Text:  Calculus, Concepts and Contexts, 2nd Edition, by James Stewart, Chapters 5-8.

Content:  In this course, we continue to study the calculus of functions of one variable building upon the material from MA 123.  This course covers integration techniques, improper integrals, volumes, arc length and surface area, sequences and series, and differential equations.  The best way to see if you have mastered the material is to do the homework problems.  

Homework:  There will be daily homework assignments involving exercises from the textbook.  I strongly encourage you to try each of the problems yourself before talking to your colleagues about them.  After all, seeing and understanding the difficulties involved in a problem are as important as knowing how to solve it.  The homework will not be collected, but the weekly quiz problems (see below) will be selected from the homework.

Weekly Quizzes:  There will be eight or nine quizzes administered during the discussion sections. You must take the quiz in the discussion section in which you are registered. The problems on the quizzes will be taken directly from the assigned homework and the lowest quiz grade will be dropped.

Exams:  There will be two in-class midterm exams given on Wednesday, February 26 and Wednesday, April 9. The cumulative final exam is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, 2:00pm - 4:00pm and will be held in Morse Auditorium, Room 101. If the university is closed during any one of the in-class exam days this semester, then the exam will be given during the class lecture time that immediately follows the canceled date.  

Course Grades:  Quizzes 30%, First Midterm 20%, Second Midterm 20%, Final Exam 30%.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Examination Policy:  All quizzes and exams are closed book; no "crib" sheets, papers, notes, mechanical, electronic, photonic or quantum apparatuses of any type are permitted, with the exception of calculators and slide rules. Calculators and slide rules are permitted. All work must be shown to receive credit and answers should be given exactly (i.e., write e and not 2.718). The exams will test your mastery of the subject, and your ability to do the assigned homework on your own is extremely important to your success.

Grade Indication:  After each midterm, I will post approximate letter grade ranges, as an indication of how you are doing with respect to the rest of the class. For the class grade, I will weight the raw scores of the quizzes, midterms and final as described above. Your total point score will be compared to others in this class and your final letter grade will be assigned according to an appropriate curve.  
 

Make-up Policy:  Quizzes must be taken in the discussion section in which you are registered and cannot be made up. If you miss a quiz, then that is the quiz that will be dropped.
If you have a conflict with one of the announced dates of the midterm, you must let me know at least one week in advance and we can set up a "pre-make-up" test for you, to be completed before the scheduled midterm. With the exception of serious personal illness or family emergency, no other make-up exams will be given.  You will receive a zero for a missed midterm.  
 
 
 

Ways to Get Help:

1. Discussion Sections.  These are an excellent opportunity for you to get help in mastering the techniques and solving problems.  You must be enrolled in one of the five discussion sections in order to take the class.
2. Office Hours.  Both the teaching fellow and myself hold regularly scheduled office hours.  You are encouraged to come in with any questions.  I will be available on a first-come first-served basis.  If the need arises, appointments can be made to meet at other times.
3. Math Help Room.  The Math and Computer Science Building (111 Cummington St), Room 144, the schedule should be posted on the door.  The room is staffed by math graduate students and the service is provided free of charge.
4. University Resource Center.  The center has a free tutoring program; to find out more, call  353-7077.
5. Math Help Sessions in the Residence Halls.  Diane Meuser is a math professor and residential advisor who holds Math Help Sessions in Claffin Hall on West Campus. This is free mathematics tutoring for students in any math course. I will announce a schedule as soon as it becomes available and any schedule changes will be posted on her web page http://math.bu.edu/people/dmm.

Academic Code:  You are to rely on your own ideas and knowledge in solving the problems on quizzes and exams.  Communication with other individuals or machines, in any form, is not permitted during these times.  Violations of the Academic Conduct Code will be dealt with according to the rules of the Code.