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Class Schedule:
MA125-CTuesday 2:30-3:45 Martin 207Thursday 2:30-3:45 Martin 207Friday 2:30-3:45 Martin 207
MA125-DTuesday 10:00-11:15 Duffy 206Thursday 10:00-11:15 Duffy 206Friday 11:30-12:45 L-204
Professor:Dr. Eugene Quinn
  equinn1@stonehill.edu

General Information Announcements Syllabus Notes and Suggested Problems Assignments Suplementary Material Policies Grading


Announcements

12/13/2007 Exam II Solutions are posted.
11/21/2007 Exam III has been rescheduled for Thursday, November 29th.
The exam will cover the material in the following sections:
  • 3.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
  • 3.5 The Chain Rule
  • 3.6 Implicit Differentation
  • 3.7 Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
  • 3.8 Linear Approximation and Differentials
  • 4.1 Related Rates
  • 4.2 Max and Min Values
  • 4.3 Derivatives and the Shape of Curves

Solutions to last years exam are posted.
Assignment 7 consisting of 4 problems on related rates has been posted in the Assignments section. You should hand in written solutions to the problems you are assigned on the due date. You are permitted (and encouraged) to work together with others on your assigned problems. You should also start working on these problems as soon as possible.
Assignment 8 consisting of 4 problems on optimization has been posted in the Assignments section. You should hand in written solutions to the problems you are assigned on the due date. You are permitted (and encouraged) to work together with others on your assigned problems. You should also start working on these problems as soon as possible. Although we have not covered section 4.6, we have covered all of the necessary background material for you to complete this assignment.
10/25/2007 Exam 2 from last fall is posted. This year's exam will differ in that Tuesday's exam will not include trigonometric functions. On this exam the class average was 78 and the high score was 94.
The due date for the problems from section 3.3 had been changed from Friday 10/26 to Thursday, 11/1
10/23/2007 An optional 5 point extra credit assignment on logarithms is posted.
10/15/2007 Reminder There will be a quiz tomorrow covering section 2.9 only.
9/28/2007 The solutions for Exam 1 are posted.
9/27/2007 Reminder: There will be no quiz on Tuesday, 10/2. The next quiz will be Thursday, 10/11 and will cover sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8.
9/24/2007 Reminder: There will be a quiz as usual on Tuesday, 9/25. The quiz will cover sections 2.3 and 2.4 in the text.

The first exam is scheduled for Friday, 9/28 and will include material from sections listed on the syllabus up to and including section 2.4. Section 2.5 will not be included, but we will cover it in class this week.

The emphasis will be on the material from Chapter 2. There will be no questions that involve only material from Chapter 1, but the questions on Chapter 2 will be constructed so that solving them requires material from Chapter 1.

9/19/2007 In-Class activities for Friday, 9/21 are posted in the Assignments section.
9/15/2007 Assignment 3 is posted in the Assignments section.
9/3/2007 The first written assignment is posted in the Assignments section.

I will collect written assignments on the due date and grade them.
8/30/2007 Students with documented disabilities: If you are seeking classroom accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you are required to register with the Center for Academic Achievement, located in Duffy 109. To receive academic accommodations for this class, please request an accommodation letter from the Center for Academic Achievement and meet with me at the beginning of the semester.


Assignments

Assignment NumberDate DueAssignmentComments
8Thursday, 12/6/07 Selected problems from section 4.6 (optimization) Be prepared to present a solution to any one of your assigned problems
7Tuesday, 12/4/07 Selected problems from section 4.1 (related rates) Be prepared to present a solution to any one of your assigned problems
6Friday, 11/16/07 MAPLE assignment 2 Instructions are included on the MAPLE worksheet
5Thursday, 11/1/07 Selected problems from section 3.3 Be prepared to present a solution to any one of your assigned problems
4Friday, 9/21/07 In-Class Activities by Group Each group should be prepared to present a solution to their assigned problem
3Friday, 9/21/07 There are four problems using the worksheets provided
2Friday, 9/14/07 For problems 2 and 4, copy the sample MAPLE worksheets provided and modify them for the given problems.
1Friday, 9/7/07
  • Section 1.1 problems 50, 56, 57, 63, and 64
  • Section 1.2 Problems 9 and 23 (parts c and d only)
For problem 23, you can use the SLOPE and INTERCEPT functions of your favorite spreadsheet program to determine the equation of the regression line y=mx+b. (SLOPE will give you m, INTERCEPT will give you b).

You may copy the following comma delimited (.csv) file to get started: section1_2_problem23.csv.

(Download the link and open it with your spreadsheet program. The .csv format should be fairly independent of the brand and version of spreadsheet. If necessary, use the HELP function to code formulas for the SLOPE and INTERCEPT into two empty cells.)


MA125-C,D General Information


Textbook:  Calculus: Concepts and Contexts 3 by James Stewart (3rd Edition)



Policies

College Policies

All policies listed in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of The Hill Book will be strictly adhered to.

These include:

Additional Instructor's Policies


Grading

Basis of Grades

Your final grade will be based on a total of 700 possible points:

ComponentPoints
3 exams (100 points each)300
cumulative final exam200
quizzes and assignments
(in class, written, and MAPLE)
200
TOTAL700

Some implications to consider:

Assignment of Letter Grades

Letter grades will be assigned according to the following table:
GradePercentage
A92
A-90
B+88
B82
B-80
C+78
C72
C-70
D60
F<60

While I reserve the right to use a curve, you should NOT expect one.

Partial Credit

In most cases, partial credit will be given.

The process of assigning partial credit is somewhat subjective, but
I will use the following guidelines for individual problems:

On a 10 point problem,

Exams will be designed so that a reasonably well-prepared student should be able to complete them without a great deal of time pressure.


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