitting 11.5, 11.7, and 11.11
Chapter 12

GETTING HELP:

Attend your TA's office hours.
Attend my office hours (see above).
Free tutoring services are offered in LindH 150/128 and dormitories. In addition to regular walk-in hours, there is a 1272-specific table in LindH 150 at 10:10-11:00 M-F. Tutoring services in dormitories are offered from Sunday through Thursday evenings, 7-10 p.m. There is also a list of tutors for hire in VinH 115. See more information at http://www.math.umn.edu/arb/ugrad/Tutoring_General_Information.html.
E-mail: Send questions or comments to your TA or me at voronov@math.umn.edu
Call your TA or me up at 624-0355.

EXAMS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS: There will be weekly homework and quizzes, three one-hour midterm exams on Thursdays, September 25, October 30, and December 4 during your recitation section, and a final on Monday, December 15, 2003, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Physics Hall 150. All tests are closed-book, closed-notes, no "cheat sheets", no calculators.

MAKE-UP TESTS: There will be no make-up tests. If you miss an hour exam, your grade on it will be the prorated grade of your final exam. If you miss a quiz, you will get a zero score on it. However, your lowest quiz score will be not counted towards your grade.

HOMEWORK AND QUIZZES: Although homework will not be collected or graded, selected homework (or similar) problems will be given on quizzes. This is why it is crucial for you to do the homework before the quiz and, moreover, remember the ideas and techniques used in your solutions. Getting together with other students (that is, in study groups) is a very efficient way to do homework (and have fun).

GRADING POLICY: Grades will be assigned on curve, using the following weights:

Quizzes: 15% (disregarding your worst quiz)
Midterm exams: 45%
Final: 40%

Class participation will be taken into account.

CALCULATOR POLICY: No calculators will be allowed for any tests.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Monday, September 15 - Last day to drop the course with no record on transcript.

Monday, October 27 - Last day to drop without permission ("W" recorded on transcript).

November 27-28 - Thanksgiving holiday.

December 12 - Last day of instruction.

December 15 - Final examination.