MA 168: Calculus with Analytical Geometry II

Fall 2018, Section 2

Instructor: John Perry
Office: Southern Hall, 317C
Office Hours: MW 8-9⋅30, TuTh 10-11⋅30, F 9⋅30-11⋅30 (this latter may be modified for the sake of meetings)
Office Phone: 601⋅266⋅5505
Email: john.perry@usm.edu
Instructor’s web page: www.math.usm.edu/perry/
Class web page: www.math.usm.edu/perry/mat168fa18/
Class meeting time and location: TTh 11⋅30a-1p, SH 302

Course Description: Bulletin description: Definite and indefinite integrals, integration techniques, application of integrals, improper integrals and L’Hôpital’s Rule. I throw in some “value-added” material, such as Newton’s Method and sometimes the Sage computer algebra system.
(We aim to cover chapters 5-7, with bits of 4 that you may not have seen already.)

Prerequisite: MAT 167 (Calculus I).

Text: Calculus for Scientists and Engineers, written by Briggs et al., published by Pearson, 1st edition, 2013.

Tentative schedule:

Week	Sections
1	Review of limits and derivatives: 4.7 L’Hôpital’s Rule
2	4.8 Newton’s Method, 5.1 Approximating area under curves, 5.2 Definite integrals
3	5.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, 4.9 Antiderivatives
4	Labor Day Holiday, 5.4 Working with integrals, catch-up
5	5.5 Substitution rule, 6.1 Velocity and net change
6	Test #1, 6.2 Regions between curves
7	6.3 Volume by slicing, 6.4 Volume by shells
8	6.5 Length of curves, 6.6 Surface area
9	6.7 Physical applications, catch up
10	Test #2, 7.1 Basic approaches to integeration, Fall Break
11	7.2 Integration by parts, 7.3 Trigonometric integrals
12	7.4 Trigonometric substitutions, 7.5 Partial fractions
13	7.5 Partial fractions (continued), 7.6 Other Integration strategies
14	7.7 Numerical integration, 7.8 Improper integrals
15	7.8 Improper integrals, Thanksgiving Holiday
16	Catch up and review
17	Final Exam

Grading policies

Grading: The semester grade will be determined by a weighted average, according to the weights listed below. At any point during the semester, you may determine your standing by computing your grade. This can be done by multiplying the average for each category by the category’s weight, then adding the product in each category. See me if you would like this shown to you.

Grades are awarded according to the following tableaux:

I do not round up. There is no curve.

Conferences: Students who come see me for at least 15 minutes a week for help receive a 1 point reward for each meeting, applied to the next test, not to exceed 5 points. I will hold a weekly homework session on Fridays to accommodate as many students as possible, but students who come visit my office are welcome and also receive credit.

Late assignments: Any assignment turned in past the specified due date and time will receive a ten percent penalty for each school day late. This may be waived under certain conditions, and I often do waive it for WeBWorK assignments, within reason.

Attendance: I give a grade for your attendance (see the grading policy). Missing class, or reporting to class late, directly affects your grade. Students are responsible for all material missed when absent from class.

Makeup work: I do not give makeup tests/quizzes/etc. without an excused absence. If you must miss class, then you must also produce documentation of the reason for your absence. If you were sick, you can show me the receipt from the hospital or doctor; if you had a sports event, you can show me the schedule; if someone died, you can show me an obituary notice; if the tire on your car blew out, you can show me the receipt from the mechanic.

Homework:  I expect you to do the homework. If you do not do the homework, you will probably fail this course. Collecting and checking every homework problem seems to frustrate students: you naturally get a lot of answers wrong the first time through, which can overwhelm you. Thus, I supply homework online through a system called “WeBWorK.” WeBWorK allows you to get instant feedback on each homework problem, rather than wait a week or more to receive a hand-graded assignment. It also lets you rework the problem right away, so that you can keep trying until you get it right — again, not something you can usually do with hand-graded assignments. Most questions on the tests come directly from these assignments.

Tutoring and study groups: I encourage you to work together on homework assignments, to look at each other’s solutions, and to explain answers to each other. This is not the same thing as copying each other’s homework. You take the tests alone and without help, so if you cannot explain to your tutor, classmate, or teacher how to solve the problem, then you have not learned how to solve it, and you need to study it more (perhaps by visiting me, the professor).

Relevant wisdom from Calvin and Hobbes:

Image copyright Bill Watterson.
Usage is for educational purposes, and falls under the principle of “fair use.”
Clicking on the image will take the reader to the source.

Other policies

Use a pencil. Work that is written in pen will receive a 10% deduction.

Mobile phones: When class begins, turn your phone off or set it to vibrate. If you absolutely must use the phone, please step out of class, take care of business, then return. If you use the phone during class, I will ask you to shut if off. If you persist in using it, I will ask you to leave. If you do not comply with these requests, you forfeit the next test. If you use the phone during a test, even as a calculator, you forfeit the test.

Important dates:

• The last day to add/drop a full-semester course without academic or financial penalty, or to drop without a grade of W, is 6th September.
• Last day to withdraw and receive a grade of W is 1st November.
• Final Exam Date: Tuesday, 4th December 2018, 12⋅30-2⋅30p.

Statement on academic integrity: All students at the University of Southern Mississippi are expected to demonstrate the highest levels of academic integrity in all that they do. Forms of academic dishonesty include (but are not limited to):

1. Cheating (to include copying from others’ work)
2. Plagiarism (representing another person’s words or ideas as your own; failure to properly cite the source of your information, argument, or concepts)
3. Falsification of documents
4. Disclosing of test or other assignment content to another student
5. Submission of the same paper or other assignment to more than one class without the explicit authorization of all faculty members involved
6. Unauthorized academic collaboration with others on work for online courses
7. Conspiracy to engage in academic misconduct

Engaging in any of these behaviors or supporting others who do so will result in academic penalties and/or other sanctions. If a faculty member determines that a student has violated our Academic Integrity Policy, sanctions ranging from resubmission of work to course failure may occur, including the possibility of receiving a grade of “XF” for the course, which will be on the student’s transcript with the notation “Failure due to academic misconduct.” For more details, please see the University’s Academic Integrity Policy. Note that repeated acts of academic misconduct will lead to expulsion from the University.