Math 166 – Calculus II (Section D2)

Spring 2006

Syllabus

Instructor: Chris Kurth

Email: kurthc@iastate.edu

Office: 445 Carver

Office Hours: 12:00-1:00 Tuesday and Wednesday, 12:00-2:00 Thursday

Class Location: 232 Carver (MTRF 11:00-11:50)

Textbook: Calculus 8th edition (Varberg, Purcell, and Rigdon): Chapters 6, 8-12

Course Website: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~kurthc/S06/166/math166.html

Departmental Calculus Page: http://orion.math.iastate.edu/calculus/

Grading:

15% Exam 1 (Tentatively February 3)

20% Midterm (February 23 in the evening)

15% Exam 2 (Tentatively April 14)

20% Final (Check online for date and time)

20% Quizzes

10% Homework

Exams: There will be two in-class exams, an evening mid-term exam, and a final exam. All exams can be assumed comprehensive.

Quizzes: There will be a short quiz every Friday (except test weeks) over the material covered that week. Bring your own paper. There will be no make-up quizzes. Instead, your lowest two scores will be dropped at the end of the semester. Quiz problems will generally be variations of problems from the “Suggested Problems”.

Homework: I will post a list of “Suggested Problems” on the website. I recommend working these problems, but you are not required to turn them in. During the semester I will occasionally assign some more interesting (read “difficult”) problems to be handed in. These should be written up more nicely than usual homework.

Calculators: Using a graphing calculator will help tremendously in this course, but remember to always show your work, especially with integrals. Answers with no work will get no credit.

Sources of Help:

Office Hours: Feel free to stop by my office during my office hours to ask about homework problems or class material. If you can’t make my office hours, schedule and appointment with me.

The Math Help Room (385 Carver): http://orion.math.iastate.edu/dept/HelpRoom.html

Supplemental Instruction: http://www.si.iastate.edu/