Math 220 (05xx) - Joel M. Cohen (Spring, 2008)

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 MATH 220 SYLLABUS

Spring 2008

Lectures:     2:00-3:15 T-Th		Recitations:   8, 9, 10, 11 a.m. Fridays
Room:        ARM 0126		Rooms: MATH B0421 & HNBK 0105,0108,0109
Instructor:   Joel M. Cohen		Assistants: Guoyuan Liu, Weiqiang Lu
Office:        MTH 2313
Hours:        T-Th 1 - 2 p.m.

This course is the first semester of an introduction to calculus for students in the biological, social and management sciences, and architecture. Applications of calculus to these disciplines form an important part of the course. Concrete calculations are emphasized and provide an opportunity to practice algebraic skills introduced in earlier courses.

Lecture Policy: If you need to leave a lecture early, you must let me know in advance, and you must take a seat near the door.
Syllabus Policy:  You must know the contents of this syllabus.  Questions concerning the policies may be asked on quizzes or exams!

MATH 220 is a CORE "Distributive Studies" course and satisfies part of the CORE requirements for graduation. These requirements are designed to ensure that you will take a look at several different academic disciplines and the way they create and analyze knowledge about the world. A faculty and student committee approved MATH 220 as a CORE course because it introduces you to ideas and issues that are central to a major intellectual discipline and because it promises to involve you actively in the learning process. Please take advantage of the opportunities this course offers you.

 

Texts:	Calculus and Its Applications, 11th Edition, by Goldstein, D. Lay,  D. Schneider, and N. Asmar.  Prentice-Hall, 2006. ISBN: 0131746251.
	Study Guide with Selected Solutions and Visual Calculus, 10th Edition, by D. Lay and D. Schneider.  Prentice-Hall, 2004.

 

Calculators:

You will need to have a calculator for doing the homework, but no calculators will be allowed during the exams including the final.

 

Exams:	Feb.28 (Thurs),  April 10 (Thurs), and May 8 (Thurs)
	Final Exam: May 15 (Thursday) 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.  Final exam rooms TBA.

Students will sit in assigned sections of the room for the midterm exams. Each student must bring his or her university picture ID to the exams.

Grading:    The final grade will be based on 600 points: midterm exams (250), quizzes (75), WebAssign (75) and final exam (200).
 

There will be no makeup exams or makeup quizzes.  If you have an excused absence for an exam, the grade will be replaced by the average of the other exam or quiz grades. 

The lowest exam grade will count for half.  Excused absences for exams will be given only for valid medical reasons, University business, or appearances in court.  Excused homework or quizzes will not be used in computing the final grade.   Make-up quizzes will not be given.  Any unexcused absences on quizzes or exams or unexcused late homework will be counted as 0, including the final exam.  Any student with a valid reason to be excused from an exam must contact me prior to the exam if possible, either by email or by phone, and present documentation at the next class session attended.   If you need to be excused for a religious observance, you should let me know as soon as possible, but in any case no later than the end of the schedule adjustment period.

If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations with me, please contact me as soon as possible.

Please check your final exam schedule. If there is a potential conflict, contact me during the schedule adjustment period so we can discuss the situation.

Quizzes:    Student participation in the recitation classes on Fridays is an important part of the course. A short quiz will be given during recitation classes.  Often the quiz will cover material introduced in the latest lecture. In such a case, quiz questions will usually be essentially the same as suggested homework problems. No makeup quizzes will be given. A missing quiz grade will be dropped only when you have a legitimate reason for missing a quiz. (Here "legitimate" may be interpreted more liberally than for exams. Present your evidence to your recitation instructor, as soon as possible after a missed quiz.) At the end of the semester, the total of the quiz scores will be converted to a 75 point basis.

Homework, Quizzes and WebAssign:

We will be using WebAssign for homework, and this will count as part of the grade.  Time will be set aside during each discussion section to answer homework questions, and your TA or I will be happy to look over any extra work you have done if you would like feedback. I will be dropping several WebAssign assignments as well, and WebAssign can be done from any computer connected to the web, so there are no makeup assignments for WebAssign. 

The WebAssign homework will be due by 6 a.m.. each Thursday, and will be based on the previous week's sections. 

Quiz and exam questions will be similar if not to the suggested homework and WebAssign questions. I reserve the right to make changes in the syllabus that I feel are necessary. Any changes in the syllabus will be announced in class and posted to the website. Extra help is available during my office hours and in the tutoring room, MTH 0301.

WebAssign login information

To log in to WebAssign, go to  http://www.webassign.net/umd/login.html (note the "umd" in there_.  Then hit "login."  Now you can log in with your UMD username and your regular password (NOT your UID) just as you would for any university site such as Testudo.  WebAssign is free until Feb 11.  After that, you will need to buy an access code. 

You can either buy an access code online at WebAssign (it will be one of the options - you'll need a credit card), or you can buy an access code card from the bookstore. Any access code from any math class will work, so if they tell you they don't have 220 access codes, you can buy a 140 access code and you'll be fine. There is no access code for WebAssign in your textbook; if you bought the solution manual and the CD-ROM, there is something called an "access code" printed on one of the inserts. Unfortunately, this isn't an access code for WebAssign; rather, it is an access code for the publisher's online tutor service.

Weekly Discussion Sections:

Each week, you will meet with a TA in a small discussion section. During this meeting, you will take a quiz. This is also a great time to ask any questions you may have about the homework, or any other questions you may have about the material.

Resources:

You have many opportunities to have your questions answered outside of lecture:

• My office hours (above) in MTH 2313
• The Math Department maintains a list of resources. In particular:
• The Math Department offers free Tutoring in MTH 0301.
• The Math Department maintains an archive of old exams: Testbank
• The undergraduate office has a list of private tutors (the big window in the big round room in the math building) - these tutors are not free

Order of Topics:
 

 

WEEK	Sections
Jan 28	1.1,2,3
Feb 4	1.6,7,8
11	2.1,2,3
18	2.4,5,6
25	Review and Test I
March 3	3.1,2
10	4.1,2,3
24	4.4,5,6
March 31	5.1,2,4
April 7	Review and Test II
14	6.1,2, 6.3
21	6.4,5, 7.1
28	7.2,3,4
May 5	Review and Test III
May 12	Review and Final: Thursday 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.*

Suggested Problems

Section	Problems
1.1	1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 23, 31, 33, 37, 41, 47, 49, 53, 59
1.2	5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 27, 37
1.3	1-39 odd, 49-55 odd, 85
1.6	1-57 odd
1.7	1-39 odd
1.8	1, 3, 7-21 odd, 25, 27, 29, 31
2.1	1-35 odd
2.2	1-11 odd, 17-33 odd
2.3	1-9 odd, 13, 17-37 odd, 43
2.4	1, 3, 7, 19, 23, 25, 27, 31
2.5	1-19 odd
2.6	1-13 odd, 21
3.1	1-35 odd, 41, 43, 45, 51, 53, 59, 61, 67
3.2	1, 7-23 odd, 37, 29, 41, 45, 59
4.1	1-35 odd
4.2	3, 9, 13-43 odd
4.3	1-29 odd, 33, 35
4.4	1-45 odd
4.5	1-7 odd, 11-27 odd
4.6	1-13 odd, 21-49 odd
5.1	1-25 odd
5.2	1-27 odd
5.4	1,7,11
6.1	1-15 odd, 25-65 odd
6.2	1, 3, 5, 11, 17, 19, 21
6.3	1-31 odd, 35, 39-45 odd
6.4	1-25 odd
6.5	1-13 odd, 21, 23, 25, 37, 39
7.1	1, 3, 7, 23, 25
7.2	1-33 odd
7.3	1-27 odd
7.4	1-21 odd

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