Course Content:

Prerequisites:

Please make sure you have the necessary prerequisites for this course. That means you need a C or better in a Calculus I (or an equivalent) course or an acceptable grade on placement tests. If I feel you are not prepared for this course, I may choose to withdraw you. If you have any questions about your preparation for the course, please come and talk to me about it.

Homework:

You should bring your homework to class every day.  It will be collected regularly.  There will also be in-class assignments, quizzes, or take-home computer assignments collected for a grade (as part of your homework grade). There will be a penalty on late homework. Homework that is more than a week late might not receive any credit.  If you do not follow the instructions that will be announced in class about how to organize and submit your homework, you may not receive full (or any) credit for it.

Course Materials:

Please Note: For Calculus I and Calculus II, the Single Version (SV) is required. ISBN 9781111027308  For Calculus III, the Multivariable Version (MV) is required. ISBN 9780538460293 You can purchase a Full Version of the text that includes all material for Calculus I, II, and III if you plan to take the entire sequence at Austin Community College.  ISBN 9780538796859

OPTIONAL SUPPLEMENTS:

Online Component:  Enhanced WebAssign (EWA) may be required for one or all of the Calculus courses.  (It will not be required for this class.) Access to EWA includes a complete online eBook.  You may purchase EWA access in one of three ways: 

· Bundled textbooks with access codes are available at ACC bookstores.

· Bundled textbooks with access codes are available for purchase and delivery from the publisher.  http://www.cengagebrain.com/course/site.html?id=1-1UATASJ

· You may use a credit card or PayPal to purchase EWA access online with the online book if you do not want a hardcover book from the website above. 

It is recommended that you register for EWA when you purchase your textbook regardless of whether or not your initial instructor requires the program. Please refer to the handout for login and enrollment information.

Student Solutions Manual, ISBN 9780495560616, by Jeffrey A. Cole

REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY:
You must have access to technology that enables you to (1) Graph a function, (2) Find the zeroes of a function. Most ACC faculty are familiar with the TI family of graphing calculators. Hence, TI calculators are highly recommended for student use. Other calculator brands can also be used. Your instructor will determine the extent of calculator use in your class section.                 

Grading:

There will be 3 exams plus a final exam (part of which will be comprehensive). Grades will be weighted as follows:

Tests 1, 2, 3

20%

each

Final Exam

25%

Homework/quizzes/computer work

15%

Sometime after Test 3, there will be a single make-up exam over the material on tests 1-3; the grade on this exam can be used to replace your lowest grade on the first three tests, up to a maximum grade of 90 if you make complete corrections for tests 1-3 or 75 without the completed corrections.

If you take any test late for any reason, there will be a penalty of 10 points off your test grade. However, no late tests will be allowed after I hand the graded tests back in class.  If you miss a test, you must try to take it during this “late” period.  If you do not take the test during that period, you will receive a 0 for that grade.  In that case, you will need to take the make-up exam to replace that 0. 

Grades will be assigned as follows:

A :

90% or better and a grade of at least 80% on the final

D :

60% - 69%

B :

80% - 89% and a grade of at least 70% on the final

F :

below 60%

C :

70% - 79% and a grade of at least 60% on the final

W :

Withdrawn by student or instructor prior to last withdrawal date on school calendar

I :

Incomplete grades (I) will be given only in very rare circumstances. Generally, to receive a grade of "I", a student must have taken all tests, be passing, and after the last date to withdraw, have a personal tragedy occur which prevents course completion. An incomplete grade cannot be carried beyond the established date in the following semester. The completion date is determined by the instructor but may not be later than the final deadline for withdrawal in the subsequent semester.

Attendance:

Attendance is required in this course.  It is extremely important for you to attend class regularly.  I MAY drop you from the course for excessive absences, although I make no commitment to do so.

Withdrawal:

It is the student's responsibility to initiate all withdrawals in this course.  The instructor may withdraw students for excessive absences (4) but makes no commitment to do this for the student. After the last day to withdraw, neither the student nor the instructor may initiate a withdrawal. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that his or her name is removed from the roll should he or she decide to withdraw from the class.  The instructor does, however, reserve the right to drop a student should he or she feel it is necessary. The student is also strongly encouraged to retain a copy of the withdrawal form for their records.

Students who enroll for the third or subsequent time in a course taken since Fall, 2002, may be charged a higher tuition rate, for that course. State law permits students to withdraw from no more than six courses during their entire undergraduate career at Texas public colleges or universities.  With certain exceptions, all course withdrawals automatically count towards this limit.  Details regarding this policy can be found in the ACC college catalog.

The withdrawal deadline for Spring 2019 is April 29, 2019.

Keeping up:

Please, try to keep up with the homework and with the lecture in class. There just isn't much time to catch up. This means you have to be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to do the homework and to study.

Classroom behavior:

Classroom behavior should support and enhance learning. Behavior that disrupts the learning process will be dealt with appropriately, which may include having the student leave class for the rest of that day. In serious cases, disruptive behavior may lead to a student being withdrawn from the class. ACC's policy on student discipline can be found in the Student Handbook on the web at: http://www.austincc.edu/handbook

Class participation:

All students are expected to actively participate in this class. This can include asking relevant questions in class, participating in class discussions and other in-class activities, helping other students, coming to office hours with questions, and doing other things that contribute to the class.

Ask questions:

Please, please, please, if you don't understand something, or you aren't clear about something, or if you think I (or the book) have made a mistake (it has been known to happen), or if you have any other questions, please ask. Don't let confusion accumulate. If you don't want to ask in class, come to our office hours (or call) and ask. It is much easier to ask a question now than to miss it on the test.  I expect all students to participate in class discussions and other activities. Trust me, you will get much more out of the class if you become actively involved in it.

Always show your work:

It is much more important that you understand the processes involved in solving problems than that you just give me the right answer. If I see from your work that you understand what you are doing, I will usually give partial credit for a problem, even if you made a mistake somewhere along the line. If you don't show your work (unless I believe you could reasonably do it in your head), I may not give you full credit, even if the answer is right. If you can really do something in your head, that's great, but when in doubt, write it down.  It is also very important that you write what you mean. I will correct your notation the first few times, but I will start counting it wrong if you continue to write things incorrectly. In addition, please write clearly and legibly. If I can't read it, I won't grade it.

Time required and outside help:

To do homework and study requires two or three times as much time outside of class as the time you spend in class in order to succeed in this course. If you need more out-of-class help than you can obtain in your instructor's office hours, free tutoring is available in any of ACC's Learning Labs.

ACC main campuses have Learning Labs which offer free first-come, first-serve tutoring in mathematics courses. The locations, contact information and hours of availability of the Learning Labs are posted at: http://www.austincc.edu/tutor

1

1/22/19

4.8 - 5.5

Whirlwind review of calculus I

1/24/19

5.5 - 5.6

Review of substitution; integration by parts

2

1/29/19

5.6 - 5.7

More integration by parts and trigonometric integrals

1/31/19

5.7

Trig substitution

3

2/5/19

5.7 - 5.8

More trig substitution; integration using tables and computers

2/7/19

5.8 - 5.9

More tables; numerical approximation methods

4

2/12/19

5.9, 5.10

More numerical methods and improper integrals

2/14/19

5.10

More improper integrals and review for Test 1

Test 1 – Dates to be announced in class (probably in the Testing Center)

5

2/19/19

H.1, H.2

Review of polar equations and area in polar coordinates

2/21/19

6.1, H.2

Area in rectangular and polar coordinates

6

2/26/19

6.2

Volumes using slicing; volume of solids of revolution - washers

2/28/19

6.2 - 6.3

Volume of solids of revolution using washers and shells

7

3/5/19

6.6

Physics applications: Work and hydrostatic force

3/7/19

6.6

Physics applications: Centers of mass and more hydrostatic force

8

3/12/19

6.6, 6.4

Physics applications: when to use an integral and how to derive it; Arc-length

3/14/19

6.5

Average value of a function and review for Test 2

Test 2 – Dates to be announced in class (probably in the Testing Center)

March 18 - 24, 2019 - Spring Break

9

3/26/19

8.1 - 8.2

Intro – the need to use one type of function to approximate another; sequences and series

3/28/19

8.2 - 8.3

Infinite series and convergence: the integral test and comparison tests

10

4/2/19

8.3 - 8.4

Other tests for convergence, alternating series

4/4/19

8.5

Power series – infinite polynomials

11

4/9/19

8.6

Using power series to represent other functions

4/11/19

8.7

Taylor and Maclaurin series

12

4/16/19

8.8

Applications of Taylor polynomials and error terms

4/18/19

Test 3 (in class)

13

4/23/19

7.1

Modeling and differential equations

4/25/19

7.2

Slope fields and Euler’s method

14

4/30/19

7.3

Solving separable equations

5/2/19

7.4

Exponential growth and decay

15

5/7/19

7.5

Logistic equations

5/9/19

Review for final exam

16

5/14/19

Final Exam, Part 1

5/16/19

Final Exam, Part 2