Class Information
MATH 142 Calculus II
Sections: 009 & 010
Semester: Fall 2018
Credit Hours: 4

Meeting Information
Classroom Location: LC 412
Days and Times: TTH 1:15PM to 2:30PM

Instructor Information
Xinfeng Liu
Email: xfliu@math.sc.edu
Phone: 576-5849
Office Location: LC 317Q
Office Hours: TTH 11:30AM-1:00PM or by appointment
Lab: Yixin Lin

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Textbook: Thomas' Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Custom Edition for USC, by George B. Thomas

Prerequisite: Qualification through placement, or a grade C or better in MATH 141.

Important Dates: The deadline to drop the course without a W being recorded is Wednesday, August 29.
The deadline to drop the course without a WF being recorded is Monday, October 15.

Subject Materials: We shall cover the material presented in Chapters 8, 10 and 11.1-11.5.

Learning Outcome: Students are expected to continue to develop as an independent learner and problem solver who can master mathematical concepts, utilize and combine more than one idea in a single problem, and apply appropriate calculus skills to problems in context. Students are also expected to master concepts and gain skills needed to solve problems related to techniques of integration, sequences and series, Taylor polynomials and series, parametric and polar coordinate curves.

Reading: Reading the textbook in advance of the lecture is strongly encouraged. Benefits of this preparation include obtaining a familiarity with the terminology and concepts that will be encountered (so you can distinguish major points from side issues), being able to formulate questions about the parts of the presentation that you do not understand, and having a chance to review the skills and techniques that will be needed to apply the new concepts.

Course Outline

Tentative Weekly Syllabus of Sections Covered
Week Dates Tuesday Thursday
1 Aug. 20-- Aug. 24 No class Review 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 8.1
2 Aug. 27-- Aug. 31 8.2 8.3
3 Sept. 3-- Sept. 7 8.4 8.5
4 Sept. 10-- Sept. 14 No Class No Class
5 Sept. 17-- Sept. 21 8.7 8.8
6 Sept. 24-- Sept. 28 8.8 Exam 1
7 Oct. 1-- Oct. 5 Class Cancelled Review of Exam 1
8 Oct. 8-- Oct. 12 10.1 Class Cancelled
9 Oct. 15-- Oct. 19 10.2 Fall Break
10 Oct. 22-- Oct. 26 10.3 10.4
11 Oct. 29-- Nov. 2 10.5 Exam 2
12 Nov. 5 -- Nov. 9 No Class 10.6
13 Nov. 12 -- Nov. 16 10.7 10.8
14 Nov. 19 -- Nov. 23 10.9 Happy Thanksgiving
15 Nov. 26 -- Nov. 30 Review Exam 3
16 Dec. 3 -- Dec. 7 11.1 11.2
Final Exam: Dec. 13 (Thursday), 12:30PM-3:00PM


Homework and Quiz:
Homework Assignment
Homework will not be collected, but you are supposed to do them all. REMEMBER: the more problems you do, the better you understand the material. Students are encouraged to work independently on homework sets. There will be approximately one quiz per week on Tuesday or Thursday, and no quiz during the exam weeks. There are two to four problems for each quiz. The quiz problems will be either the same as, or very similar to those from the homework. Thus, if a student has made a good attempt at the homework, he/she should do well on the quiz. One lowest quiz grade will be dropped from the final grade calculation.

Exams: There will be three midterm exams and a comprehensive final exam.
Exam 1: Thursday, Sept. 27, 1:15AM - 2:30PM
Exam 2: Thursday, Nov. 1, 1:15PM - 2:30PM
Exam 3: Thursday, Nov. 29, 1:15AM - 2:30PM
Final Exam: Thursday, Dec. 13, 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM

The exams are "closed book" – no books, no notes, no calculators, no labtop computer or equivalent technology, etc. There are no early exams. A make-up exam is only possible for written legitimate documented reasons of illness, family emergency, or participation in a University sponsored event. You must take your exams with the lecture for which you are registered.

Grades:
 Exam 1  15%
 Exam 2  15%
 Exam 3  15%
 Final Exam  25%
 Quizzes  15%
 Labs  15%
 Total  100%

A straight scale will be used so that A's, B's C's and D's correspond to the percent ranges 100-90, 90-80, 80-70 and 70-60 respectively. Plus grading will be used. For example:

90-100:A 86-89: B+ 80-85: B 76-79: C+
70-75: C 66-69: D+ 60-65: D 0-59: F


Attendance: Attendance at every class meeting is important - and expected. Students missing more than 10% of the class meetings (4 days) can have their grade lowered.

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Academic Dishonesty: Cheating and plagiarism in any form is not tolerated. If a student is caught cheating, I will follow the guidelines as set forth in the USC Honor Code and other University guidelines.