Math 250b - Section 1 - Prof. Kennedy
Spring '08- Course Information
Instructor:
Tom Kennedy (Professor, Mathematics)
email:
tgk@math.arizona.edu
Please include 250 in the subject heading.
phone: 621-6696
office: Math 607
Class homepage:
http://www.math.arizona.edu/~tgk/250b/
Office hours:
will be announced in class and posted on the course web site.
You can also make an appointment.
Tutoring for this course is available in the
tutoring room
run by the Mathematics Department in Math East 145.
Textbooks: We will use the same two books we used first semester:
Calculus by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, McCallum et al,
Fourth Edition.
Differential Equations: Graphics, Models and Data by
Lomen and Lovelock.
Syllabus (Spring semester only):
We will cover most of chapters 9 and 10 in the calculus book.
In the differential equation book we will cover most of chapters 6 and 7, and
parts of chapters 8, 9, 10, and 12.
Calculators: You are required to have a programable, graphing
calculator for this course. In particular you must have one for the
exams and you may not share calculators in the exams.
To see what models of calculators are supported, look at the
webpage of calculator programs:
math.arizona.edu/~krawczyk/calcul.html
Exams: There will be three in class exams. Dates to be announced.
You may not use notes, books or anything else in the exam, except for
your calculator. You must have a
calculator for the exams; it is your responsibility to be sure the
programs you need are working.
Final Exam: The final exam is Wednesday, May 14, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
in the same room that the class meets in.
Missed exams: A missed exam counts as a 0 unless the following two
conditions are fulfilled:
- You have a legitimate, documented excuse.
- You tell me before the test that you cannot take it. (Call me at
621-6696, leave a message at 621-6893, or send me an email).
In cases of legitimate excuses I will not give a makeup exam but
will weight your other exams and the final accordingly.
Missed final exam: If you cannot take the final exam and the
above two conditions are met, then you will get a grade of I (incomplete)
for the course. Otherwise a score of zero will be given for the final
exam and your course grade will be computed accordingly.
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 (usually Wed),
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%.
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.
The exams and especially the quizes will be heavily
based on the homework problems. So while the homework itself will
only count towards a small part of your course grade, the way to do
well on the exams and quizes is to do 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 mailbox.
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.
Weekly quizes: There will be a short quiz (about 15 minutes)
each week, usually on Fridays.
These quizes will be heavily based on the homework.
In fact, they will often contain a problem taken directly from the
homework.
Attendance: Attendance is strongly encouraged.
You are responsible for all material covered in class (including material
that is not in the textbooks) and all
announcements, in particular the test dates.
Academic Integrity: Students should be informed of University
policies regarding the Code of Academic Integrity.
The Code of Academic Integrity will be enforced in all areas of the course,
including tests and homework. For more information about the Code of Academic
Integrity follow this
link.
Grading:
There are a total of 750 points:
Each of the three exams is worth 100 points.
The final is worth 200 points.
The quizes are worth a total of 150 points.
Homework will be worth a total of 100 points.
Withdrawal: You must withdraw by February 12 to
have the course completely deleted from your record.
Until March 11 you may withdraw
with the consent of the instructor. In this case a grade of W or E
will appear on your record. You will get a W if you have at least a
50% average on the work due at the time you withdraw. After March
11, withdrawal is possible only in extraordinary circumstances
and requires a Dean's signature.
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.
Accomodations based on disability:
Students planning to use accommodations based on disability for this course
should privately identify themselves to the instructor by the end of the
first week of class. These students must also provide the instructor with
a letter of identification from the Disability Resource Center.
This letter should include information about any accommodations you will
need for the class, including accommodations for test taking.