Math 112Z, Calculus, Syllabus

Dr. Paul Horn
Email: phorn (at) mathcs dot emory dot edu
Office: MSC: W434
Office Hours: MW 1-2:30, Tu1-2, and F10:30-11:30 or by appointment.

Classes: MWF, 9:35-10:25 in MSC: W303
Textbook: Single Variable Calculus, by Stewart. 6th Edition.

Website: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~phorn/112z-001/

112Z is designed specifically as a second course in calculus for students who have recieved a 4 or 5 on the Calculus AB exam. While many of the topics are standard for a second semester calculus class, and some of you may have seen some of the topics before, they will be approached from an angle that will be new to nearly all of you. This new angle will allow you to build your theoretical understanding of calculus, and help you combine many ideas you have touched upon in your previous calculus class. We will also, of course, build up many of the tools which make calculus so powerful in a variety of settings.

Attending lecture is a vital part of the course, and thus should be considered mandatory. Material covered in lecture should be considered fair game for examination even if it's not covered explicitly in the book. Remember, lectures are great opportunities to ask questions and further your understanding of the material. Take advantage of them!

There will be three midterm exams and one final exam for the course. The midterms will be held on September 28th, and October 26th and November 23rd (all Mondays) during lecture. The final will be cumulative and will be held Monday, December 14th, 4:30-7PM. There will be NO MAKEUP EXAMS. Note that I am bound to this by school policy, especially with regard to the final which I cannot move for any reason.

Doing homework in any mathematics course is vital to build an understanding of the topic. While homeworks will not be collected and graded, there will be bi-weekly homework quizzes which will serve as a spot check for homework completion. These will be approximately 15-20 minutes long, and held during the regular class period, typically on Fridays. They will be a collection of 2-3 homework problems chosen to be a representative sample.

Quizzes will be held on Friday September 4th, September 18th, October 2nd, October 16th, October 30th, November 13th, November 30th and December 7th. Note that the last two are on Mondays due to Thanksgiving and the end of the semester respectively. There will be NO MAKEUP QUIZZES, but lowest quiz score will be dropped. Most assigned homework problems will be from the book, but I reserve the right to pose some additional homework problems to emphasize ideas or areas which I feel are particularly interesting or important. Some problems (which I consider particularly difficult) will be marked with a *; these will not appear as parts of the homework quizzes but will hopefully be rewarding for the student who solves them.

Homework assignments are available here.

Your grade will be based on the best (for you) of the following two rubrics:

15% - Homework quizzes
20% - Each Midterm
25% - Final

OR:

15% - Homework quizzes
25% - Each of the top two midterms
35% - Final

The following is a rough idea of the final grading curve, though it may be adjusted (read: curved) slightly if warrented:

A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D+	D
93	90	87	83	80	77	73	70	67	60

Academic dishonesty is considered a serious offense at Emory. Recall that you agreed to abide by an honor code so long as you are at Emory.

Calculators:

Calculators are great tools for helping to avoid arithemtic mistakes, and for aiding understanding in many other ways (through graphing functions, gathering data, etc.) Remember, however, that a primary focus of the course is to build a theoretical understanding of calculus so that you may apply it to a variety of situations and problems in many areas. To emphasize this, you are encouraged to use calculators on homeworks and quizzes, but the use of calculators is not allowed during the midterm or final exams. That being said, the midterm and final exams will be carefully written so that disallowing calculators will not be a real disadvantage to you.

Cell Phones:

Please turn them off during lecture. Seriously. Be courteous and respectful to your fellow students and to me, we'll all thank you for it.

You may be interested in some of the information on the math department website here . Also note that there are Calculus help sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:30 in MSC W302. These start on Tuesday, September 1. Note that these are open to all students from Math 111, 112, and 112Z so may be crowded at times, but are still a good resource to keep in mind.