Math 129 (section 15) - Calculus II - Prof. Kennedy - Fall 2005
Course home page:
www.math.arizona.edu/~tgk/129/
Instructor:
Tom Kennedy (Professor, Mathematics)
email: tgk@math.arizona.edu
(Please include 129 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, Third edition by Hughes-Hallet et al.
Warning:
The fourth edition of this book is being used in first semester
calculus, 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 will be three tests and a final exam.
The tests are in class on
- Thursday, September 15
- Tuesday, October 11
- Tuesday, November 22
All sections of this course take a common final exam on Monday,
December 12, 8:00 am - 10:00 am. The university policy regarding
multiple finals on the same day will be strictly followed.
http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/schedule054/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.
On days when homework is due, we will spend the first 10 minutes
of class checking our answers. During this time I will check each
students homework to see that it is essentially complete and reasonably
neat. It if is, you get 100%.
The homework will be worth a total of 100 points.
Note that you do not turn in the homework.
This system has two goals: 1. reward you (grade-wise)
for doing the homework. 2. give you feedback on the homework.
Late Homework: If you do not have the homework finished
on time, you can still finish it and bring it to class or office hours within
one week of the due date.
If it is then essentially complete, you will get 80%.
If there was some compelling reason for it not being complete on time
or for you missing class the day it was due, you will get 100% if it
is essentially complete. After a week from the due date it is impossible
to get credit for the homework.
You cannot turn homework into my box.
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.
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 the first missed exam.
If you miss one exam with a legitimate reason, your point total
(which will be out of 500) will be multiplied by 6/5. 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 and the final is worth 200.
All the homework assigments together are worth 100 points.
So there are 600 total possible points for the course.
Grades will be no lower than the following:
- 540 to 600 points : A
- 480 to 539 points : B
- 420 to 479 points : C
- 360 to 419 points : D
- 0 to 359 points : E
Dropping the course:
Friday, Sept 16 is the last day to drop without a grade.
Friday, Oct 14 is the last day to withdraw with a grade of W or E.
You will get a W if you have scored at least 50% on the work due
by the time of withdrawal. You will need to get my signature to do this.
After Oct 14 the course may be dropped only under extraordinary
circumstances and only with your Dean's signature.
You should consider Oct 14 the absolute last day for dropping.
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.