Syllabus for Math 151.525-527

Fall 1996

Instructor: Prof. Michael S. Pilant, BLOC 507C.
Class Times: T, Th 8:00-9:15 HELD 113
Lab and RecitationTimes:

Section 525: M 8-8:50 BLOC 130, W 8-8:50 BLOC 163
Section 526: M 9:10-10:00 BLOC 130, W 9:10-10:00 BLOC 163
Section 527: M 10:20-11:10 BLOC 126, W 10:20-11:10 HRBB 232

Office Hours: T, Th 9:30 - 11:00, BLOC 507C, other times by appointment

Course Description: Credit 4. This course will cover vectors in two dimensions; limits, differentiation and integration of functions of one variable, and applications such as work, velocity/acceleration, optimization (max/min), and curve sketching. The course meets twice per week in lecture (Tuesday, Thursday 8:00-9:15) and twice per week in recitation. One of your recitation meetings is designed to discuss questions over homework or lecture. The other recitation meets in the computer laboratory where the computer package Maple will be introduced. The goal of the 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 either Math 150 (precalculus) or a good high school mathematics background that includes algebra II, analytic geometry and trigonometry.

Required Texts: Calculus: Early Vectors, Preliminary Edition, Vol. 1, by Stewart et al, published by Brooks/Cole. The computer laboratory will also use Calclabs with Maple V, also published by Brooks/Cole.

Grading: Your grade will be determined by three exams, a cumulative final exam, and a laboratory grade. The weights of each of these are as follows.

Exam I (Thursday, October 3, 1996; 7:30-9:30PM) - 15%
Exam II (Tuesday, October 29, 1996; 7:30-9:30PM)- 15%
Exam III (Tuesday, December 3, 1996; 7:30-9:30PM) - 20%
Final Exam - 25%
Lab Grade - 25 %

Grading Scale: Grades will be assigned according to the following

90.0% - 100.0% -> A
80.0% - 89.9% -> B
70.0% - 79.9% -> C
60.0% - 69.9% -> D
0.0% - 59.9% -> F

Exams I, II and III are common exams (same exam is given for all sections of Math 151) and are administered in the evenings from 7:30-9:30pm. The increased weights of the third and final exams reflect the cumulative nature of the course. The laboratory grade will be determined by quizzes (40%) and computer assignments (60%).

Make-ups for exams and quizzes will only be given with documented University-approved excuses (see University Regulations).

NOTES: There will be opportunities for extra credit (up to a total of 5%).

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