Course title: AMTH 142 Calculus
II (4 credits course)
Instructor: Dr.
Office ADMN 237 F
Telephone: 641-3537
e-mail: KoffiF@usca.edu
Web: http://www.usca.edu/math/fadimba
Office Hours: By appointment.
Class hours: MTWTh
Classroom: ADMN 213
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in AMTH 141, or grade of 3 or
better on the AP calculus AB or BC exam.
Text: CALCULUS&MATHEMATICA Compact Disc, by Bill Davis,
Horatio Porta, and Jerry Uhl, with printed version of INTEGRALS, 2.03 - 2.06 and APPROXIMATION, 3.01 – 3.06. These are available shrink wrapped together in the USCA Bookstore. The electronic version of the lessons is installed on the hard drives of the USCA computers which have Mathematica. To make this legal, each student is required to purchase the CD. If you already have the CD from AMTH 141, you are not required to purchase a second copy.
Software: MATHEMATICA VERSION 3 or 4; version 4 is installed on the
computers in ADMN 213, and on five computers in the Math Lab (ADMN 219) and three in ADMN 219A (the UNIX Lab).
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Topics covered: Lessons 2.03-2.06 and 3.01-3.06. Applications of integration,
transformation of integrals, the Gauss-Green theorem, separable differential equations, splines and knots, expansions of functions as power series, applications of power series expansions, Taylor’s formula, radius and interval of convergence and the use of complex singularities in their calculation.
Course Objectives: To learn the integral calculus and infinite series concepts and skills beyond those dealt with in AMTH 141 which are needed for the successful study of upper-level science, mathematics, and engineering courses, including the ability to communicate using the language of mathematics, both symbolic and verbal.
Expected student competencies to be acquired: The successful student at the end of this course will be able to produce well-written correct solutions for problems like those assigned for homework in this course. This includes the ability to write problem solutions using clear and coherent arguments with correct standard English and correct mathematical notation and terminology. You will be graded on how your solutions are written as well as on the correctness of your final answers.
Teamwork for the Give It A Try part: The class will be divided into two-person teams. In extenuating circumstances, other size teams are possible. Generally all team members get the same homework grade, but it is possible that an editor whose area pulls down the grade could lose more points than the other team members. Teams may be broken up and reformed at my discretion.. For the Literacy part of the Homework, each student will have to submit his own work. No plagiarizing, please!
Homework: The assignments will consist of computer problems from the "Give it a Try" sections of the text and pencil and paper problems from the literacy sheets. Specific problems will be assigned roughly twice or three times a week and are due about two days later
Late homework will not ordinarily be accepted.
Speak to the instructor right away if you have some problem. Turn in your assignment through the Shared area
of the LAN under the Fadimba directory in the subdirectory Amth142w, as
explained by the instructor. Keep a copy of your work in your ftp area (as
explained by the instructor) in case it is lost. The format for your work is
the Mathematica Notebook in a style similar to the textbook. Each notebook
should begin with the names of the team members.
Help: You may seek help from other students but you must acknowledge this help in a credit statement at the beginning of the notebook just after your names. No homework will be read without a completed credit statement. If you help someone, point them in the right direction but don't do their work for them.
Quizzes: There will be given
approximately one or two quizzes per week, depending on whether there is a test
that week or not. On quizzes you will
not be allowed to use Mathematica to check your work. There will be no make up for quizzes, for
what ever reason. One quiz will be
dropped at the end of the session before computing your final grade.
.Tests There will be two literacy tests given throughout the session. These tests will be "paper and pencil" Normally, there will be no make up for tests, except under special documented circumstances. In any case, no student will be allowed more than one makeup test. The approximate dates of the tests are as follow:
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Test 1 |
Tuesday June 7, 2005 |
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Test 2 |
Thursday: |
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Final Exam |
Wednesday: June 29, 2005 |
Final Exam: A pencil and paper comprehensive final examination is on Wednesday
June 29 at
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GRADE SCALE |
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1. Two exams (100 each) |
90-100 |
A |
70-74 |
C |
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2. Quizzes, Literacy, GiveItATry (100 each) |
85-89 |
B+ |
65-69 |
D+ |
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3. Cumulative Final Exam (200) |
80-84 |
B |
60-64 |
D |
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75-79 |
C+ |
0-59 |
F |
Attendance: Class attendance is mandatory. You should consult with your professor if you must miss a class. As many as five absences may preclude your receiving credit for the course. In addition to scheduled class hours you will need to spend many extra hours in the lab completing your homework assignments. How many extra hours will vary depending upon the individuals doing the work.
Disabilities: If you have a physical, psychological, and/or learning disabilitywhich might affect your performance in this class, please contact the Office of Disability Services, 126A B&E, (803) 641-3609, as soon as possible. The Disability Services Office will determine appropriate accommodations based on medical documentation.
If you are registered with Disability Services and have an accommodation sheet, please see me after the first class or call me (803-641-3537) the first day to set up an appointment as soon as possible.
Academic Honesty: Cheating on a test or assignment may result in a grade of zero on the work involved. A second instance of cheating may result in a grade of F in the course. You are responsible not only for not copying a computer file done by others and submitting it as your own, but also not to leave computer files on a USCA computer’s hard disk where someone else could copy it. If two very similar computer files are submitted, both files may receive a grade of zero. Your instructor will show you how to keep work on private LAN disk space instead of on a desktop computer hard disk.