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Math 8: Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables

Winter 2012

Announcements

Welcome to Math 8!

Instructors and General Information

 

  Section 01 Section 02 Section 03
Instructor K. Kinnaird C. Sutton C. Sutton
Lectures MWF 12:30-1:35 (105 Kemeny) MWF 12:30-1:35 (108 Kemeny) MWF 1:45-2:50 (007 Kemeny)
X-Hour Tu 1-1:50 (105 Kemeny) Tu 1-1:50 (108 Kemeny) Th 1-1:50 (007 Kemeny)
Office Hours Mon. 2:00-3:00PM
Tues. 3:00-4:00PM
Wed. 11:00-12:00PM
Thurs. 2-3:30PM
(Also by Appointment, of course)

Mon. 3:30-5PM
Wed. 10-11AM
Thurs. 2:30-3:30PM
(Also by Appointment)

Mon. 3:30-5PM
Wed. 10-11AM
Thurs. 2:30-3:30PM
(Also by Appointment)

Office 221 Kemeny Hall 321 Kemeny Hall 321 Kemeny Hall
E-mail Katherine.M.Kinnaird.GR AT blah blah Craig.J.Sutton AT blah blah Craig.J.Sutton AT blah blah
Phone 603-646-9814 603-646-1059 603-646-1059
Blackboard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tutorials Sun., Tues. & Thurs. 7-9PM
(Location: 006 Kemeny Hall)
Sun., Tues. & Thur. 7-9PM
(Location: 006 Kemeny Hall)
Sun., Tues. & Thur. 7-9PM
(Location: 006 Kemeny Hall)

 

Textbook: Calculus (Seventh Edition), James Stewart, Brooks Cole 2011. (available at Wheelock Books).

 

 

Alternatives: If you are interested in obtaining this text in eBook format you may purchase it online through Cengage. Purchasing the eBook also grants you access to online resources available through Cengage; however, these resources are not required for this course. You can also purchase individual chapters of the book through Cengage. The material on our syllabus can be found in Chapters 7, 11, 12, 13 & 14 of the text.

Disabilities: If you have a disability and require disability related accommodations please speak to your instructor and the Director of Student Accessibility Services, Ward Newmeyer. In order to receive disbaility-related accommodations you must register with the Student Accessibility Service office. Once SAS has authorized accommodations, students must show the originally signed SAS Accommodations/Consent Form and/or a letter on SAS letterhead to their professor. If you have questions about whether you qualify to receive accommodations, you should contact the SAS office. All inquiries and discussions about accommodations will remain confidential.

For your convenience, here is the term calendar as set by the registrar, with deadlines for schedule adjustment, withdrawing from courses, etc.

The Honor Principle

On Exams: No assistance may be given or received except that you may ask the instructor for clarification of a problem. In particular, no calculators or computing devices may be used.

On Homework: Collaboration and discussion is encouraged, and you may discuss problems with instructors, tutors, and fellow students, and use notes, books, calculators, and computing devices. However, each student is to complete his or her assignments individually and independently. On the written homework you should site people with whom you collaborated.

Exams

There are three scheduled exams, two midterms, held outside of class time, and the cumulative final exam.

  Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final Exam
Date & Time Wednesday, January 25
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, February 22
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 10
3:00 - 6:00 PM
Location Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall) Filene Auditorium (Moore Hall) TBD
Conflict Deadline Januray 18 February 15 February 29

Exam Conflicts: If you have a conflict with a scheduled midterm exam, you are required to inform your instructor (in person and via e-mail) a week before the scheduled midterm. According to the ORC a student who has 3 final exams scheduled on the same day by the registrar is entiteled to reschedule one of those exams. If you are in this situation and would like to reschedule your Math 8 exam, you must inform your instructor (in person and via e-mail) by February 29.

Homework and Tutorials

Homework: Since mathematics requires an immense amount of practice in order to gain proficiency, confidence and insight, you should consider the following the minimum workload for this course:

Note: WeBWorK requires precise syntax. You have unlimited tries on each problem, so if you are certain you have done the problem correctly, check your parentheses and other syntax, and keep numbers inside square roots and other operations instead of using rounded-off decimal answers. One common difficulty is viewing the mathematical symbols, which are embedded images; this is a browser incompatibility problem, but may be fixed by changing your display options on the left side of the screen from "images" to "formattedText" (and if that doesn't work, to "plainText").

Tutorials: Starting Thurday, January 5, Jonathan Epstein & Eva Infeld will run a tutorial in 006 Kemeny Hall for this course on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-9PM throughout the term.

Study Groups: through the Academic Skills Center you may join a study group or obtain a private tutor.

Grading

Grades will be assigned based on homework and exams as follows.

WebWork
10%
Written HW
10%
Exam 1
25%
Exam 2
25%
Final Exam
30%

 

Last modified 4:45PM 3 January, 2012 (Sutton).