Calculus 2

Syllabus

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Fall 2024


Class times and place: M and W 3:20 - 4:35 in BE 113, Fri 3:20 - 4:10 in BL 221.

Office Hours

are by appointment: email me and we will find a time for us to meet. I will be glad to answer all of your questions about the material, go over some problems together with you, check your assignment work, review together for an exam, or discuss any course material you may have questions about.

Textbook

No textbook required. Handouts with course material, practice problems, and exam reviews are available on my website.

Technology

All students are required to have a graphing calculator.

Topics Covered

1. Review of Differentiation. Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
2. Indefinite Integrals. Substitution.
3. Definite Integrals. Left and Right Sum
4. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5. Areas between Curves
6. Volumes (cross-sections)
7. Volumes (shells)
8. Work. Average Value of a Function
9. Trigonometric, Inverse Trigonometric Functions and their Derivatives and Integrals
10. L'Hopital's Rule
(Exam 1)

13. Integration by Parts
14. Trigonometric Integrals
15. Partial Fractions
16. Improper Integrals
17. Approximate Integration: Trapezoidal and Simpson's Sum
18. Arc Length and Area of a Surface of Revolution
(Exam 2)

19. Differential Equations. Separable Equations
20. Direction Fields. Euler's Method
21. Autonomous Differential Equations and Population Dynamics
22. Modeling with Differential Equations. Applications
23. Linear Equations
24. Curves defined by Parametric Equations
25. Derivatives of Parametric Curves. Area
26. Arc Length and Surface Area of a Parametric Curve
(Exam 3)

27. Polar Coordinates
28. Areas and Lengths in Polar Coordinates
29. Taylor Polynomial

Tentative exam dates

Exam 1: during the 5th week of classes.
Exam 2: during the 9th week of classes.
Exam 3: during the 12th week of classes.
Final Exam: during the finals week.

Grading

Exams 1, 2 and 318% each
Final Exam24%
Assignments11%
Projects/Presentation11%
TOTAL100%
Grades are computed according to the following system:
A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D F
grade 93-100 90-92 87-89 83-86 80-82 77-79 73-76 70-72 67-69 60-66 0-59

Number of credits

4

Prerequisites

MAT 155 or MAT 161 or permission of instructor

Attendance

The class lectures will be delivered on campus (at the times listed above). Recordings of the lectures are available for students who miss some classes. To stay on track, it is highly recommended that students attend the classes and use the recordings just for reference.
Students are responsible for all material covered in class, even if attendance is not checked or assignments collected.

Exams

There will be three semester exams and a cumulative final exam. No makeup exam will be given unless the excuse for missing the scheduled exam is acceptable to the instructor. Any makeup exam must be taken before the next regularly scheduled exam. No exam grade will be dropped.

Assignments and Projects

There will be four assignments and two Matlab projects during the semester (students will be able to install Matlab on their home computers or to use it from a web browser). There will be no makeup assignments. Assignments or projects turned in after their due date will receive an automatic reduction in grade. No assignment or project grade will be dropped.

Course Objectives

  • Students will obtain a well rounded introduction to the area of integration techniques, applications of integrals, differential equations, parametric curves and polar coordinates.
  • Students will further develop problem solving and modeling techniques required for successful application of mathematics obtained in previous calculus courses.
  • Students will competently use appropriate technology to model data, implement mathematical algorithms and solve mathematical problems.

Learning outcomes

  • Students will demonstrate knowledge of the analytical methods used within a specific mathematical field, and distinguish between effective and faulty reasoning.
  • Students will formulate problems, obtain their solutions, and be familiar with modeling techniques required for successful application of mathematics to a variety of fields.
  • Students will develop proficiency in integration techniques, and be able to use functions in parametric form and in polar coordinates.
  • Students will model and solve problems using the first order differential equations.
  • Students will develop proficiency in using appropriate technology to solve problems applying calculus techniques.

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