CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II
MAC 2312-3464C

Summer 1999

Instructor: Tomas Schonbek
S & E 218, Ext. 7-3355
e-mailschonbek@acc.fau.edu
Office Hours: MW 4:40PM-6:00 PM,
Th 1:00PM-2:00 PM
or by appointment
Textbook: Calculus
by
D. Varberg & E. Purcell
Prentice Hall, 1997

Note

Course Description

In this second course of the three course Calculus sequence we'll try to cover Chapters 6-11 of the textbook. We shall move at a relatively brisk pace, so try not to fall behind; it may be hard to catch up. Grading for the course will be based on Homework (30%), Quizzes (40%) and a Final Exam (30%). The quizzes will be short quizzes, 10 to 30 minutes long. Not all of them will be announced beforehand, so prepare to be surprised. Depending on the total number of quizzes, the grades of two or more quizzes will be dropped. There will be no make-ups; if for some reason you miss a quiz, your grade for that quiz is 0. The final exam is a cumulative in class exam and will be held on Thursday, August 5, 1999.

Some suggestions for getting a good grade

In the first place, try not to miss any class. Even if you feel certain that there won't be any quiz on a given day, try to be there. Without exaggerating; if your car breaks down on I-95 on the way to class, you should not abandon your car and try to hitch a ride to FAU so as not to miss anything. In general, even if you think your instructor is absolutely terrible and you don't understand a word he or she says, it is still a good idea not to miss classes. It's just a matter of discipline; if you miss classes it is almost certain that you'll fall behind, if you fall too far behind you probably will have to abandon or fail the course.

If you were following what I am doing in class and suddenly I say something which is totally incomprehensible to you, you should interrupt me and ask for clarification. If things still are unclear, you should consult me after class, preferably during office hours. You may also want to ask your classmates; if you can't find any classmate who isn't as lost as you are then there is something terribly wrong with the course and you better tell me about it. Our Department usually organizes tutorial sessions for calculus and if everything else fails, as an absolutely last resort, you may want to consider hiring a tutor. Before doing this, you may want to look up some books on calculus other than the textbook, to get a different perspective. KNOW AND VISIT FREQUENTLY YOUR COLLEGE LIBRARY. You may also want to check out the following somewhat unconventional calculus books, published by the Mathematical Association of America, perhaps even buy one or two of them. I do not recommend them too strongly, but you should at least know they exist.

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