Your course grade will be determined from (percentages subject to adjustment):
- [10%] Daily class participation. You will be
called on to to present solutions to assigned homework on the
blackboard.
- [40%] Quizzes. At each Friday class meeting, a
20-minute quiz will be given. Your best 10 scores on the 14 quizzes
count toward this part of your grade. There are no make-ups. Quiz
problems may address anything covered up to the third preceding class
day.
- [25%] Written reports. About three papers will
be assigned during the term. Working in teams you will use
Calculus to explore some scientific problems and report your results.
- [25%] Exams. There will be a ninety-minute
Departmental Midterm Exam and a two-hour Departmental Final Exam.
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consulting the Math
165H calendar for reading and homework assignments and
exam dates.
To prepare for class each day:
- Read the assigned section(s) in the text.
- Prepare solutions to the assigned problems to present on the board in class.
- Practice by solving additional problems at the end of each section of the text.
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