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| Syllabus Instructor: Dubravko Ivansi\'c [pronunciation: DOO-brahv-ko EE-vahn-shich] Ivansi\'c is the last name. Phone & e-mail: 762-3552, dubravko.ivansic@murraystate.edu Office: Faculty hall 6A1 (in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics annex) Course webpage: http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/dubravko.ivansic/04fall/250home.html Office Hours: Ask me or check the webpage. Prerequisites: ACT math standard score of at least 26 or MAT 150 or MAT 140 and 145. Textbook: J. Stewart, Calculus, early transcendentals, Fifth edition. We plan to cover chapters 2-5 of "Calculus". Graphing calculator: A graphing calculator is required to take this course. The TI-83 is recommended, and is the one that I will use in class. Any other graphing calculator is OK, however, be aware that you are responsible to learn how to operate it as I can give only very limited help for that purpose. Attendance: is strongly encouraged every day, and roll will be taken. If you missed ten or fewer classes during the semester, you get 3% bonus points. Note that you are not penalized for missing a class (the points are in excess to your total grade), so an absence is counted as such regardless of the reason ("excused" or not). Homework and quizzes: Homework problems will be assigned during the week, but you will not be required to turn them in. Instead, to promote a continuous effort in the course, you will take quizzes in class (announced in advance). Other graded work may include worksheets, on which you can receive considerable help from me. The list of homework problems may be found on the webpage. Don't fall behind: Math 250 develops essential calculus ideas (e.g. the limit, derivative and integral) and their applications. In this course you will see and do a number of things you may have seen before, but don't think that you can do them independently until you have made sure by working out problems on your own. Mathematics is best learned by doing and to acquire proficiency it is essential that you do many homework problems. You should expect to spend at least one to two hours of study time for every hour of class time. Furthermore, if some things aren't clear to you, come to me for help as soon as possible, and not the day before the exam... Exams: There will be four full period exams whose dates will be announced well in advance. There will also be a final exam which will be comprehensive. On some exams and quizzes, no calculators will be allowed. Final exam: is comprehensive and will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 14th at 10:30AM in our usual classroom. Make-ups: Make-ups for exams will be given only in cases of illness, field trips or other unavoidable circumstances. You will need to provide written verification of the reason for your absence in advance and as soon as possible. If you are unexpectedly absent from an exam, try to contact me, say, by phoning or e-mailing me that same day, or by leaving a message at the math office (762-2311). Make-ups for other graded work will be given at the discretion of the instructor. Asking for a make-up quiz more than once makes it less likely that I will grant it. Grade: For your final grade, the lowest of your four exam grades will be dropped and the remaining three will be used to compute the final grade. Each of the three exams is worth 20% and the final exam is worth 25%. All other graded work will count 15%, and I will drop your lowest quiz score. No extra credit work will be given to repair your grade. |
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