Honors Math 113 - Section 14
Professor: David Cardon, 302
TMCB, 422-4863
Email:
Dr. Cardon office hours: 4:00-4:50 MWF (in
his office)
Aaron Smith (the TA) office hours: 2:00-2:40
MWF (in Math Lab)
Section 14: meets daily 3:00-4:50 pm in room 116
TMCB
Text:
Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 6th edition, Volume 2
by James Stewart.
Course Objectives:
- Development of general intellectual and mathematical
ability, including
- The ability to learn complex new concepts independently.
- An ability to recognize and correct errors in your and others' work.
- An ability to write arguments and mathematical computations correctly and accurately.
- A mastery of basic logical reasoning and an ability to write simple proofs.
- The ability and confidence to attack and solve an unfamiliar problem, and the discipline to keep working on a problem until you solve it.
- Mastery of the core topics of Math 113. Click here for the list. Basically, this is the material in chapters 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 of the text.
Preparation: The prerequisites for this class are college algebra or precalculus (Math 110) and trigonometry (Math 111) and Calculus 1 (Math 112). If you did not have these courses here or elsewhere, or if you did poorly in those courses (C or worse), you should probably take or retake them before taking this course.
Preparation Time: Adequately prepared students should expect to spend a minimum of three hours of work for each credit hour. This adds up to a minimum of 12 hours per week outside of class for math 113. A minimal time commitment is likely to lead to an average grade B-/C+ or lower. Much more time may be required to achieve excellence.
Reading: We do not have enough time to cover all of the reading material in class before the homework is due. You are expected to read the book and carefully study the examples yourself before the lecture on the material.
Assignments: Written assignments form a major component of the course. See the Assignments page.
Math Lab: There are TAs in the Math Lab who can help you with your homework. This is a good resource, but don't use it as a crutch. If you rely too much on the Math Lab (or anyone else) for help, you might turn in a completed homework assignment but then fail the exam.
Classroom Etiquette: During class do not permit your cell phone to ring, do not send or read text messages, do not read the newspaper, do not use earphones, do not view internet pages, do not use laptop computers, do not play with your telephone or PDA, do not use electronic devices in ways unrelated to this class. This will help others to be undistracted during class.
Grading: The grading depends on assignments, quizzes, and exams as follows, but please read the paragraph about grades and the common final exam.
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25% |
Homework and Quizzes |
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50% |
4 Midterm Exams |
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25% |
Final Exam |
Common Final Exam and Grades: A common final exam is given to all students in all sections of Math 113. This assists the Mathematics Department to fairly assess students' knowledge of calculus and to assign grades fairly. The percentile ranking of each student relative to all students in all sections will be computed based on the final exam scores. Using this information the Calculus Committee will compute an average grade for each section. It is department policy that the average grade for each section should match its average grade on the common final exam. No calculators, books, or notes will be permitted during the final exam. The final exam will be given on Tuesday, Dec 15 from 7-10 p.m. The room will be announced later in the semester. It will likely *not* be your assigned classroom.
Copies of final exams from previous semesters are at
http://www.math.byu.edu/undergraduate/prev_exams.php