Math 224 Section 03: Calculus II
Marietta College, Spring Semester 2014
Class: Selby 238 MWF 10-10:50
Lab: Bartlett 362, M 2-4 PM
John Tynan
Office: Selby 232D
Phone: 376-4873
Office Hours: 10-12 TTh and by appointment
E-mail: tynanj@marietta.edu
Web-page: www.marietta.edu/~tynanj
Text: Thomas’ Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 12th ed., by Weir and Hass
Reading: Much of what you learn from this course will not come from the lectures. Make
it a practice to study the material in each section before the material is covered in class.
Ask questions about the material in class if something is not clear to you. You should
assume that the reading will be difficult. You should also work through the materials in
the book as you read. It may be a good idea to work with a group of people when doing
this.
Homework Assignments and Laboratory Work:
MyMathLab: MyMathLab is an online platform that accompanies our textbook. It’s
modular, accessible anywhere with Web access, and adaptable to a variety of student
learning styles. For this course, we will be using MyMathLab to administer online
homework assignments, and you can additionally use it as best you see fit. In terms of
graded homework, homework assignments will be assigned and administered via
MyMathLab. Due dates for the homework will be provided throughout the semester. You
may ask questions regarding MyMathLab problems via e-mail, and we often will go over
these problems in class.
You cannot afford to miss a lab for any reason other than illness. You must make up the
missed labs (no matter what the excuse is) on your own time. The lab work is tied directly
to what we are doing in class, and part of your grade is based on the labs. Lab assignments
will be done by teams of two or three students. When a team’s work is turned in, each
member of the team must sign the paper as certification of full participation. If one partner
did not participate fully, then that person’s name must be omitted; furthermore a separate
report from the missing partner will not be accepted at a later date without an acceptable
excuse. Your solutions should be written up neatly in a well-organized manner.
Textbook Coverage: We will cover the end of Chapter 5, as well as Chapters 6, 7, 8 and
10, some sections will be omitted, these will be announced in class.
Exams: There will be three regular exams as well as a comprehensive final. You will be
allowed to use a scientific calculator only on exams, but you will not be allowed to use
your notes or books unless the exam states that you can.
Make-Up Policy and Late Homework Policy: No make-up exams are given unless you
discuss arrangements with me PRIOR to the scheduled exam time. Late homework loses
10% for each calendar day that it is late.
Exam Dates: (Regular examinations occur during lab)
Exam I:
Monday, February 10
Exam II:
Monday, March 24
Exam III:
Monday, April 14
Final Exam:
Friday, May 2, 12:00-2:30
Semester Grades: Your grades from all of the different parts of the course will be
weighed approximately in the following manner. I will use the weighted average and my
own best judgment to assign grades.
Homework and Labwork:
20%
Exam I-III (20% each):
60%
Final Exam:
20%
Grading Scale: A+ 98-100, A 93-97.99, A- 90-92.99, B+ 87-89.99, B 83-86.99, B- 8082.99, C+ 77-79.99, C 73-76.99, C- 70-72.99, D+ 67-69.99, D 63-66.99, D- 60-62.99, F 059.99
Occasionally, point totals do not accurately measure a particular student’s mastery of the
subject, so the instructor reserves the right to use professional judgment as well as point
totals in determining grades.
Academic Dishonesty:
Dishonesty within the academic community is a very serious matter, because dishonesty
destroys the basic trust necessary for a healthy educational environment. Academic
dishonesty is any treatment or representation of work as if one were fully responsible for it,
when it is in fact the work of another person. Academic dishonesty includes cheating,
plagiarism, theft, or improper manipulation of laboratory or research data or theft of
services. A substantiated case of academic dishonesty may result in disciplinary action,
including a failing grade on the project, a failing grade in the course, or expulsion from the
College. (Marietta College Undergraduate Programs, 2013-2014 Catalog, p.130.)
Attendance: It is very important that you attend as much as possible. To encourage this
practice I will take attendance every day. This will give you the opportunity to receive a
2.5% attendance bonus on your final grade. At the end of the semester, we will randomly
select 29 days from the semester to use as the days you must attend. If you were present
for all 29 days, you get the bonus.
NOTES: 1) Students who believe that they may need accommodations due to a
documented disability should contact the Academic Resource Center (Andrews Hall, Third
floor, 376-4700) and the instructor as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations
are implemented in a timely manner. You must meet with the ARC staff to verify your
eligibility for any accommodation and for academic assistance.
2) Please be aware of the Co-curricular probation policy (see Marietta College
Undergraduate Programs, 2013-2014 Catalog, p. 136).
3) Classes missed due to participation in college-sponsored co-curricular events or collegerecognized religious observances are considered excused absences provided appropriate
procedures are followed. The student must notify the instructor at the earliest possible
time before the absence and arrange to make up missed work as defined by the instructor’s
syllabus. The co-curricular activity must be a performance, professional meeting, or
athletic contest to be considered an excused absence. The religious observance must
appear on the College’s calendar of religious observances in order to be considered an
excused absence. If it does not, an excused absence can be granted only if the student
requests special permission from the Dean of the Faculty.
This syllabus may be changed as needed by the instructor to better suit the needs of this
course.