Course Syllabus
Math 151 - Calculus II
Sections 1 and 2
Spring 2025

Learning Outcomes: Learning outcomes for this course include the following:

• Understanding the concept of an integral and how it relates to the derivative.
• Calculating integrals using a variety of techniques and using these to solve applied problems.
• Understanding what it means for a series to converge and be able to apply a variety of convergence tests
• Understanding the concept of a power series and a power series expansion of a function

Workload: Expect to spend at least 8 hours per week outside of class working on this course. Many students will require more time than this to keep up. Also be aware that the workload may vary somewhat from week to week.

Reading: Reading your textbook is essential to success in this class. Reading assignments will be included with homework assignments and must be completed before the lecture on that topic. Read slowly with a pencil and paper in hand. Try to fill in missing steps as you read. Always try to work out examples before you read text solutions. You will be expected to be ready to discuss the material you read in class, and this will be part of the participation portion of your grade.

Participation: Each student is expected to be a productive member of the class. This means you should expect to attend each class period and be prepared to discuss the material. Excessive absence or unpreparedness will result in deduction of points in this area. Participation will be worth 4 percent of your final grade.

Homework: Besides the reading homework mentioned above there will also be two types of homework assignments. These will include written problems that are to be solved and handed in. They will be graded following the Homework Guidelines. They will also include homework done on WebAssign, a homework package that comes with your book. You are allowed and indeed encouraged to work on your homework with other people, however what you turn in should be your own understanding of how to do the problems and should not just be a copy of someone else's work. Copying someone else's work (whether it is another student's, a published solutions manual, or AI) is plagiarism and will be dealt with as such. Your homework will be expected to be neat, clear and complete. Make sure to show all your steps and it should be clear how to get from one step to the next.

The written homework will be collected on Mondays and Wednesdays. Make sure to work on the homework when it is assigned and not when it is due. The due dates for the WebAssign problems will be on the course website as well as the WebAssign site and canvas.

You will turn in the written homework on Gradescope. The first time you access GradeScope you will need to do so on canvas. After that you can access GradeScope directly. Each day's homework will be considered a separate homework set and will be graded separately, even though you will turn in more than one homework set at a time. Therefore you must start each day's homework on a new piece of paper or pdf.

I understand that sometimes things will come up, such as illness or a major project in another class, that will prevent you from doing a homework set. I will therefore drop tow homework sets. (One of each type of assignment) I will not, however, accept late homework. The homework for the course will be worth 18% of your grade of your total grade.(10% for written and 8% for WebAssign)

Quizzes: There will be at least 4 short quizzes during the course. The date of each quiz will be announced ahead of time. Make-up quizzes will not be given, but one missing score will count as the score that is dropped. Together the quizzes are worth 18% of your grade.

Exams: There will be 3 hour-long exams given on Mar. 4, Apr. 1 and Apr. 29. Please make sure you will be in class those days. If you have a legitimate excuse you may use your final exam score to make up for missing exam scores. Together the Exams are worth 40% of your grade.

There will be a comprehensive 2 hour final given on
Section 1: Wednesday, May 21 at 8:00 AM
Section 2: Monday, May 19 at 11:00 AM.
The final is worth 20% of your grade.

Calculator: You may use any calculator on your homework. And some problems will require graphing capabilities. However, on exams and quizzes you may only use a non-graphing scientific calculator (so no question will require a graphing calculator.) So you should make sure you know who to use them. I will have some available to borrow but can't guarantee it is enough for the class.

Disability: For accommodations due to a disability please contact me within the first 2 weeks.

Academic Honesty: Cheating and plagiarism are in violation of USD's academic integrity policy and are taken very seriously. Make sure you are aware of this policy. See https://www.sandiego.edu/conduct/documents/Honor-Code.pdf for more information.

Grading: A tentative grading scale is as follows:

This scale may be lowered if it is deemed to be unfair, but is guaranteed not to be raised.

Getting Help: If you are falling behind in this class please see me immediately. This class moves quickly and you will find yourself helplessly lost if you fall too far behind. For day-to-day help, see me in my office hours or work with another student in the class. There is a free math tutoring center in Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall Room 134. For more information see: https://www.sandiego.edu/cas/centers/math-learning-center/. Also lists of individual paid tutors are available in the mathematics department.

Have a Good Semester!