Text: An on-line version of CALCULUS, 9th edition, by Salas, Hille, Etgen; John Wiley & Sons, Publisher.
Online access to course materials: Students will obtain their learning materials (including texts, extra electronic help, online quizzes, etc.) in the fall by using a course Access Code. Students can purchase an Access Code in the bookstore for $47.35. After they purchase their Access Code, they can log into CourseWare at http://www.casa.uh.edu, click on their course, and input the code.
Students in all of these classes will have access to enough of the learning materials to get them through the first several days of class, and each time they log into CourseWare, they will be reminded of the need to purchase a course code.
Time and Place: M--F 10-12am in SEC 103.
Instructor: Dr. David Blecher (Email: dblecher@math.uh.edu) Be sure to write Cal 2 or 1432 in the email title, else I probably will not open it
Communications: Important information re the course or tests will be given in class, on the class website for the week we are in, or by email sent to your official email address in the uh database (if you are not receiving these emails tell me immediately). If you email me, be sure to write Cal 2 or 1432 in the email title, else I probably will not open it.
Office Hours: MTuTh 1:05--2pm, Wed 1-3pm (this may change so watch this spot) in 622 PGH (or call 743-3451 for appointment).
Prerequisites: Math 1431.
TA's: : (THIS INFO MAY BE INCOMPLETE) Hung Zen (Section 13675 9-10am every day in 103 SEC, office hours 8:30-9am each day in classroom or in PGH 648, and in CASA TuTh 1:00 to 3:00, email hungzen@gmail.com, Office PGH 648), Anushaya Mohapatra (Section 13674, 12-1pm every day in 104 SEC, office PGH 680, email mohapatr@math.uh.edu, office hours Wednesday 1-3pm (PGH 680) and in casa Monday-Tuesday, 9-11am).
Final exam: This may change, but for now August 7--8. There will be no make-up final.
Last day to drop a class or withdraw without receiving a grade : July 30.
Last day to drop a class with some refund and without hours counting towards the Enrollment Cap for Texas Residents. : Thursday July 11.
Last day of class : Monday August 5.
In this course we continue to study differentiation and integration of functions, learning some more techniques and recipies. In the first part, we develop the theory of inverse functions, exponentials and logarithms. The last part of the course is quite disjoint from what has gone before; we study sequences and series, starting from scratch and ending with power series and Taylor series.
Please be sure to study carefully the webpage describing the structure of this course
Additional details/advice: The tests and exams and online Courseware quizzes, but not the daily quiz in the recitation/lab, are `communal' to all the Math 1432 classes at UH, and are not made by me (although I have input into some of the questions). Attendance is very important; students with bad attendance patterns tend to lose their grip on the course, and plummet or drop out. Also, it will really help you to have good class notes. The syllabus is quite long. We need to move fast through the first few chapters so that we get enough time to spend on the more difficult material at the end. It is important to keep up to date. This is important: you are responsible for all the material on the syllabus, and which is tested on in the homework and quizzes, EVEN IF I DO NOT COVER IT IN CLASS. Let me explain. Usually, if I do not cover a topic in class it is because I have no time for it. If you see a topic or method covered in the homework for Section 7.8 for example, which we did not cover in class, you should read the parts of Section 7.8 in the textbook which show you how to do that method. These may well appear on the weekly online quiz or tests and exam, since I do not have any control over the online quizzes, and only partial control of the tests/exam. If you are in doubt, ask me. Indeed, you should try to attempt all assigned homework problems (although we understand if you do not, and some are repetitive so strong students may need to do fewer exercises than others). They are there to help you learn and INTERNALIZE the material. Remember that Math is always easy when you look back on it, AFTER you have spent the time wrestling with the new concepts and doing plenty of exercises. No pain, no gain.
So, a recipe for success is: 1) Do as many problems as possible, 2) Clear up confusions (ask for help if you are lost - we want to help you get found!), 3) Learn from your mistakes - for example, check carefully through your graded work, 4) Give sufficient time to study (particularly for tests).
You are encouraged to work with others, form study groups, and so on. However you should not simply copy homework; your homework should be written in your own words, as your understanding of the solution. Thus no two students work should look the same, since student A's understanding of the logic or flow of the argument will be different to student B's. Homework graders will be looking for academic dishonesty (cheating on your homework, e.g. misrepresenting the work of others as your own (plagiarism)), and if found the entire assignment will receive a (nondroppable) zero. Please read the sections of the student handbook discussing academic dishonesty and the disciplinary actions it entails. There will be mock exams and review sessions given before each test and exam. Please bring comments or complaints to my attention as soon as possible. Don't wait until the end of the semester to bring up a matter which we could deal with and solve early on.
Incompletes: only given to students with at least a C average who are unable to take the Final for unforseeable, unpreventable, documented circumstances.
Recitation class: you will be given at least 10 minutes to ask any questions you may have. In addition to the CourseWare quizzes you will take online, there will be a quiz each meeting day of NO MORE than 10 minutes in duration, they should pretty much be standard questions from the homework set that is due that day--- so that anyone who has been doing the homework should have already solved these problems and be able to answer them easily. There are no make-up quizzes, but the lowest few of these grades will be dropped.