Course Syllabus
Spring 2007

MAT212
Calculus II

Textbook and Other Resources

Textbook: Calculus from Graphical, Numerical and Symbolic Points of View, Volume 2 (snd edition) by Arnold Ostebee and Paul Zorn. Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company, 2002. Available in the bookstore or online at amazon.com.

Handouts: Copies of all handouts and files used in class will be available at the course website, http://www.ship.edu/~deensl/m212/

Goals and Expectations

The primary goal of this course is to continue your study of single variable calculus to include techniques of integration, numerical integration, applications of integrals, simple differential equations, improper integrals, and sequence and series. The prerequisite for this course is a grade of "C" or better in Calculus I, MAT 211. This means that it will be assumed that you have a basic understanding of Calculus I concepts and a working facility with Calculus I techniques. If you struggled with Calculus I or if it has been a while since you have seen it, you should be prepared to do extra work and ask questions during office hours to get through any difficulties.

Throughout this course, we will make use of the computer algebra system Maple for in-class work and an occasional assignment or project. Maple is a useful tool for many mathematics courses, so your understanding of this software will continue to pay off throughout your mathematical life. We will meet in the computer classroom MCT 263 for every class period but we will not use the computers every day or for every minute of those days when we do use them. Under no circumstances are the computers to be used for other purposes during class time. If necessary, I will deduct points from your final grade for failure to follow this simple rule.

Schedule

The core of the course will be Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 from the text. The first exam will fall roughly after Chapter 7, the second exam will fall after Chapter 9, and the third exam will fall after Chapter 11. There will be a comprehensive final exam during one of the Multisection Final Exam times. The exact date and time will be announced as soon as they are available.

Submissions

Homework problems will be assigned weekly but will not be collected. Students are expected to complete all assigned problems in a timely manner in a spiral notebook or three-ring binder. The incentive to complete these problems is two-fold. First of all, the only way to learn mathematics is to do it. Second and more directly, there will be an in-class, open notebook quiz each week on the homework problems. Homework notebooks may only include your handwritten work and course handouts.

In addition to the homework quizzes, there will be five projects to be written up outside of class and handed in. These assignments give you the opportunity to examine advanced applications, theoretical issues, and the use of the computer algebra system Maple.

Grades

Graded material will make a total out of a possible 600 points, consisting of the following:

Letter grades will be assigned according to the following scale:

Policies

Collaboration

Late Work/Attendance/Participation

• Make-up exams will be given in the event of a documented illness or family emergency. In such an event, the student must contact the professor within 24 hours of the day of the exam to make appropriate arrangements. If an exam must be missed for professional or university-recognized event, arrangements must be made with the professor in advance of the day of the exam.
• In-class quizzes cannot be made up. The lowest two quizzes will be dropped so that up to two missed quizzes will not be penalized. In the event that a student has three or more documented absences on quiz days, appropriate accommodations will be worked out directly between professor and student.
• Late submission of assignments will result in a penalty of 1 point per weekday late.
• This is a silly policy but a necessary one. You will lose 1 point from your course grade any time I have to ask you to stop using the computers for purposes not relevant to our class.
• There is no attendance policy, but it is obviously better for you to attend class in order to best understand the material and therefore get the most out of the course and the best possible grade.

Special Accommodations

Any student who has been identified by the Office of Social Equity as requiring special arrangements for test-taking or note-taking will be accommodated. All such persons should make these arrangements personally with the professor within the first few weeks of the course.