Cal Poly Mathematics

Math 142-08, Calculus II
Winter 2008

Time: MTRF 10-11
Location: Building 38, Room 220

Instructor: Dr. Ben Richert
Office: Building 25, Room 325
Office phone: (75)6-1681
Office hours: M: 11-12, 4-5; T: 1-2; R: 9-10; F: 1-2; and by appointment.
Email: brichert@calpoly.edu
Anonymous Feedback Form: http://www.calpoly.edu/~brichert/teaching/142/feedback08.html

Course description: Beginning calculus: context (tangency/rate of change problems), groundwork (limits), tools (derivatives, integrals), and applications (optimization problems, graphing, etc.).

Course home page: Blackboard on my.calpoly.edu (or go directly to http://www.calpoly.edu/~brichert/teaching/142/142-08.html).

Text: James Stewart, Calculus, fifth edition, Brooks/Cole Publishing, 2003.

Syllabus: We will be working through chapters 1-5 of Stewart's Calculus in this course.

Prerequisites: Math 118, 119, or equivalent.

Grades: Grades will be based on homework, two midterms, and a cumulative final exam. Each of the homework, midterms, and final counts for 25%. In the computation of your grade, the lower of your two midterm scores will be replaced by the score you received on the final, if that will improve your standing.

Reading: Students are expected to read the section of the text to be covered on a given day before the lecture.

Homework: Homework will be due twice a week—those problems assigned Monday and Tuesday will be due on Friday, while those assigned Thursday and Friday will be due the following Tuesday. Your lowest homework score will be dropped and therefore no late homework will be accepted. Each homework assignment will be worth 10 points, determined as follows. First, a single problem will be chosen and graded on a scale of 0 to 5. The other 5 points will be awarded based on the grader's perception of the completeness of the assignment (a totally complete assignment is worth 5 points; missing or incomplete problems will result in points being deducted).

Exams: There will be two in-class exams and one cumulative final. Exam 1 is tentatively scheduled for Friday, February 1. Exam 2 is tentatively scheduled for Friday, February 29. No makeup midterms will be given. The final will be held from 10am - 1pm, Wednesday, March 19.