Click here to see the syllabus prepared by the course coordinator. We will try to follow it as closely as possible. Please look at these review problems which cover some of the Calculus I material that you should be familiar with.
Review session for the final: Monday, May 8, 4:30-6:30 in DU 340. Some old exams can now be found on the main Math 230 page.
The final exam is on Tuesday, May 9, 4-5:50 pm in DU 422..
Practice/review problems and handouts will be posted here:
derivatives
integrals I
partial fractions
integrals II
infinite series
Exam 1 (take home), due Wednesday 3/1/2006
See this link for the homework assignments, which will be added weekly. Homework will be usually due on Thursday. Here are solutions to past assignments. On most Thursdays we will also have a short quiz covering the current material. There should be about 12 quizzes, with two scores (lowest, or missed) dropped without penalty. The quiz scores will count as 50 points towards the final total in the course. The homework will also count as 50 points. Each hour exam will be 100 points, and the final exam is 200 points, for a possible grand total of 600 points.
Graphing calculators will not be allowed on the final exam. To get you used to that, they will not be allowed on hour exams and quizzes either. All problems will be painstakingly chosen in such a way that you will be able to solve them without machine assistance. We are trying to teach ideas, not mechanical skills. Having said that, I do want to encourage the use of calculators and other computer machinery in the exploration of these ideas. Keep in mind that-as with any other tool-such devices can be a lifesaver, but they can also be dangerous if one doesn't know how to use them, or fails to understand their limitations. For a broader discussion of this issue see the Math Department's views and policies on using calculators. My personal view is that all of the mathematics taught in this course was developed a few centuries before graphing calculators were available at WalMart for $50, so clearly the machine isn't necessary to learn what calculus is about. Just like you wouldn't want to start training as an aircraft pilot by learning the buttons on the autolanding system which many planes now have.
Makeup hour exams can only be given if: (a) you contact me well ahead of time, and convince me that you have a really good reason to miss an exam; or (b) if you have a genuine emergency (medical or family-related) that can be documented after the fact. The same goes for the final exam, except the criteria for a "really good reason" and "genuine emergency" will be even stricter.
The exact grading will be determined after the final exam; however, you can be assured of a D if your total score is 50% or more, C if the score is 65% or above, B if you have 75%, and A if you get 85%.
Web links
Cylindrical shells
from GCSU