MATH 182-01 ELEMENTARY CALCULUS II

SUMMER SEMESTER (June 4 - July 6, 2007)

Instructor: Dr. A. Muleshkov, Associate Professor

Location: BEH-113         Time:  Mo Tu We Th Fr 11:20 A.M. - 1:20 P.M.

Office: CBC-B206 Office Phone: 895-0387 (Voice mail is available.)

Office Hours:  Mo Tu We Th Fr 1:20 P.M. – 2:10 P.M.

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

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

Textbook: James Stewart, Calculus Early Transcendentals,

5th edition (Chapters 7, some of 6, 8, 11, and some of 10)

Prerequisite: MATH 181 (minimal grade C)

The final grade for the course is obtained from the total (max. 500 points) of the following:

          -- 7 or 8 quizzes                    - 130 points

          -- 2 tests                                 - 170 points each

          -- Instructor’s discretion       - 30 points

There will be a quiz and a test or two quizzes every week (at the end of Tuesday’s and Friday’s lectures).

The homework will not be graded but should be regularly done.  In case of difficulties, the instructor’s assistance could be sought during the office hours.

In this class, the textbook is only a tool.  Very often, stronger and/or easier methods than the ones given in the textbook are going to be presented in class.  The handouts are essential part of the instruction.  No calculators or any reference material are permitted on tests or quizzes.

This is a very serious course.  There are two main reasons for that.  Firstly, the student who studies MATH 182 needs to know the material of Calculus I, Precalculus, College Algebra, and Trigonometry very well.  Secondly, this summer course is very condensed.  The work that would normally be done in fifteen weeks of lectures in a regular semester (interrupted by fourteen weekends and a longer break) must be accomplished in less than five lecture weeks (broken by only four weekends).  Besides the time spent in class, the student will need to devote additional time to working problems, reviewing lecture notes and the text, and consulting with the instructor and/or tutors [from three to seven hours a day, depending on talent, prior knowledge, etc.]  Accordingly, students should plan to allow sufficient time.  Particular measures to take could include, for example, dropping other classes and limiting working hours on jobs.  Regular attendance, prompt arrival, and taking notes are strongly recommended.  Students who do not maintain these good habits do not usually succeed in this course. Please keep this syllabus for future reference.  If you have any questions about the issues raised here or other issues, please come to my office hours.  Knowledge of phone number of and keeping in touch with a classmate could be very helpful.

Please keep this syllabus for future reference.