Math 142 Calculus II for Biology
Fall 2009

• Credits: 4
• Prerequisites: MATH141
• Time: 12:30-1:20 MTWR, Haughey Hall 111 (HYH 111)
• Instructor: Dr. Shandelle M. Henson
• Office: HYH 126
• Phone: (269)471-3388
• E-mail: henson@andrews.edu
• URL: http://www.andrews.edu/~henson. Click on "current course information".
• Textbook: "Calculus for Biology and Medicine, Second Edition", by Claudia Neuhauser (Prentice Hall)
• Getting help: There are four ways to get help.
  • Office Hours: TR 3:30-6:00. Please sign-up on my office door. Also, other times by appointment.
  • Math Center: HYH 112. Free math tutoring. The hours will be posted outside the door.
  • Student Success Center: success@andrews.edu. See http://www.andrews.edu/academics/student_success.html
  • Private tutoring: You can always look for a private tutor. Private tutors sometimes post signs around the department. Cost is variable. The department and university are not involved in this transaction.
• What you should expect:
  • Spending lots of time on Calculus: Studies show that most adequately-prepared students who earn an A or B in calculus spend 10 - 12 hours per week in quality study time outside of class. Students receiving C's study around 8 hours per week outside of class. You may need to spend more or less time, depending on the quality of your preparation and the quality of your study time.
  • A rigorous course: In a recent calculus class of 25 students, there were 4 A's (16% of class), 4 B's (16%), 8 C's (32%), 4 D's (16%), 3 F's (12%), and 2 W's (8%). Thus, about 36% of the class was unsuccessful (D, F, or W). This is fairly typical.
  • No calculators on exams: Calculators will not be permitted on the exams unless otherwise stated by the instructor. In this course you will learn Calculus, not button-pushing. You are permitted, and encouraged, to use calculators to check your homework and to numerically explore concepts and graphs.
• What I expect:
  • Maturity and personal responsibility: I respect my students as adults, and I respect their choices. Each student must take responsibility for her/his success or lack thereof. For example, deadlines will not be extended.
  • Attendance: You are responsible for all announcements made in class and on the Math 142 web sites (which may include changes from the published syllabus, exam schedule, homework list, etc.). You are responsible for all material covered in class. If the number of absences exceeds 20% of the total course appointments, the instructor may assign a grade of F by university policy.
  • Checking university e-mail frequently: You are responsible for any information I send the class via the Andrews class email system.
  • Complete academic honesty: This department fully upholds the University policy on academic honesty, and regards any dishonesty, including plagiarism, as a very serious offense. Dishonesty will result in a score of "zero" on that assignment or exam, and may result in further disciplinary action, including a letter in your permanent file in the Dean's Office and possible dismissal. Collaboration on homework is permitted and even encouraged as long as each student independently writes up his or her own solutions. There is no collaboration on exams.
  • Respect: Respect for every member of the classroom community--for each student, each classmate, and for the professor--will be observed at all times. Respect for the professor and peers includes things such as no cell phones in class, not talking at inappropriate times, not coming in late, and not walking in and out of class during the lecture.
• Video Gaming: Forget it. You cannot do well in calculus if you are addicted to gaming.
• Homework: Homework is due at the beginning of class. No late homework is accepted for any reason. (Instead, you are allowed to drop three homeworks.) Your assignments will be posted on the Math 142 web site. There will be several in-class labs in which you will apply calculus to biology. The lab write-ups will be treated as homework assignments.
• Exams: There will be four midterm tests. No make-up tests will be given. The Final Exam is comprehensive, and it will be organized into five parts. Parts 1-4 will correspond to the material covered on Tests 1-4, and Part 5 will address the material covered after Test 4. If the grade on Part X of the Final Exam is greater than the grade on Test X, then the grade on Test X is replaced by the grade on the corresponding part of the Final Exam. For example, if you miss Test 2 (and thus get a zero) or get 68% on it, and you get 92% on Part 2 of the Final Exam, then your Test 2 grade will become 92%. The Final Exam must be taken at the time scheduled by the University. Check the "Important Dates" below, and mark it on your calendar. If you miss the Final Exam for a legitimate reason, you may take an Incomplete in the course. If you miss the Final Exam for an illegitimate reason (for example, because of airline arrangements to fly home for your brother's wedding), you will receive a "zero" on the Final Exam. Warn your relatives of this if they have a tendency to buy airline tickets without consulting you on times, or if they are planning weddings, etc.
• Grades: A course percentage grade will be calculated from homework (20%), the midterm exams (60%), and the Final Exam (20%). I use the following "guaranteed minimum grade" scale: 93-100 A; 90-92 A-; 87-89 B+; 83-86 B; 80-82 B-; ... ; 60-69 D; 0-59 F. Cutoffs may be lower if warranted. A grade of "Incomplete" is available only under the conditions stated in the Bulletin.
• Important Dates:
  
  • Wednesday, Sept 2: Last day to drop and add without fee or entry on record
  • Monday, Sept 7: Labor Day holiday
  • Monday-Tuesday, Oct 12-13: Fall Break
  • Tuesday, Nov 24: Last day to withdraw with W, or change credit to audit
  • Thursday, Dec 3: Last day of classes
  • Friday, Dec 4: Reading Day
  • Monday, Dec 7: Final Exam 1:30 - 3:30 PM, HYH 111
• Course Content: Ch. 6-8, sequences, series.