67-206 Mathematics for Business Analysis II

Fall 2003

Section 001 Edwards 8:00 to 9:00 MTW F

Section 002 Edwards 9:10 to 10:10 MTW F

Instructor: Dr. Chris Edwards Phone: 424-1358 or 948-3969 Office: Swart 123

Classroom: Swart 302 Text: Applied Calculus 2nd edition, by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, et al.

Required Calculator: TI-83 Plus, by Texas Instruments. (I will use the TI-83 Plus in class; if you have some other graphics calculator (like the TI-82, or TI-85, etc.) and find it works for you, that is fine. I cannot support it as well, though.)

Grading: Final grades are based on 700 points:

 

Topic

Points

Tentative Date

Exam 1

Functions

105 pts.

Sept. 26

Exam 2

Differentiation

110 pts.

Oct. 17

Exam 3

Derivative Applications

90 pts.

Nov. 4

Exam 4

Integration & Applications

120 pts.

Nov. 25

Exam 5

Multivariate Calculus

75 pts.

Dec. 12

Homework

Various

200 pts.

Weekly

Attendance is a very important component of success in my class. Thus, final grades are based on attendance as well as total points earned. Minimum scores for each grade and attendance level are as follows:

Absences =>

Grade:

0 to 2

3 to 6

7 to 9

10 to 13

14 or more

A

595

630

 

 

 

AB

560

595

630

 

 

B

525

560

595

630

 

BC

490

525

560

595

630

C

455

490

525

560

595

D

385

420

455

490

525

Make-up Exams: Except for Exam 5, you will be allowed to "retake" any exam you have done poorly on. Your grade will be an average of the "regular" score and any and all "retakes" for that exam. Please discuss a "retake" exam with me within a week of receiving your exam score.

Homework: I have the homework assignments on a different handout. Some of these problems will be collected for grading; correctly completing the others will ensure an adequate mastery of the material. I suggest that you work together in small groups on the homework for this class. To aid in your study groups, I will be distributing a class roll of both sections I am teaching this semester.

Office Hours: Office hours are times when I will be in my office to help you. There are many other times when I am in my office. If I am in and not busy, I will be happy to help. My office hours for Fall 2003 semester are 10:20 to 11:00 and 2:00 to 2:50, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or by appointment.

Philosophy: I strongly believe that you, the student, are the only person who can make yourself learn. Therefore, whenever it is appropriate, I expect you to "discover" the mathematics we will be exploring. I do not feel that "lecturing" to you will teach you how to do mathematics. I hope to be your "guide" while we learn some mathematics, but you will need to do the learning. The textbook we will be using for this class will require you to actually read it to master the material.

My idea of teaching / learning is not "Teaching is telling and learning is listening". I believe that you must be active in the learning process to learn well. My job as a teacher, therefore, is not to "tell" you the answers to the problems we will encounter; rather it is to point you in a direction that will allow you to see the solutions yourselves. To accomplish that goal, I will work to find different interactive activities for us to work on. Your job is to use me, to use your text, to use your friends, and any other resources. Keep in mind that the goal is to learn mathematics, not to pass the exams. (Incidentally, if you have truly learned the material, the exam results will take care of themselves.)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Friday

Sept 1

NO CLASS

Sept 2

NO CLASS

Sept 3

Intro/Review

Handout - Groups

Sept 5

Handouts –TI-83, Limits

1.1

Sept 8

1.2

Sept 9

1.3

Sept 10

1.4

Sept 12

Homework 1 due

1.4

Sept 15

1.5

Sept 16

1.6

Sept 17

1.7

Sept 19

Homework 2 due

1.8

Sept 22

1.9

Sept 23

1.B

Sept 24

Review

Sept 26

Exam 1

Sept 29

2.1

Sept 30

2.2

Oct 1

Handout - Derivatives

2.2

Oct 3

Homework 3 due

2.3

Oct 6

2.4

Oct 7

2.5

Oct 8

3.1

Oct 10

Homework 4 due

3.2

Oct 13

3.3

Oct 14

Handout - Rules

3.4

Oct 15

Review

Oct 17

Exam 2

Oct 20

4.1

Oct 21

4.2

Oct 22

Handout - Extrema

4.3

Oct 24

Homework 5 due

4.4

Oct 27

4.5

Oct 28

4.7

Oct 29

4.7

Oct 31

Homework 6 due

4.8

Nov 3

Review

Nov 4

Exam 3

Nov 5

5.1

Nov 7

5.2

Nov 10

5.3

Nov 11

Handout - Areas

5.4

Nov 12

6.1

Nov 14

Homework 7 due

6.2

Nov 17

5.5/7.1

Nov 18

7.2

Nov 19

Handout - Integration

7.3

Nov 21

Homework 8 due

7.4

Nov 24

Review

Nov 25

Exam 4

Nov 26

NO CLASS

Nov 28

NO CLASS

Dec 1

9.1

Dec 2

9.2

Dec 3

Homework 9 due

9.2

Dec 5

Handout - Surfaces

9.3

Dec 8

9.4

Dec 9

9.5

Dec 10

Homework 10 due

Review

Dec 12

Exam 5

 

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