113/EGR Math 199 Fall 2008 Syllabus
General Information
Web page: A web page for this course is at http://www.math.uky.edu/~ma113. Any handouts will be available at this address. Solutions to exams and written assignments will be posted at this website. Schedule: For most sections, lectures take place MWF and recitations take place TR. There will be three midterm exams and one nal exam, on the following dates: Exam 1: Tuesday, September 23, 7:30-9:30 PM, Room TBA Exam 2: Tuesday, October 21, 7:30-9:30 PM, Room TBA Exam 3: Tuesday, November 18, 7:30-9:30 PM, Room TBA Final Exam: Thursday, December 18, 6:00-8:00 PM, Room TBA Textbook: The textbook for this course will be Calculus (Early Transcendentals), 6th edition, by James Stewart, ISBN 978-0-495-01166-8 or 0-495-01166-5 Material to be covered: In Calculus I, we will learn about derivatives, integrals, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus that relates these two basic operations on functions. Well begin by introducing the notion of limit which is essential to dening derivatives and integrals. By the end of the semester, students should know precise denitions of the derivative and integral, understand some of their important applications, and understand the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus which relates the two. We will cover most of Chapters 1 to 5 of Stewart. Please see the course calendar for a detailed listing of sections. MA193 : In addition, to the 4 hours of credit for MA113, the department oers one additional hour of credit as MA193 on a pass/fail basis. You will pass MA193 if you have 0, 1 or 2 unexcused absences and you pass MA113. If you have three or more unexcused absences or you fail MA 113, you will fail MA193. Your section number for MA193 should equal your section number for MA113 (except for MA 113 021 which is paired with MA 193 027). If you drop or change sections of MA113, please make sure to also drop or change sections of MA193. Calculators: Students may use a graphing calculator on exams and homework. Students may not use a machine with symbolic manipulation capabilities on exams. Thus, no TI-89s, TI-92s, no HP-48s or laptop computers may be used on exams. Please see the lecturer if you have any questions as to whether a particular machine may be used on a test. We may clear the memory of calculators before or during an examination. Cheating: Students are encouraged to work together to understand homework problems and develop a solution. However, the solution they submit for credit must be their own
work. However, each student should write their nal solution independently. Students should not permit others to use their account at www.mathclass.org. Copying on exams is not allowed. Students may not use books or notes during examinations.
Grading
Your grade will be computed as follows: 3 exams Final exam Homework and attendance TOTAL 300 100 100 500
Students need an average of 90% (450 points) for an A, 80% (400 points) for a B, 70% (350 points) for a C and 60% (300 points) for a D. Grades may be curved by adding a few points to each students course total. Exams: There will be three exams and a nal. These exams are scheduled in the evening as indicated in the course calendar. Please be sure that you have these dates free. The nal exam will be cumulative, but with an emphasis on the material covered since the third exam. Homework and Attendance: Your homework and attendance grade is based on three components: the web homework (95 points), the written assignments (60 points) and attendance in lecture (45 points). Your web homework grade is the minimum of 95 and your percentage score on web homework. You may nd this score at www.mathclass.org by clicking homework scores on the main page. Each written assignment will be worth 10 points for a total of 60. Lecturers will take attendance 11 times in lecture. Students will earn 5 points for each time they are marked present, up to a maximum of 45. Thus, two unexcused absences are allowed. The total number of points is 200 which will be divided by 2 to obtain a homework score of between 0 and 100. Web Homework: The bulk of homework for this course will be completed using the web-based homework system at http://www.mathclass.org. At this web site, students will nd homework assignments which will count towards your grade. The graded assignments are A17, B19, C18 and D14. See the next section for detailed information on how to access the web-based homework system. There are several web homework assignments that will not be counted towards your grade. The review assignments AR, BR, CR and DR are study guides for each exam. All students should complete these review assignments. The optional assignment A0 is intended to introduce students to the syntax needed to enter mathematical expressions in the web homework system.
We recommend the following approach to web-based homework assignments: Start to work on the assignment as soon as the corresponding material is discussed in class Print out copies of your personal and common assignments (it is free in the Mathskeller and the assistants there can help you), and put them in your notebook. Get together with classmates to work on the problems using the printouts. However, please write up and enter the solutions completely on your own. Write down the solutions in your notebook and then enter your solutions on the webpage. Only correct solutions to your personal version of the homework will count toward your homework grade! Note that for each web-based homework problem you may resubmit your answer as often you as wish before the due date. Only your nal answer will be counted toward your homework grade. Bring your notebook with you when you go to oce hours Bring copies of the common problems to your recitation. They will be discussed there. Written Assignments: In order to help you learn to write mathematics and present clear, well-written solutions to problems, there will be six written assignments. Your solutions to these assignments are expected to be carefully written in complete sentences and grammatically correct English. You should give clear reasoning and present the steps of your solution in logical order. Late homework: No late submissions of web homework will be accepted. If an emergency or illness takes you away from school, please meet with your lecturer to discuss your situation and ask to be excused from an assignment, if appropriate. If you have a scheduled absence (travel or authorized university absence) you must still submit the web homework by the deadline. Written assignments are due at the beginning of lecture. If an emergency or unexpected absence prevents you from turning in the assignment, please see your lecturer to request permission to turn in the assignment late. If you have a scheduled absence (travel or authorized university absence) you should arrange to turn in your paper before leaving school. Unexcused and late submissions will be penalized 10% if the paper is turned in late on the due date and an additional 20% for each day that it is late. Absences: You should attend class. If you must miss a recitation and are registered for MA193, you must explain your absence to your teaching assistant. Otherwise, your absence will be marked as unexcused and this may lead to failing MA193. Attendance will be taken in lecture. If you miss lecture, please speak with your lecturer to see if an absence can be excused.
Accessing Web Homework on mathclass.org
Students who have pre-registered for MA 113 will have an account at www.mathclass.org. Please do not create your own account. There are three methods to log into your account: (1) Active Directory Login (preferred): Use your UK Active Directory user name and password. This is also the user name and password that are used to access some other systems including myuk.uky.edu and exchange.uky.edu. This, is your user name is skova01, you will enter ad\skova01 as the user name and then the password for your Active Directory account. Note that mathclass.org will require you to use the prex ad\ while other sites on campus may not. Students in the Medical Center domain should use the prex mc\. (2) Student ID and mathclass.org password : Students may also log into their account at mathclass.org using their eight-digit student identication number as a user name and a password that is local to mathclass.org. The initial password will be u$654321 where 645321 are the last six digits of your student identication number. The student identication cards have a nine-digit number that always begins with a 9. The student identication number that we use consists of the eight digits that appear after the 9. Most of the eight-digit student identication numbers will begin with a 1. (3) E-mail address: You may also use the e-mail address for your account as a user name. To nd this address, visit the link Dont know which User Name or...