Syllabus for MA 164
Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
Fall, 2001

Professor Roger Kraft
Office: CLO 368
Office phone: 989-2696
Office hours: 3:30--4:30 and 6:00--6:30 on MW, after class on MWR, and by appointment.
E-mail: roger@calumet.purdue.edu

Text: Calculus Single Variable, 2nd ed., by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, et al., John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

This course will cover chapters 6 through 10 of the calculus textbook. Your grade for this course will be based on weekly quizzes, three one hour exams, and a two hour comprehensive final exam in the following manner: 

           25%, weekly quizzes, and computer assignments,
           45%, three exams (15% per exam),
           30%, final exam.
Tentative dates for the three one hour exams are 
           Exam 1    Wednesday, September 19
           Exam 2    Wednesday, October 17
           Exam 3    Wednesday, November 14.
The quizzes will be 10 to 15 minutes long and they will be held during class every Thursday (except for those weeks when there is an exam). There will be no makeup quizzes. However, your lowest two quiz scores will be dropped.

Each Monday and Wednesday we will spend half an hour of class time on problem sessions, where we go over solutions to some of the homework problems, and the rest of the time will be devoted to going over new material from the textbook. On Thursday we will spend 45 minutes on the problem session, then 15 minutes for the quiz, and the rest of the time going over new material.

There will be homework problems assigned in class but the homework will not be collected. However, the quizzes will be closely based on the assigned homework problems and so the best way to prepare for each quiz is to do the homework.

Some of the homework problems for this course may be done using either a graphing calculator or a computer mathematics program called Maple. Maple is a very powerful program; it is used for every kind of mathematics, from calculus classes to research in math, engineering, and physics. We will mostly use Maple for drawing graphs, much better graphs than what you can do with a graphing calculator (though it's a lot easier to put a graphing calculator in your pocket to bring to class). You can get access to the Maple program in the Math Computer Labs in CLO 363 and CLO 365 and in the computer labs in the Powers Computer Education Building.

In compliance with the American With Disabilities Act (ADA), all qualified students enrolled in this course are entitled to "reasonable accommodations." It is the student's responsibility to inform me of any special needs before the end of the second week of classes.


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