MTH 142 (Spring 2006):
College
Calculus 2 (sections D and F)
Instructor: Hanfeng Li
Office: 104 Mathematics Building. Phone:
645-6284 ext. 126.
Office Hours: M 2-3pm, F 10-11am, and by
appointment.
Email: hfli@math.buffalo.edu
Course Page: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~hfli/teaching/142/142spring06.html
Lectures: MWF 11:00-11:50am (section D)
and 1:00-1:50pm (section F)
Room:
127 Cooke (section D) and 218 Norton (section F).
Textbook: Stewart, Single Variable Calculus (Early
Transcendentals, 5th Edition/UB customized 5th edition).
TA's Labs (Starting from Jan 23) - Section D1: F
10:00-10:50am, 440 Park
Hall.
Section D2: M 12:00-12:50pm, 209 Norton
Hall.
- Section F1: W 2:00-2:50pm, 218 Norton Hall.
- Section F2: F 12:00-12:50pm, 111 Talbrt Hall.
- TA
- Joshua Isralowitz
- Math Help Center
- Graduate students will be at Room 110 of the mathematics building
to answer any math questions you might have. The room opens on Monday,
January 30. See here
for
hours and more info.
Course Description - This is the second part of a 3-semester sequence in calculus for
students of mathematics, natural science and engineering. We shall
cover methods of integration, infinite sequences, series and power
series, and topics in analytic geometry.
Text To Be Covered (Outline) - Chapter 5: 5. Chapter 6: 1-3,
5. Chapter 7:
1-8.
Chapter 8: 1-2. Chapter 10: 1-4.
Chapter 11: 1-12.
Lecture
schedule
Prerequisite - MTH 141 with grade C or higher.
Homework - Homework will be assigned every Friday, except those weeks
with term tests, and will be due at the beginning of the lecture the
next Friday. There will be totally
11 homework assignments.
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Homework
Assignments
Exams
- 10-minute in-lab quizzes will be given.
There will be totally 6 quizzes (see the Lecture
Schedule for time). The quiz problems are selected from
the homework.
There will be three 50-min in-lecture term tests:
Term Test 1: Friday, February 17.
Term Test 2: Friday, March 31.
Term Test 3: Monday, May 1.
Most of the term test problems are similar to
those in the homework.
No final exam. Calculators are not allowed in quizzes and term tests.
Late Policy - No late homework will be accepted. No make-up quizzes.
Grading Policy - The 3 lowest homework grades and the 2 lowest quiz grades will be
dropped. In other words, we shall count only your best 8 homework and
best 4 quizzes.
Your final grade will be determined by:
Homework: 20% Quizzes: 20%
The lowest grade term test: 10%
The 2 higher grades term tests: 25%
Disabilities - If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or
psychological) which will make it difficult to carry out the course
work as outlined, or requires accomodations such as recruiting note
takers, readers, or extended time on exams and/or assignment, please
advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we may review
possible arrangements for reasonable accomodations.
Important Dates - Friday, Jan 27
Last day to drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Friday, Jan 27
Last day to file "Petition to make up an Incomplete" with the math
department.
Friday, Mar 10 Last day to RESIGN from
the course - an "R" appears on transcript. ( Note: 1st semester
UB students are eligible to resign up to
3 weeks later - Mar 31. Must contact your advisor before Mar 31 to
discuss this option.)
Making Up Incompletes - To make up an Incomplete in a math course you must:
1) Not re-register for the course -- you are making up an incomplete
in
your original course.
2) Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 237, and ask
Rosemarie Marciniak to initiate an incomplete petition form for you.
3) Sign the petition.
4) a) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be
completed
with him/her, take the approved petition form to your original
instructor
for signature.
b) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be
completed
by repeating the course, take the approved petition form to me
for signature.
5. Return the petition form to Rosemarie Marciniak in Rm. 237 Math
Bldg. by the last day
of add/drop - Friday, January 27.
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