| Location: | CBC C230 |
| Time: | MTWThF, 7:30-9:30 AM |
| Text: | Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals (Fourth Edition) |
| Website: | http://www.nevada.edu/~cwebster |
| Instructor: | Dr. Corran Webster |
| Office Hours: | M-F 11:30-12:30 (Tentative) |
| Office: | CBC B306 |
| Phone: | 895-0376 (extension x0376 on campus) |
| Fax: | 895-4343 |
| E-mail: | cwebster@unlv.edu |
To enrol in this course you must have taken MAT 181 or equivalent and achieved a grade of C or higher; or have taken the Mathematics Advanced Placement exam AB with a score of 3-5. If you took the Mathematics Advanced Placement exam BC and achieved a score of 3-5 then you do not need to take MAT 182 and may enrol in MAT 283.
You are assumed to be proficient in the material covered by MAT 181 and lower. In particular, you are expected to be able to find limits, derivatives, and simple integrals and antiderivatives (including those which require simple substitution); you should be comfortable with the applications of differentiation and should have a geometric understanding of what the derivative and integral represent.
Note: If you took MAT 181 in Fall 2000 or earlier (with Thomas and Finney as the text), there have been some changes to the material covered. You are expected to know how to differentiate and integrate exponential and logarithmic functions. See Sections 3.1, 3.8, 3.9 and 5.6 of Stewart. The good news is that you will be familiar with the applications of integration presented in weeks 2 and 3 (Chapter 6 and 7 of Stewart).
In this course you will learn advanced integration techniques and how to apply them to various problems in analytic geometry, physics and engineering. The second half of the course will cover parametric equations, polar coordinates, sequences and series.
Graphing calculators will be permitted, but not required, in examinations; you should have some sort of scientific calculator for homework. Calculators with algebra systems (CAS), such as the TI-89, TI-92, TI Voyage, are not permitted. Calculators such as the TI-83 series and TI-86 are fine. Personal digital asssistants (PDAs), handheld computers and portable computers are not permitted.
If your primary calculator is not permitted, I would recommend either borrowing a calculator which is permitted, or buying an inexpensive scientific calculator.
There will be three midterm exams worth 15% each, and a comprehensive final worth 30%. Homework will be assigned daily. Homework will not be collected, but questions from the homework will be used in quizzes, worth a total of 25% of the final grade. Occasionally, extra credit homework may be assigned which covers extension material.
Midterm I will cover Techniques of Integration (Chapter7). Midterm II will cover Applications of Integration (Chapters 6 and 8). Midterm III will cover Parametric Curves and Polar Coordinates (Chapter 10). The Final will cover everything.
Quizzes and Exams will be closed book. However in the midterms you will be allowed to bring a single handwritten sheet notes (standard US letter size, and you may write on both sides). For the final, you will be permitted 3 such sheets of notes.
No notes will be allowed for Quizzes. They will be short (one or two questions), and the questions will either be taken directly from assigned homework, or will be almost identical. You will have an opportunity discuss homework questions before they will appear on a quiz. You will have 15 minutes for each quiz.
Exams will have two parts: a short answer section where no working is required to be shown, but no partial credit is given; and a long answer section where all working must be shown, but partial credit will be given based upon that working. You will have 1 hour available for each midterm, while you will have 2 hours for the final.
If you ever forget the constant of integration (the "+C") in a place where it is required, you will immediately lose one mark.
This course will be graded on the following curve:
| A, A-: | 85%-100% |
| B+, B, B-: | 75%-85% |
| C+, C, C-: | 60%-75% |
| D+, D: | 50%-60% |
+ and - grades will be awarded for borderline grades.
Generally, late homework or assignments will not be accepted; nor will there be make up exams for missed exams. Under special circumstances, however, a student may be permitted to make up work which they were unable to submit, or exams which they were unable to attend. These circumstances include:
If a student is absent from class for any reason, it is the student's responsibility to ensure that they know what happened in the class which was missed, either by asking Dr. Webster or fellow students.
The following is a rough schedule of what topics will be covered in which weeks. This may be changed radically depending on how the course progresses.
| Week 1: | Review of Calculus. Techniques of Integration. Quizzes 1 and 2. |
| Week 2: | Numerical Integration, Improper Integrals. Applications of Integration. Quizzes 3 and 4. Midterm I. |
| Week 3: | Applications of Integration. Quizzes 5 and 6. Midterm II. |
| Week 4: | Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates. Quizzes 7 and 8. Midterm III. |
| Week 5: | Sequences and Series. Quizzes 9 and 10. Final. |
The following suggestions may help you do well in this course:
If you have a documented disability that may require assistance, you will need to contact the Disability Resource Center for coordination in your academic accomodations. The DRC is located in the Reynolds Student Services Complex in room 137. The DRC phone number is 895-0866 (TDD 895-0652).