Math 8: Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables
Winter 2012
Announcements
Welcome to Math 8!
Instructors and General Information
| Section 01 | Section 02 | Section 03 | |
| Instructor | K. Kinnaird | C. Sutton | C. Sutton |
| Lectures | MWF 12:30-1:35 (105 Kemeny) | MWF 12:30-1:35 (108 Kemeny) | MWF 1:45-2:50 (007 Kemeny) |
| X-Hour | Tu 1-1:50 (105 Kemeny) | Tu 1-1:50 (108 Kemeny) | Th 1-1:50 (007 Kemeny) |
| Office Hours | Mon. 2:00-3:00PM Tues. 3:00-4:00PM Wed. 11:00-12:00PM Thurs. 2-3:30PM (Also by Appointment, of course) |
Mon. 3:30-5PM |
Mon. 3:30-5PM |
| Office | 221 Kemeny Hall | 321 Kemeny Hall | 321 Kemeny Hall |
| Katherine.M.Kinnaird.GR AT blah blah | Craig.J.Sutton AT blah blah | Craig.J.Sutton AT blah blah | |
| Phone | 603-646-9814 | 603-646-1059 | 603-646-1059 |
| Blackboard | |||
| Tutorials | Sun., Tues. & Thurs. 7-9PM (Location: 006 Kemeny Hall) |
Sun., Tues. & Thur. 7-9PM (Location: 006 Kemeny Hall) |
Sun., Tues. & Thur. 7-9PM (Location: 006 Kemeny Hall) |
Textbook: Calculus (Seventh Edition), James Stewart, Brooks Cole 2011. (available at Wheelock Books).
Alternatives: If you are interested in obtaining this text in eBook format you may purchase it online through Cengage. Purchasing the eBook also grants you access to online resources available through Cengage; however, these resources are not required for this course. You can also purchase individual chapters of the book through Cengage. The material on our syllabus can be found in Chapters 7, 11, 12, 13 & 14 of the text.
Disabilities: If you have a disability and require disability related accommodations please speak to your instructor and the Director of Student Accessibility Services, Ward Newmeyer. In order to receive disbaility-related accommodations you must register with the Student Accessibility Service office. Once SAS has authorized accommodations, students must show the originally signed SAS Accommodations/Consent Form and/or a letter on SAS letterhead to their professor. If you have questions about whether you qualify to receive accommodations, you should contact the SAS office. All inquiries and discussions about accommodations will remain confidential.
For your convenience, here is the term calendar as set by the registrar, with deadlines for schedule adjustment, withdrawing from courses, etc.
The Honor Principle
On Exams: No assistance may be given or received except that you may ask the instructor for clarification of a problem. In particular, no calculators or computing devices may be used.
On Homework: Collaboration and discussion is encouraged, and you may discuss problems with instructors, tutors, and fellow students, and use notes, books, calculators, and computing devices. However, each student is to complete his or her assignments individually and independently. On the written homework you should site people with whom you collaborated.
Exams
There are three scheduled exams, two midterms, held outside of class time, and the cumulative final exam.
| Midterm 1 | Midterm 2 | Final Exam | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date & Time | Wednesday, January 25 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Wednesday, February 22 6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Saturday, March 10 3:00 - 6:00 PM |
| Location | Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall) | Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall) | TBD |
| Conflict Deadline | Januray 18 | February 15 | February 29 |
Exam Conflicts: If you have a conflict with a scheduled midterm exam, you are required to inform your instructor (in person and via e-mail) a week before the scheduled midterm. According to the ORC a student who has 3 final exams scheduled on the same day by the registrar is entiteled to reschedule one of those exams. If you are in this situation and would like to reschedule your Math 8 exam, you must inform your instructor (in person and via e-mail) by February 29.
Homework and Tutorials
Homework: Since mathematics requires an immense amount of practice in order to gain proficiency, confidence and insight, you should consider the following the minimum workload for this course:
- Reading: Corresponding to each class topic there will be a reading assignment which should be completed before coming to class. Completing the reading assignment before coming to class will help you formulate your questions and to anticipate places where you might have difficulty during the class.
- WebWork: Daily homework problems will be administered through WebWork, which can be found here.
- Weekly Written Assignment: Each week you will be assigned problems that you are required to write up and turn in. These will usually be assigned on Wednesday and collected the following Wednesday at the start of class.
- Practice Problems: There are tons of problems in your text and we think it's a great idea for you to do as many of them as you can. On occasion we will suggest problems from the various sections that we cover, these problems should be considered as a starting point. In general, we will not provide written solutions to these problems; however, you should feel free to bring them to office hours or tutorials to discuss. Anyway, we strongly encourage you to do lots of problems in addition to the WebWork and Weekly Written assignments.
- Late Homework/Personal Day: During the course of the term things will come up. You might catch a cold or perhaps you will have a sudden attack of lethargy. All of these things can temporarily impair your ability and desire to do your work. For this reason each of you will be granted one "Personal Day." That is, we will drop your lowest weekly written homework score for the term. Therefore, we will not accept late homework except in the event of a major crisis (e.g., family issues, protracted illness, etc.). In the event of a major crisis, you should speak with your dean and obtain a note outlining the issue, so we can devise a plan to get you back on track.
Note: WeBWorK requires precise syntax. You have unlimited tries on each problem, so if you are certain you have done the problem correctly, check your parentheses and other syntax, and keep numbers inside square roots and other operations instead of using rounded-off decimal answers. One common difficulty is viewing the mathematical symbols, which are embedded images; this is a browser incompatibility problem, but may be fixed by changing your display options on the left side of the screen from "images" to "formattedText" (and if that doesn't work, to "plainText").
Tutorials: Starting Thurday, January 5, Jonathan Epstein & Eva Infeld will run a tutorial in 006 Kemeny Hall for this course on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-9PM throughout the term.
Study Groups: through the Academic Skills Center you may join a study group or obtain a private tutor.
Grading
Grades will be assigned based on homework and exams as follows.
| WebWork |
10%
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| Written HW |
10%
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| Exam 1 |
25%
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| Exam 2 |
25%
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| Final Exam |
30%
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Last modified 4:45PM 3 January, 2012 (Sutton).