Math 106Q: Course Information
Sprins 2007
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Text: Calculus, Applications and Technology,, 3rd edition, by Edmond Tomastik, Brooks/Cole Publishing.
Course Homepage: http://www.math.uconn.edu/~nk/math106s07
Coordinator: Dr. Ning Khamsemanan

Lectures: You are very STRONGLY encouraged to attend lectures. Although the instructors will follow the book rather closely, it WILL be far simpler to understand the materials from the lectures, rather than from the book alone. Simply reading (or even memorizing!) the book, without achieving an understanding of the ideas involved, will be insufficient to obtain a passing grade. See Schedule of Lectures page for more lecture details.

Homework: As the name suggests, homework is work to be done outside of class. We will not devote much class time to discussing homework problems. Please feel free to see your instructor or any of the other instructors to obtain assistance; their office hours are posted online. You are encouraged to work with other students on the homework. It would be a mistake to skip the homework, because no skill (in mathematics, foreign language, athletics, and so on) can be learned by passive involvement, but only by regular practice. See Homework Assignments page for more detail.

Quizzes and Exams: There will be quizzes scattered throughout the semester (generally every week there’s not an exam). Contact your instructor for more details.

All quizzes and exams will be closed book. There will be no makeup’s for missed work; an unexcused absence will be given a grade of 0, and an excused absence (and there are very few reasons for excusing a missed exam) may be replaced by the corresponding section of the final exam. The instructor or coordinator should be notified before missing any exam or quiz if at all possible and immediately thereafter when not possible. The coordinator will determine if the absence from an exam will be excused. The contact information for all instructors can be found on the class home page , the department’s general number is 860-486-3932.

There will be 2 midterms and a Final exam.
The midterm 1 will be Tuesday, Feb 13 during lecture time. The room for midterm will be in class.
The midterm 2 will be Thursday, March 29 during lecture time. The room for midterm will be in class.
The final exam will be TBA at TBA
Cell phones, computer etc. are not allowed in the exams. Bring your student ID.
There will be no make-up exams

Departmental Calculator Policy: Calculators that can perform symbolic operations or store symbolic formulas (such as the HP 28 or 48 or TI-92 or 89) are not allowed, even if all programs are erased before the exam begins. If you bring a calculator to the exam, make sure it does not do alphanumeric manipulation. The instructor may randomly ask for calculators and check programs stored in memory. No alphanumeric formulas stored as programs are allowable. Discovery of such material will result in confiscation of the exam paper of the person using that calculator, and assignment of a grade of 0 for the exam.

Grading: The final grade will be based on the best of the following:
HW, Quizzes, Worksheets-10%, MT 1-25%, MT 2-25%, Final-40%,
or
HW, Quizzes, Worksheets-10%, Best of the 2 Midterms-35%, Final-55%.
There will be a curve used at the end of the semester in determining grades. To account for differences in the quizzes, homework and worksheets given in different sections, the curve will be based on the two midsemester exams and the final exam. Using the weighted average of these, a curve will be determined – this curve will be influenced mostly by the coordinator’s expectation of your performance as well as the class’ performance as a whole. This curve will be used to determine the number of A’s, B’s, C’s, etc that each section will be allotted. The quizzes will then be averaged in and the resulting grades will be assigned letter grades according to the allotment for that section. Thus, the 10% of the grade coming from the quizzes, homework and worksheets assigned in your section will affect only your standing in your particular section, but will not effect the allotment of A’s, B’s, C’s etc for your section.

Resourses: The Q-Center offers peer tutoring services at the main center in the CUE Building as well as some of the Dorm Communities. Please avail yourself of their services – they are there to help!

Goals: The goal for the semester is to learn, understand and be able to work with the main ideas of differential and integral calculus, including limits, continuity, differentiation, integration and various applications of the derivative and the integral. This does not only mean that you should be able to work through a bunch of problems similar to ones seen in the homework. But that you should have the ability to articulate the ideas presented in the course in a clear and coherent manner as well. You should also be able to apply the theory in new and imaginative ways as it pertains business and economics.

Expectations: I expect you to do most of your learning outside of the classroom. You should expect to spend 5-8 hours a week studying and working on calculus outside of class. Mathematics, like most subjects, is learned by doing it. We will not have time in class for you to do a lot of mathematics yourself. However, I do expect you to come to class and participate actively in class discussions. If you must miss a class, I expect you to find out what happened, either from your instructor or one of your classmates. You are responsible for everything that goes on in class.

Course Policy on Academic Integrity: A fundamental tenet of all educational institutions is academic honesty; academic work depends upon respect for and acknowledgment of the work and ideas of others. Misrepresenting someone else's work as one's own is a serious offense in any academic setting and it will not be condoned. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, providing or receiving assistance in a manner not authorized by the instructor in the creation of work to be submitted for academic evaluation (e.g. papers, projects, examinations and assessments - whether online or in class); presenting, as one's own, the ideas, words or calculations of another for academic evaluation; doing unauthorized academic work for which another person will receive credit or be evaluated; using unauthorized aids in preparing work for evaluation (e.g. unauthorized formula sheets, unauthorized calculators, unauthorized programs or formulas loaded into your calculator, etc.); and presenting the same or substantially the same papers or projects in two or more courses without the explicit permission of the instructors involved. A student who knowingly assists another student in committing an act of academic misconduct shall be equally accountable for the violation, and shall be subject to the sanctions and other remedies described in The Student Code. Sanctions shall include, but are not limited to, a letter sent to the Dean of Students of the University; a grade of 0 on the assignment, quiz or exam; a grade of F for the course.

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