Math 125C - Calculus II - Autumn 2003

Please Read the Calculator Policy

Note: The Math Department does not allow me to overload this class.
The best way to get in is to keep trying on-line.
See me the first day of class if you want to get on a waiting list.

Lectures
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
12:30 - 1:20
Physics/Astronomy Auditorium
Room A114

Instructor

Patrick T. Perkins
Communications B-014
Phone: 206-685-4703
perkins@math.washington.edu

Topics

Calculator Policy
The Course
Syllabus and Homework Assignments

Office Hours
Grades
Homework
Quizzes and Exams
Quiz Section and TA's
The Textbook (It's a new one this quarter.)

Math 125 Materials Website. This website has a large number of quizzes and exams from previous quarters.

The Course

This course is an introduction to integral calculus. We will review antiderivatives and then study the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. We will use this theorem to compute areas and volumes, as well as a number of other applications. A variety of techniques to compute difficult antiderivatives will be discussed. We will conclude with an introduction to differential equations. If you want a good grade in this class, you should expect to spend at least 12 hours a week on homework.

Grades

Your grade is determined by how you do relative to the class as a whole. Grades will be based on total points earned. There are 320 possible points:

Worksheets--20
Homework--50
Quizzes--50
2 Midterms--50 points each
Final--100

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Homework

will be assigned daily, see the syllabus for the problems due. You are responsible for all the problems assigned (ie: any of it could appear on the exams). The problems assigned during the week will be collected in Quiz Section on the following Thursday.

Unfortunately, the amount of homework that can be graded is limited. Two of the problems will be chosen at random to grade each week. They will be worth 3 points each. You will also get up to 4 points for completeness. (For example, you would get 3 points if you appeared to have done 3/4 of the the problems.) This makes a total of 10 points possible for each assignment. The lowest weekly homework score will be dropped. No late homework will be accepted.

Quizzes and Exams

There will be a 20 minute quiz every Tuesday, except for the weeks of the exams. These will usually cover the homework from the preceeding week. They will be very similar to the homework problems. The TA's will grade them and return them to you the following Thursday. The quizzes are closed book/closed notes. There are no make up quizzes, but I do drop your lowest quiz score.
There will be 2 midterm exams. They will be given on the dates listed in the syllabus. They are meant to take 50 minutes but you can take the full 70 minutes of Quiz Section. You must bring a Photo ID to all exams.
The final exam will take place from 1:30pm to 4:20pm on Saturday, December 13. Note that this is not the time listed in the final exam schedule. The location will be announced later.

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Rules for taking exams

You are allowed to use one handwritten 8.5 by 11 sheet of notes.
Graphing calculators are not allowed on exams or quizzes. You may use a scientific calculator.
There are no make-up exams. If you have a compelling and well-documented reason for missing a test, speak to the professor about it.

Quiz section

On Tuesdays and Thursdays you will meet with a Teaching Assistant in a smaller group. This gives you a chance to get more of your questions answered. Thursday's quiz section will be 80 minutes long so that, in addition to getting help with your homework, there will be time for a worksheet that you can work on while the TA circulates and answers questions. Most weeks there will be a quiz on Tuesday. You will hand in homework on Thursdays to your TA and they will return it to you, probably a week later. The midterm exams will be held in Quiz Section.

The TA's are:

Sections	Name	Office	Email
CA & CC	Katie Oliveras	???	???
CB	Christine Lind	???	???

Text

Calculus, Early Transcendentals by James Stewart
(The Fifth Edition).

You can also use the smaller Single Variable Calculus but only if you are sure you will not be taking Math 126.

Calculators

You will need a scientific calculator for Math 125. It must have trigonometric functions, like Sin and Cos, as well as logarithms and exponentials (ln and exp). I recommend the HP-6S, which costs about $15 at the U Bookstore. The Sharp EL-500LB is also a good choice. It is a little less easy to use, but costs only $10. Graphing calculators are not allowed on quizzes and exams in Math 125 this Winter. A graphing calculator is any device with a multiline display that has the ability to graph mathematical functions. Examples are the TI-85 or the HP-48G. See your instructor before the first quiz if you are not certain if your calculator is acceptable.

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Mathematics Department

University of Washington