Mathematics 166 §F2: Calculus II

Dr. Roger Alexander
Associate Professor of Mathematics
444 Carver Hall, (29)4-7579
alex at iastate dot edu

Consulting Hours in 444 Carver

This page is http://www.math.iastate.edu/alex/166/homepage.html

See the Math Department Calculus Page
for course syllabus and objectives.
Calculus II covers Chapters 5 and 7-10.

Varberg, Purcell & Rigdon, Calculus, 9th Ed.

REQUIRED WORK
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 homework. About a dozen of the more challenging problems from the textbook will be assigned during the term. Working in small teams you will solve the problems and submit written solutions.
[25%] Exams. There will be a ninety-minute Departmental Midterm Exam and a two-hour Departmental Final Exam.

Consult the Math 166 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.