MTuWTh 8:40 - 9:30 AM in 114 Lockett Hall
Assigned Sections and Homework
Instructor: Goderdzi ( Godi ) Pruidze
Office: 379 Lockett
E-mail: gio (at) math (dot) lsu (dot) edu
Website: http://www.math.lsu.edu/~gio/
Lectures: MTuWTh 8:40- 9:30 AM in 114 Lockett Hall
Office Hours*: Monday and Tuesday 9:30 -10:30 AM, Wednesday 11:30-12:30, and by appointments in Lockett 379.
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 1st Edition (2008), by Jon Rogawski (required).
We will cover most of the chapters 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, and sections 8.4 and 14.3.
For more details, click on https://www.math.lsu.edu/dept/courses/1552.
Calculator Policy: If allowed, only Scientific Calculators (no graphing) may be used on tests and exams.
Topics Covered: Techniques of Integration, Infinite Series, Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, Conic Sections, Vectors in low dimensions, Calculus of Vector Valued Functions, and Partial Derivatives.
Exams: There will be four fifty-minute long in-class Exams (planned in the first half of February, first week of March, last week of March, and the second half of April*), and the in-class Final Exam on Monday, May 5, 5:30 - 7:30 PM in Lockett 114.
Final Examination is cumulative and covers the whole material.
No make-up exams, except in extreme cases. If you must miss an exam, you should notify me in advance.
Homework: Homework will be assigned using the WeBWorK system. Each student will have an initial login name and password. Homework questions will be available from the web page and students will enter their answers online.
The link to the WeBWorK: https://webwork.math.lsu.edu/webwork2/Math-1552-02-Spring/
Additional suggested problems from the textbook will be assigned, but not collected. These will be a possible source of exam questions.
Grading: Final Exam is worth of 25% of the total grade, the Homework is worth of 20%, and each Midterm Exam will be worth of 13.75 % of the total grade ( 4 x 13.75 = 55 % ). There might be some bonus quizzes with total percentage between 0% and 5%.
Grading Scale: A = 90-100 %, B = 80-89 %, C = 70-79 %, D = 60-69 %, F = 0-59 %.
Class participation will determine the final letter grade in borderline case (up to maximum 0.5%).
Important Dates: January 21 (M) is Martin Luther King holiday; January 22 (Tu) is the last day to drop; January 24 (Th) is the last day to add; February 4-6 is the Mardi Gras holiday; March 17-23 is the Spring break; April 7 (M) is the last day to withdraw; May 3 (Sat) classes end.
Make-ups: Make-up exams will only be given under exceptional circumstances. No exam will be dropped. The lowest midterm exam score (one exam only) may be replaced by the final exam score.
Notes: In this class we are developing further concepts and techniques of Calculus. The only way to succeed in Calculus is to study, and specifically, to spend a substantial amount of time each day reading the assigned section(s), reviewing class notes, and working on homework exercises (both from the WeBWorK and from the text). For each hour of class time one needs to work minimum two-three hours outside of class. You are expected to attend each regularly scheduled class punctually and to keep up with the assigned work. Read each section critically and carefully, look at the worked examples, and work problems in addition to the assigned homework problems if needed to gain a full understanding. Make use of my office hours, ask questions in class or by email, discuss the material with other members of the class (outside of class), etc.. Graphing calculators, computers, books, notes, etc. may not be used on the in-class exams or on the final exam.
Announcements: Announcements throughout the semester will be made in Class, by Semester Book email, through Semester Book announcements, and posted on the course website. You are expected to check paws email on a daily basis.
Course Ethics: Have in mind that you are taking this course under the guidelines of the code of student conduct. Furthermore, attendance is mandatory. Head phones should be taken off, all cell phones, pagers, computers, or any other electronic devices must be turned off during class and exams. No food or drinks are allowed.
Departmental
Disclamer: This is a four (4) hour Calculus course designed primarily for engineering majors and certain other technical majors. The student is assumed to be capable and versed in the standard Calculus I topics of taking limits, continuity, taking derivatives of fairly complicated functions, using derivatives, calculating the definite integral for basic functions, integration by substitution and the standard applications of the definite integral. Subsequently, knowledge of basic Pre-Calculus material (prerequisite of Calculus I) is clearly assumed as well.
More on the departmental syllabus may be found at https://www.math.lsu.edu/dept/courses/1552 .
Course Credit: This course can be used to meet four credit hours toward the general education requirement for analytical reasoning. See the LSU general catalog for more information.
Disclaimer: Everything on the syllabus (especially with *) is subject to modification by the instructor.
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Links: Back to the math department: http://www.math.lsu.edu.
Back to the webpage of Goderdzi Pruidze.
The link to WeBWorK for Math 1552, section 2 is here.
Last updated: January 13, 2008