MA 142: Calculus - II Spring 2019

Lecture time: TTH 11:40AM-12:55AM at Leconte 113

Textbook:

• Thomas Calculus - Early Transcendentals, 13 th edition, Thomas, Weir, and Hass

Instructor Office: Leconte 317C
Office Hours:TTH 1:00pm-2:30pm or by appointment

Phone: 777-3776
E-mail: xfyang@math.sc.edu

• Course Syllabus
• Your weekly activities include:
  • Homework questions are assigned on the course website (from assignment sheet), homework won't be collected, but that is important for the quiz;
  • Quiz (usually on Thursday, including 2-4 problems, 2 lowest quiz grades will be dropped for the final grades).
• Homeworks
  • Homework 1: 8.1 #1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21, 25, 30,
  • Homework 2: 8.2 # 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 31, 33, 37, 42, 45. 8.3 #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22
  • Homework 4: 8.4 #1,3,5,7,9, 11,13,15, 19, 21,23 8.5 #1, 3, 5, 9, 11,13, 15, 21,23, 31, 33, 35
  • Homework 5: 8.8 #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15,17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43,
  • Homework 6: 10.1 #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, §10.2 #7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 27, 29
  • Homework 7: 10.3, #1, 2, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 ; §10.4 # 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11,13, 15, 17, 19 §10.5 #1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 25, 27, 29, §10.6 # 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21,
  • Homework 8:§10.5 #1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 25, 27, 29, §10.6 # 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, §10.7 # 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21,
  • Test 2 will be on March 28.
  • Test 3 will be on Apr 18.
  • Homework 9: §10.8 #1, 3, 5, 11, §10.9 # 1, 3, 5, 8, 9 , §10.10 # 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13.
  • Homework 10: §11.1: #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, §11.2 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25, 27; §11.3 #1, 2, 27, 29, 3; §11.4, #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11; §11.5, #1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14.

• Tenative Exam dates (may change with schedule):

  Test One: Feb 14th.

  Test Two: Mar.28th

  Test Three: Apr. 18

  Final Exam:
  
  (The detailed dates might be changed up to progress.)

  How is your final course grade determined?

  Test One: 15%

  Test Two:15%

  Test Three: 15%

  Final exam: 35%

  Quiz: 10%

  Maple lab: 10%

  [90,100] A, [86, 89] B+, [80, 85] B, [76, 79] C+, [70, 75] C, [66, 69] D+, [60, 65] D, [0, 59] F.

  Note: The exams are "closed book" – no books, no notes, no calculators, no labtop comptuer or equivalent technology, etc.

 

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.

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.

 

Additional Information:

• Math tutoring center
• Bulletin of Undergraduate Studies
• Notice from math department
  • The Math Tutoring Center in LeConte 105 will be open from 10am to 4pm Monday through Thursday beginning Tuesday, January 17th.The ACE Centers will offer free math tutoring Monday through Thursday beginning Tuesday, January 17th. Columbia Hall and Bates House will be open from 7pm until 9pm. Note that these times are different than in previous semesters. The ACE Center in Sims Hall will still be open from 6pm until 9pm.