MATH 142 - Calculus II

Professor: Erich Friedman

About the course:

We will meet every MWF at 9:00 in Elizabeth 202 and T at 9:00 in Elizabeth 205. This course will cover material from chapters 5-9 of the text, Single Variable Calculus (with early transcendentals) by Stewart. You may also wish to buy the student's solutions manual. Topics of the course include techniques of integration, applications of integration, infinite sequences and series. You will be expected to understand why calculus works, as well as how to do the calculations involved. The development of calculus some 300 years ago was perhaps the greatest mathematical achievement in history. I hope you enjoy discovering it with me.

About me:

My e-mail address is erich.friedman@stetson.edu. My web page can be found at http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/. My office is Elizabeth 214-2. My office hours this semester are:

I am always in my office during these times. If you cannot make my regularly scheduled hours, let me know and we can set up another time to talk. Please come by if you need help, or if you just want to chat. You will soon see that my lecture style is informal. I will be calling you by your first names (or a nickname if you prefer), so please call me Erich.

About you:

You should have passed MATH 141 or MATH 132, received AP or IB credit for this course, or taken an equivalent calculus course elsewhere. You should be comfortable with limits, taking derivatives, and using derivatives to find relative extrema. You should remember what an integral is, and how to calculate one with a Riemann sum. You should worship the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. If you need to review this material, do so now, as there will be no time for it later. Attendance in this class is not mandatory, but do not expect me to help you if you do not help yourself. Please be respectful of both me and your classmates. This means coming to class on time and not socializing in class. Cheating will not be tolerated.

About the Math Department:

I am usually available to answer your questions, in and out of class, but the math department offers several additional ways to get help. Much of the day, a free math tutor can be found in the math office, Elizabeth 211. Also, the math secretary has a list of paid tutors available at other times. There is also a math clinic which runs every MTWTh 2:30 - 4:30 and 7:00 - 10:00 pm in Elizabeth 209. Please seek help as soon as you fall behind.

About Computers:

We will be meeting in a computer lab on Tuesdays to allow us to occasionally use Mathematica, a computer algebra system that does algebra, calculus, graphing, and much more. You will have computer labs to complete, so you can learn the Mathematica language and apply some calculus you have learned.

About the Honor Code:

Stetson has an honor code. You are not only expected to do your own work, but to tell me if another student is not. The punishment for cheating is an F in the course.

About your grade:

Homework will not be collected, but I will answer questions in class as time permits. Only do the odd problems. These problems are designed to help you prepare for the tests. I encourage you to work together on the homework problems, but make sure you can do them yourself. You should do as much or as little homework as you need, but the leading cause of doing poorly in this course is not doing enough homework.

Mathematica Labs are due every few weeks. You will have the opportunity to work on each lab during a Tuesday class, and benefit from my help. Afterward, often the day of a quiz or test, the lab is due as a formal lab report. Each lab is worth 20 points.

Quizzes in this course are of the ``gateway'' variety. This means you can take each of the 3 quizzes up to 4 times, but you must do well for it to count. If you pass a quiz the first time (in class), you get 40 points. If you pass the second time (out of class), it is worth 35 points. If you pass the third time (out of class), it is worth 30 points. If you pass the fourth and final time (out of class), it is worth 25 points. If you fail to pass a gateway quiz, you will receive 0 points. There are no make-up quizzes. Tests will be given at the 3 dates on the syllabus. You will be expected to show your work and justify your answers. You are allowed to use a calculator on the tests. Missed labs, quizzes, or tests incur a 10% mandatory penalty per day. Each of the tests is worth 100 points.

The Final Exam will be comprehensive, and is worth 200 points. There are 740 points total. There is no extra credit available.