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MAT 107
Calculus and Analytical Geometry
Spring 2011
Instructor:
Bruce Armbrust, phone: 541-4660x314, email:
bruce.armbrust@hotmail.com
Office Hours:
Room A210, Mon. & Wed.
Tues.
MSC A201, Fri.
And as always, by appointment.
Class Time and Location:
Mon., Wed., & Fri. 9:
Textbook:
Calculus,
8th Edition, by Larson, Hostetler, & Edwards
Calculator:
A graphing calculator is required for this class.
I will be demonstrating with the TI-89.
I should be able to help you individually if you have another type of
calculator, but I offer no promises...
Course Description:
This course is a continuation of MAT 106.
It covers sequences and series,
Prerequisite:
A grade of C or better in MAT 106 or equivalent.
Student Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the term, students shall be able to
1. Test series for convergence.
Course Grade:
Your final letter grade will be based on the usual grading scale:
A 90-100%, B 80-89%, C 70-79%, D 60-69%, F 0-59%
The following items will make up the course grade:
Homework:
15%
Quizzes:
15%
Poster Project:
10%
Exam1 (April 25)
Exam2 (May 16):
35%
Exam3 (June 6)
Cumulative Final Exam (June 22):
25%
You may check your grades at any point in the quarter by going to the following
website:
http://www.gradesource.com/reports/1027/20640/index.html
Quizzes:
There will be six quizzes given over the quarter.
They will occur every Monday we don’t have an exam scheduled.
These quizzes will be designed to help prepare you for the exams, and
quiz problems will be taken directly from the homework assignments of the
previous week. Your lowest quiz
score will be dropped. Since your
lowest score will be dropped, missed quizzes may not be made up.
Poster Project:
Our class will join with the 2nd-year calculus class as well as the
calculus-based physics class in the creation of posters demonstrating the use of
calculus & physics in every day life.
The requirements and due dates for the project will be provided at a
later point. Poster presentations
will be held at a date TBD.
Exams:
All exams will be given in two sections: one portion will allow calculators
while the other will not. If you cannot
make it to an exam (final not included), you may take it up to 2 school days
prior to the scheduled date with proper arrangements.
Otherwise, the exam may be made up after the scheduled date with a
penalty of 10% per day. The final
exam may be taken no later than June 22nd.
Registration Information:
You may drop the class with no penalty or mark on your record on or before April
29. After April 29, you may drop
the class and receive a grade of W until May 20.
After May 20, if still enrolled, you will receive a grade of A, B, C, D,
F or I.
How to Succeed in a Math Class:
I am often asked how to successfully pass a math class, and here is my advice:
I) Come to every class session. Be
prepared, and plan on participating.
II) Do your homework. Remember that
what I assign is what I consider a bare minimum.
If you need more practice, do it.
III) Read the book. You paid good
money for it, so you might as well use it.
IV) Make use of available tutors and my office hours.
You will find tutors who know the subject matter in this course at the
MSC.
V) Do math every day. Math is just
like everything else: if you don’t practice, you become rusty.
Learning Disabled Students:
Students with disabilities who may need accommodations for this class are
encouraged to notify me and contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) early
in the quarter so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as
possible. Students may contact the DRC by visiting the Center (located in
room A205) or by phoning 541-4660, ext. 249 (voice) or 542-1870 (TTY for deaf
students). All information will remain confidential.
Technology in the Classroom:
All cell phones, headphones, MP3 players, iPods, etc, must be turned off and put
away prior to the start of each class.
No electronic devices (other than calculators) may be used during quizzes
and exams.
Academic Dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty of any form will not be tolerated.
Students caught cheating on exams or quizzes will receive a score of zero
on the assignment and all dropping of lowest exam or quiz scores will be
forfeit. Students may work together
on homework assignments (and, in fact, are encouraged to) as long as all
students understand the material covered.
Course Schedule:
The following is a tentative schedule.
If things change, I will let you know.
April
4
9.1, 9.2
Sequences, Series and Convergence
6
9.3, 9.4
Integral Test and p-Series, Comparison Test
8
9.4, 9.5
More Comparison Test, Alternating Series
11
9.6,Quiz I
Ratio and Root Tests
13
9.7
15
9.8
Power Series
18
9.9, Quiz II
Representing Functions with Power Series
20
9.10
Taylor and Maclaurin Series
22
10.1
Conic Sections 25 Exam I
27
10.2, 10.3
Parametric Equations
29
10.3, 10.4
Parametric and Polar Equations
May
2
10.5, Quiz III
Calculus and Polar Equations
4
11.1, 11.2
Vectors in the Plane and Space
6
11.3
Dot Products
9
11.4, Quiz IV
Cross Products
11
11.5
Lines and Planes in Space
13
11.6
Surfaces in Space
16
Exam II
18
11.7
Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
20
13.1
Multivariable Functions
23
13.2, Quiz V
Limits and Continuity
25
13.3
Partial Derivatives
27
13.4
Differentials
29
NO CLASS
MEMORIAL DAY
June
1
13.5
Chain Rules
3
13.6
Directional Derivatives and Gradients
6
Exam III
8
13.7
Tangent Planes and
10
13.8
Extrema for Functions of Two Variables
13
13.9, Quiz VI
Applications of Extrema
15
13.10
Lagrange Multipliers
17
Review
22
Final Exam
Note: The final is from
The following is a list of all homework assignments for this course. The due dates for the various sections will be given in class.
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