Syllabus for Math 152 Sections 531-533 and 801-803
Spring 2009
Instructor: Jennifer Lewis .
Office: Blocker 616
Office phone: 845-7768 office hours: Tues and Thur 12-4 or by appointment
e-mail: jlewis@math.tamu.edu
My website: www.math.tamu.edu/~jlewis
Math 152 Course Home Page URL address is http://calclab.math.tamu.edu/docs/math152/
Course Description. Credit 4. The course will cover techniques of integration and applications of integration, such as area, volume, arc length, work, hydrostatic force, center of mass and first order differential equations. The course then covers sequences, series and power series. Finally the course covers 3D vectors, dot and cross products and lines and planes. The course meets for three hours per week in lecture with your professor and twice per week in recitation with your teaching assistant (TA). One of your recitation meetings is designed to discuss questions over homework or lecture. The other recitation meets in the computer laboratory using the computer package Matlab. The goal of the computer laboratory portion of the course is to show how problems that are too difficult to solve hand, can be solved with the help of the computer. The prerequisite for this course is Math 151 or equivalent.
Texts: Calculus: Early Vectors, preliminary edition (hard back), by Stewart et al, published by Brooks/Cole. The computer laboratory will use Matlab: An Introduction with Applications by Gilat Amos.
Online Homework: Online homework is required in all math 152 classes. These online homework assignments can be accessed anytime day or night, from any computer with a connection to the internet and a Web browser. All information regarding online homework can be found at http://www.math.tamu/ehmwk
Grading. Your grade will be determined by three exams, a cumulative final exam, a laboratory grade and a homework and quiz grade. The weights of each of these are as follows.
Exam I Exam II Exam III Final Matlab Webassign and Quizzes
15% 15% 20% 25% 10% 15%
Exams I, II and III are common exams (same exam is given for
all sections of Math 152) and are administered in the evenings from
Make-ups for exams and quizzes will only be given with documented University-approved excuses (see University Regulations).
Academic Integrity Statement: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do." Please see the Honor Council Rules and Procedures on the web at http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor.
Students with Disabilities: The American with disabilities
Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive
civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this
legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a
learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their
disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation,
please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with
Disabilities, in Room 126 of the
Copyright Information Please note that all written and web materials for this course have an implied copyright. In particular, you can xerox (or download) for your own use, but you may not reproduce them for others.
Where to get Help: My office hours are for you. You do not need an appointment to come to office hours. If you cannot come during those hours, please let me know, other times can be arranged.
Week in Review: The week in review is a 2-hour review of the week just completed. You are highly encouraged to attend. WIR is taught by Amy Austin; time and place will be announced in class. Before you go to WIR, print the problems from the website, http://www.math.tamu.edu/~amy.austin/livewirmath152.html
Streaming Videos: Streaming videos by Amy Austin are available at
http:// www.math.tamu.edu/~amy.austin/wirmath152.html
Help Sessions: Help sessions are question and answer sessions on a drop in basis. This schedule will be announced in class and can be found at
http://www.math.tamu.edu/teaching/helpsession/
A list of tutors can be found in a box on the wall outside Blocker 601.