Math 132
Calculus for Management, Life, and Social Sciences
Spring 2003

Course Home Page

Instructor

Randall Pruim
office: North Hall 284
phone: (616) 526-7113
E-mail: rpruim@calvin.edu

Time & Location

Section B: 1:30-2:20pm MWTF in North Hall 259
Section C: 2:30-3:20pm MTWF, in North Hall 259

Office hours

Regular office hours are currently scheduled for

Tuesdays	1:30-2:20
Thursdays	2:30-3:20

If these times do not work for you, other times can be arranged by appointment. Alternatively, you can simply stop by my office and see if I am available. (You might like to consult my current schedule before proposing a time.)

Internet Resources

Email

I will maintain an email list of all students registered in this class and will occasionally use it to distribute information and reminders of various things pertaining to this course. If you do not know how to access your email, please talk to someone at the IT help desk. If you prefer to read your email from an account other than your calvin student account, send me email with the email address you prefer. You can also send email to the class list or particular students in the class via KnightVision.

Web Pages

In addition to this home page, I will also maintain a list of web resources pertaining to this course. You are responsible for any information appearing on the course web pages. Items I have prepared and maintain online include

• a customizable calendar of daily readings, lecture topics, exams, homework etc. (Last modification: [an error occurred while processing this directive].)
• a list of homework assignments. Due dates will be maintained on the calendar above. (I may also distribute these via email.)
• information about tests and exams.
• handouts and overheads used in class.

KnightVision

I am also making partial use of KnightVision. You can go to KnightVision to check your grades, or to send email to individuals or groups in the class. All other information pertaining to the class will be maintained on standard web pages that may be viewed with or without KnightVision.

Other Important Information

See me

If you are having difficulty with any portion of the course, do not hesitate to see me. Do this as soon as possible, certainly well in advance of any deadlines (like tests) so that we can work to fix the problem.

Textbook

The required text for this course is Calculus and Its Applications by Goldseitn, Lay and Schneider. Additional readings may also be assigned from time to time.

Grading

Grading will be based on the following approximate weighting:

        Tests         60%	
        Final Exam    20%	
        Other         20%

Other includes Homework, course participation, quizzes and any other assignments made.

The final exam will cover material from the entire semester. If your final exam is better than your worst test, then your final exam score will replace your worst test score, (making the final worth 40%).

Homework

The main purpose of homework is to give you early feedback on your learning progress. Problem sets will be collected at classtime, approximately twice each week. A calendar and a list of problem sets will be maintained online. Late work will not be accepted for any reason. Instead, I will drop the three lowest homework scores for each student. That gives everyone three times to be forgetful, sick, busy, or whatever, without requiring me to judge excuses.

Joint Work

You may find it pleasant and useful to work together on many portions of this course. I encourage you to do so. BUT you must write up your own solutions to each exercise (unless your have been instructed to work in groups).

Attendance

Attendance is required. If you miss class, you are missing an important part of this course, and it is your responsibility to find out what has happened in class. In class we will be doing activities that reinforce the ideas covered in the textbook, discussing readings and ideas, and answering questions. These are difficult things to replace in any other way.

Although I will not "take attendance" every day, failure to participate in in-class activities will hurt your participation grade.

Preparing for class

You should bring with you each day:

• any homework due that day or that you have questions about,
• your textbook (and any of the "extra stuff" that may be needed),
• any additional readings that have been handed out (put them in a folder so that you can locate them easily),
• and any other materials I announce ahead of time.

Of course, you should have read (and thought about) any assigned readings prior to coming to class. You may want to have your notes handy, especially if you have questions regarding the readings or homework.

Special Circumstances

Occasionally there are special circumstances that require that the rules and guidelines above be adjusted for a particular student. In such cases, it is the responsibility of the student to inform me of the situation as soon as possible, so that the appropriate arrangements can be made. This includes, but is not limited to, students with documented disabilities.

This page maintained by:
Randall Pruim
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Calvin College
rpruim@calvin.edu