MA126-A Spring 2010 Home Page

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Class Schedule:
MA126-ATuesday 2:30-3:45 D-221Thursday 2:30-3:45 D-221Friday 2:30-3:45 D-221
Professor:Dr. Eugene Quinn (website)
email equinn1@stonehill.edu

General Information Announcements Syllabus Assignments Notes and Handouts Policies Grading


Announcements

4/24/2010 The 4/30/2010 exam will cover sections 9.1-9.6 and 17.1. There will be no material from section 17.2.
3/26/2010 The following problems from the text are implemented (or soon will be in the case of sections 11.9 and 11.10) on eLearn. The problems on the exam will be similar to the problems posted:
ChapterProblem SetText Problems
757.8 #5,10,17,25
11111.1 #7,9,13,18,29
11211.2 #11,17,34,26,47
11311.3 #5,21,24,30,6
11411.4 #3,10,16,7,23
11511.5 #2,3,7,16,11
11611.6 #14,13,2,4,25
11711.8 #20,17,14,4,3
11811.9 #4,6,10,15,17
11911.10 #14,15,10,48,65

A list of formulas will be provided with the exam.

The exam will cover section 7.8 (improper integrals) and all of chapter 11 except the last section (11.11). There will not be any questions on the taylor series remainder.

2/19/2010 Sample solutions for this weeks inclass exercises are posted.
2/19/2010 Reminder: EXAM 1 will be Tuesday, February 23rd and will cover the following sections:
  • 6.1 Areas between curves
  • 6.2 Volumes
  • 6.3 Cylindrical shells method for volumes
  • 6.4 Work
  • 6.5 Average value of a function
  • 7.1 Integration by parts
  • 7.2 Trigonometric integrals
  • 7.3 Trigonmentric substitution
  • 7.4 Partial fractions
  • 7.5 Integration strategies
  • 7.6 Integration using tables and computer algebra systems
The following table of integrals (similar to the one on p.484) will be provided.
2/01/2010
Study Groups

GroupMeeting TimeMembers
11-2PM MondayIvan Almeida, Patrick Riordan, Brooke Rose, Terence Rose, Robert Stankus, Joseph Vuto, Matthew Williams
29-10PM MondayShane Bracewell, Christina DeIeso, Megan Granahan, Kelsey Hoffman, Jessica Piccoli, Kristen Turpin, Jenna Walz
39-10PM WednesdayKelsey Kilroy, Kelsey Roberts, Dan Taft, Ethan Penney
1/15/2010 Stonehill College is committed to providing all students equal access to learning opportunities. The Center for Academic Achievement is the campus office that works with students who have disabilities to provide and/or arrange reasonable accommodations. Students registered with The Center, who have a letter requesting accommodations, are encouraged to contact the instructor early in the semester. Students who have, or think they may have, a disability (e.g. psychiatric, attentional, learning, vision, hearing, physical, or systemic), are invited to contact The Center for Academic Achievement for a confidential discussion at 508-565-1208.


Assignments

Assignment NumberDate DueAssignmentComments


MA126-A General Information


Textbook:  Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart


Notes and Handouts

DateDescription
5/04 Barbara Kaskosz' 2D parametric grapher (flash applet)
5/02
5/01
4/24
4/16
4/13
3/18
3/02
2/26
2/25
2/18
2/16
2/12
2/07
2/02
1/30
1/26
1/21




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)
130
participation70
TOTAL700

Some implications to consider:

Partial Credit

Written problem solutions are considered to have two parts: The answer, and the work demonstrating the argument by which the answer was obtained.

For written problem solutions, credit will be awarded as follows:

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.


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