MATH 182-5                       ELEMENTARY CALCULUS II

SPRING SEMESTER (January 22 – May 9, 2008)

Instructor: Dr. A. Muleshkov, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Location:  CBC C112         Time:  Tu Th  10:00 - 11:45 A. M.

Office: CBC B206              Phone/Voice mail:  895-0387

Office Hours:    Mo We     3:00  P. M. – 4:00 P. M.

Tu Th    11:45 A. M. – 1:00 P. M.

E-mail address:  muleshko@unlv.nevada.edu

Web site:   http://www.scsv.nevada.edu/~muleshko/

Textbook: James Stewart, Essential Calculus Early Transcendentals, 1^st E edition (Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9)

Prerequisite: MATH 181 (min. grade C) (C^- is not enough.)

The final grade for the course is obtained from the total (max. 570 points) of the following:

          -- weekly homework - 50 points

(Grading of the homework depends on success of request for funding for graders.  If funding is not allowed, the homework will not be graded, and the maximal total will be 520 points.)

          -- weekly quizzes - 140 points

          -- midterm test - 140 points

          -- final exam (partially comprehensive) - 210 points

          -- instructor’s discretion - 30 points

There will be a quiz on the material covered in class during the previous week (during the last 20 minutes of Thursday’s lecture) or a test (on Thursday) every week except the first and the last week.  The homework (on my Web site) for a section is due on Thursday (at the beginning of class) in the week following the week when the section has been finished entirely in class.

This is a very serious course.  Since MATH 182 is a continuation of and more difficult than MATH 181, the student who studies MATH 182 needs to know the material of MATH 181, Precalculus, College Algebra and Trigonometry very well.  Integration techniques are most fundamental for mathematics and sciences and will be emphasized in this class.

In this class, the textbook is only a tool.  Many times, alternative methods (much easier and stronger) will be presented.  Only material covered in class is due.  Besides coming to class, students need to review past material, work on homework, prepare for quizzes and tests, read the text, and consult the instructor and/or tutors.  Accordingly, students should plan to allow sufficient time.  Regular attendance, prompt arrival, and taking elaborate notes are strongly recommended.  Students who do not maintain these good habits do not usually succeed in this course.  Knowledge of phone number of and keeping in touch with a classmate could be very helpful.

Handouts are essential part of this course.  Some of them are the result of tens of years of effort and experience with students’ difficulties.  Timely learning of the handouts could facilitate students' studies a lot.

All work must be shown to receive any credit.  A solution that includes only the answer will receive 0 points.  On the other hand, the answer always needs to be given.  Neither calculators, nor textbooks, nor handouts, nor notes are allowed on any of the examinations. 

Please keep this syllabus for future reference.  If you have any questions or concerns about the issues raised here or other issues, please come to my office hours.