Math 124 (section 10) - Calculus I - Prof. Kennedy - Spring 2006
Course home page:
www.math.arizona.edu/~tgk/124/
Instructor:
Tom Kennedy (Professor, Mathematics)
email: tgk@math.arizona.edu
(Please include 124 in the subject line)
Phone: 621-6696
Office: Math 607
Office hours
will be announced in class and
posted on the web.
Tutoring for this course is available in the
tutoring room
run by the Mathematics Department in Math East 145.
Text: Calculus, Fourth edition
by Hughes-Hallet et al.
Warning:
There may still be copies of the third edition floating around,
so be sure you get the right edition.
Calculator: A graphics calculator is an important tool that will
be used in this course. Students must have a working graphing calculator
for each test and the final exam. No calculator sharing is permitted
during exams.
Tests: There are four tests and a final exam.
In addition there will be a preliminary test that covers
basic algebraic skills that are essential for success in Math 124.
The tests are in class on
- Thursday, Jan 19 (Preliminary test)
- Monday, February 6 (Test 1)
- Thursday, March 2 (Test 2)
- Tuesday, April 4 (Test 3)
- Thursday, April 27 (Test 4)
All sections of this course take a common final exam on Monday,
May 8, 2:00 - 4:00. The university policy regarding
multiple finals on the same day will be strictly followed.
http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/schedule061/exams/examrules.htm
Homework: Homework is the most important part of the course.
The only way to learn mathematics is by doing it. Homework
assignments will be posted on the web in addition to being announced
in class. Selected problems from each homework will be graded.
The homework is worth a total of 100 points in your course total.
Late Homework: If you cannot turn in the homework on time
for a legitimate reason you should contact me. We will agree on
a new due date. However, I will not grade it but simply check that
you did it. This homework will not be used in computing your
homework average. If you do not contact me or fail to turn it in
by the agreed upon date, you will get a 0 on that homework and that 0
will be used in computing your homework average.
Homework collaboration: You may work on the homework
together provided you are truly working on it together.
Simply copying someone else's solutions will be considered cheating.
It will also insure that you do poorly on the exams.
I encourage you to ask questions about the homework in class.
Missed tests: A missed test counts as a 0 unless the following two
conditions are fulfilled: 1. You have a legitimate, documented excuse.
2. You tell me before the test that you cannot take it. (My office phone
has an answering machine in case I am not in the office.)
No makeup exams will be given for your first missed exam.
If you miss one exam with a legitimate reason, your point total
(which will be out of 650) will be multiplied by 750/650. In the extremely
unlikely event that you miss a second exam with a legitimate reason,
a makeup exam will be given.
Attendance: You are responsible for any material covered in
class and any announcements, especially homework assignments and
exam info.
Grading:
Each test is worth 100 points, the final is worth 200, and the preliminary
test is worth 50 points.
All the homework assigments together are worth 100 points.
So there are 750 total possible points for the course.
Grades will be no lower than the following:
- 675 to 750 points : A
- 600 to 674 points : B
- 525 to 599 points : C
- 450 to 524 points : D
- 0 to 449 points : E
Dropping the course:
Tuesday, Feb. 7 is the last day to drop without a grade.
Tuesday, March 7 is the last day to withdraw with a grade of W.
You will need to get my signature to do this.
After March 7 you need your Dean's signature to drop the course and
this requires extraordinary circumstances.
Incompletes: The University General Catalog says that incompletes
may be awarded only at the end of the semester, when all but a
minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed.
It should not be awarded if the student must repeat the course.
The Mathematics Department vigorously enforces this policy, as do I.
A grade of I will be considered only if the following conditions are met:
- The student has completed all but a small portion of the required work.
- The student has scored at least 60% on the work completed.
- The student has a valid reason for not completing the small portion
of the required work.
- The student agrees to make up the material in a short period of time
to be determined at the instructor's discretion.
- The student asks for the incomplete no later than 48 hours
after the final exam.