Dr. Mann's M408C, Summer 2012
DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS
Unique Numbers: 91990 and 92000
LECTURES
MW 11:30 -1:00 pm and TTh 11:30-12:30 pm in CPE 2.208
Class meets June 11 - August 9.
DISCUSSIONS
91990 TTh 1:00-2:30 pm in CPE 2.216
92000 TTh 2:30-4:00 pm in RLM 6.118
INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Mann
Jennifer K. Mann, Ph.D.
Office: RLM 13.142
Office Hours: M 1:30 - 2:30 pm, TTh 12:30-1:30, or by appointment
Email: jmann@math.utexas.edu
Website: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/jmann/
TEACHING ASSISTANT Mr. Kontaxis
Andrew Kontaxis
Office: RLM 11.130
Office Hours: T 4:30 - 6:00 pm and W 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Email: akontaxis@math.utexas.edu
TEXT
Calculus, 7th edition by James Stewart
HONOR CODE
The class is expected to uphold The University of Texas at Austin Honor Code. The
core values of the University of Texas at Austin are learning, discovery, freedom, leadership, individual opportunity,
and responsibility. Each member of the University is expected to uphold
these values through integrity, honesty, trust, fairness, and respect toward
peers and community.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
You must attend four lecture classes and two discussion sections per week. If you are absent, do not email or otherwise contact me to ask what material we covered during class, what the assignments are, what sections the exams will cover, or any other questions that I have answered or will answer during class. In such a situation, you should contact a classmate to get notes and information for the class you missed. It is certainly a good idea to work together throughout the semester.
QUIZZES AND EXAMS
Quizzes will be handwritten problems that are worked and submitted in discussion sections weekly. Exams will be held during lecture classes. Each exam for this course will include both Quest problems that will be submitted using bubble sheets and handwritten problems that will be submitted on paper.
EXAM DATES
Exam 1: Monday, June 25
Exam 2: Monday, July 16
Exam 3: Monday, August 6
FINAL EXAM DATE
Saturday, August 11, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Each student may use a single 8.5"x11" sheet of original, handwritten notes as a test aid for each of the three exams during the term as well as for the final exam (NOT TO BE USED FOR QUIZZES). Calculators are NOT allowed to be used during exams. Students must show all work to each solution of the handwritten problems.
HOMEWORK
YOU MUST DO CALCULUS TO LEARN CALCULUS! Homework comprises 6% of your grade in order that you will be motivated to do it. However, doing or not doing assigned homework will have much more than a 6% effect on your grade!
Quest homework assignments will be due at 8:16 pm on Sundays and Thursdays each week and are to be submitted online. Additionally there will be handwritten homework assignments that must be submitted on paper in discussion sections on Thursdays. Quest homework assignments will be posted in Quest. Handwritten homework assignments will be posted in Blackboard.
Students are encouraged to work together on homework solutions. However, each student should write their own solutions to the handwritten homework problems. Copying another student's solution or that from another text is a violation of the honor code and fails to contribute to your personal mathematical development. Students must show ALL work to each solution. Three homework assignments will be dropped at the end of the semester. No late homework assignments will be accepted for any reason.
GRADING
6% Homework
6% Quizzes
18% Exam 1
18% Exam 2
18% Exam 3
34% Final Exam
THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP QUIZZES OR MAKEUP EXAMS. Three quizzes will be dropped at the end of the semester. A single missed semester exam grade will be replaced by the final exam grade. The lowest exam grade will be replaced by the final exam grade if the final exam grade is higher than the lowest exam grade.
Students MUST schedule their summer activities around our exam dates. Final exams will NOT be returned to students.
No semester assignments will be accepted after the last day of classes Thursday, August 9. Your final exam grade is final and non-negotiable. Thus, any discussions of your course grade must occur prior to the final exam administration on Saturday, August 11, 2012.
Plus/minus grades will be assigned for the final grade as follows: as follows:
A (100-92.6), A- (92.5-89.6), B+ (89.5-86.6), B (86.5-82.6), B- (82.5-79.6), C+ (79.5-76.6), C (76.5-72.6), C- (72.5-69.6),
D+ (69.5-66.6), D (66.5-62.6), D- (62.5-59.6), F (59.5-0).
SYLLABUS
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/academics/courses/syllabi/M408C.php
COURSE WEBSITE
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/jmann/su12M408C.html
Additionally handwritten homework assignments and other essential course information and materials will be posted in Blackboard.
QUEST STUDENT FAQs
http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/quest/support/student/
ADVICE FOR SUCCESS
Actively participate in the course by attending lectures and discussion sections, doing the assigned homework problems and additional problems covering your weak topics, and utilizing the office hours of Dr. Mann and your TA. Please do come to my office hours if you have questions or concerns. To succeed in M408C students need to develop good study habits and to seek assistance whenever and wherever it is provided. Make sure that you do not fall behind. Come see us as soon as your performance is slipping. It is estimated that "A" students will spend at least 20 hours per week studying for this course in addition to the time spent in lecture and discussion section.
Before you email me to ask a question about the rules and procedures of this course, please read through this website to see if the answer is written here. I diligently tried to include here any information that you might ask; please utilize it.
PREREQUISITE
A score of at least 80 on the Aleks placement exam is the required prerequisite for M408C. 408C may not be counted by students with credit for Mathematics 403K, 408K, 408N, or 408L. M408C and M408D (or the equivalent sequence M408K, M408L, M408M; M408N, M408S, M408M) are required for mathematics majors, and mathematics majors are required to make grades of C- or better in these courses.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
M408C is our standard first-year calculus course. It is directed at students in the natural and social sciences and at engineering students. The emphasis in this course is on problem solving, not on the presentation of theoretical considerations. While the course necessarily includes some discussion of theoretical notions, its primary objective is not the production of theorem-provers. The syllabus for M408C includes most of the elementary topics in the theory of real-valued functions of a real variable: limits, continuity, differentiation, the mean value theorem and its applications, integration, the fundamental theorem of calculus, and transcendental functions.
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS
The University of Texas provides appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, 471-6259. http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/ssd/
Utilize the Sanger Learning and Life Center!
COMPUTER LAB
The mathematics department's 40 seats undergrad computer lab, RLM 7.122, is open to all students enrolled in math courses. Students can sign up for an individual account themselves in the computer lab using their UT EID.
RLM Building Hours are:
M-Th: 6:00am -- 11:00pm
F: 6:00am -- 10:00pm
Sat: 6:00am -- 5:00pm
Sun: 2:00pm -- 11:00pm
STUDENT CONDUCT
All computers, cell phones and other hand-held devices must be put away out of sight during class. Please come to class on time. If you will be late or need to leave early for some legitimate reason, please tell me in advance. Coming and going during class is distracting to your fellow students, and they do not like it. I know this because they complain to me about it.
PLANNED LECTURE and EXAM SCHEDULE
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/jmann/su12M408Ccal.pdf
Deviations from this tentative calendar may occur during the semester. The actual material covered each day can only be determined by attending the lectures.
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
By UT Austin policy, you must notify me of your pending absence at least fourteen days prior to the date of observance of a religious holy day. If you must miss a class, an examination, a work assignment, or a project in order to observe a religious holy day, you will be given an opportunity to complete the missed work within a reasonable time after the absence.
EMERGENCY EVACUATION POLICY
Occupants of buildings on The University of Texas at Austin campus
are required to evacuate buildings when a fire alarm is activated.
Alarm activation or announcement requires exiting and assembling
outside. Familiarize yourself with all exit doors of each classroom and
building you may occupy. Remember that the nearest exit door may not
be the one you used when entering the building. Students requiring assistance in evacuation shall inform their
instructor in writing during the first week of class. In the event of an evacuation, follow the instruction of faculty or
class instructors. Do not re-enter a building unless given instructions by the
following: Austin Fire Department, The University of Texas at Austin
Police Department, or Fire Prevention Services office.
Behavior Concerns Advice Line
BCAL: 232-5050
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