University of Massachusetts
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Math 132, Calculus II
Spring 2004, Syllabus

Course Web site:   www.math.umass.edu/~markman/math132_spring04_html/math132.html
This web site contains information pertinent to all sections of Math 132. Individual instructors might have their own sites pertinent to their own sections.

Text:   J. Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcedentals, Vol 1 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Sixth Edition, Thompson Brooks/ Cole, 2007. Ppaperback. ISBN 0-495-48312-5.
You will also need to buy access to the WebAssign on-line homework system. The access code you used for Math 131 will not work for Math 132, so you will need a new one. If you bought the textbook + WebAssign ’¡Èbundle’¡É (also called ’¡Èpackage’¡É) for Math 131, then you may already have a second, unused WebAssign access coupon. Otherwise, if you already own the textbook but no second coupon, just buy WebAssign access. If you don’¡Çt, then buy the textbook+WebAssign bundle. .You may be able to buy a WebAssign coupon at the Textbook Annex; that’¡Çs cheaper than buying access on-line.

Calculator:   Each student is expected to have and use a Texas Instruments TI-85 or TI-86 graphics, programmable calculator. Students who insist on using a different calculator do so at their own risk.

Exams (65%):   There will be 3 exams: 2 midterms and a final, all given and graded in common. Each midterm is worth 20% of the course grade, while the final is worth 25% (combining for a total of 65%).

Exam 1:   March 2, Tuesday, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Exam 2:   April 20, Tuesday, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Final Exam:   To be scheduled. Make-ups will not be given to accomodate travel plans.

Symbolics Test (15%):   There will be a symbolics test on computing antiderivatives/indefinite integrals (worth 15% of the total grade). It will take place on Wednesday, March 31, 6:15-7:15 p.m.. In this test, students are not permitted to use their calculators.

Instructor's Grade (20%):   Each instructor will determine a 20% of the student's grade based on the student's performance in the class (e.g., in quizzes, homeworks, class attendance and participation).

Grading Scale:
90% $\leq$ A $\leq$ 100% 85% $\leq$ AB $<$ 90%
80% $\leq$ B $<$ 85% 75% $\leq$ BC $<$ 80%
70% $\leq$ C $<$ 75% 65% $\leq$ CD $<$ 70%
60% $\leq$ D $<$ 65% 0% $\leq$ F $<$ 60%

The score on each of the five relevant parts (Exams 1 and 2, Symbolics Test, Final Exam and Instructor's Grade) will be scaled to the 0-100 scale. The weighted average of these grades will be

[(20 x Exam 1) + (20 x Exam 2) + (15 x Symbolics) + (25 x Final) + (20 x Instructor's)] / 100.

The resulting weighted average will determine the course letter grade according to the scheme mentioned above.


Eyal Markman
2004-01-30