Mathematics 206 Sample Syllabus

To: Mathematics 206 Instructors
From: Chi Wang, Coordinator
Re: Spring 1998 Syllabus
Date: 12/16/97

 

(Note: This is NOT for your students. Please do not distribute this document directly to your students.)
Prerequisites: Mathematics 205 or equivalent.

General Description: College level second semester calculus course wherein the treatment of differential and integral calculus of functions of one variable began in Mathematics 205 is completed, sequences and infinite series are studied, and the exposition of the analytic geometry of planar curves is concluded.

Emphases: The following mix of topical emphases is recommended for instructors in determining the accountability of what the Mathematics 206 student will be tested and quizzed upon.

  • Theoretical/Conceptual aspects of the material: 15 - 20%
  • Geometrical Interpretations of the material: 10 - 15%
  • Algorithmic/Computational aspects of the material (including computer and graphics calculator usage): 50%
  • Applications of the material inside and outside of mathematics: 15 - 20%

These aspects are, of course, not compartment but quite often overlap, complement, and reinforce one another. The standard example of a topic in this course viewed from these four different angles is the derivative. Students should understand that the derivative is the limit of a difference quotient and that geometrically it yields the slope of the tangent line (and the curve) at a given point on the curve. Students should be able to use the many basic differentiation rules and notation correctly and with facility; also they should understand that the most basic application of the derivative involves measuring instantaneous rate of change such as the velocity of a moving object.

Textbooks and Supplements: (available in the bookstore for students)

Required:
Calculus by R.L. Finney and G.B. Thomas, Addison-Wesley 1994/2nd edition

Recommended:
Student's Solutions Manual Part I by M. Schneider and T. L. Cochran, Addison-Wesley 1994
Student's Study Guide Part I by M. D. Weir, Addison-Wesley 1994
Exploring Calculus with Maple by Holmes/Ecker/Boyce/Siegmann, Addison-Wesley, 1993 edition
Exploring Calculus with Derive by D. C. Arney, Addison-Wesley, 1992

Resources available as desk copies from Betty:
Student's Study Guide Part I
Student's Solutions Manual Part I
Instructor's Solutions Manual Part I
Calculus Explorer Software for the PC
Printed Test Bank
Transparency Masters

Please tell your students to buy only Part I of the Student's Study Guide at this time. It augments Chapters 1-12 (our Mathematics 205-206) of Calculus. Volume 2 covers topics in Chapter 9-15, some overlap plus multivariable calculus (our Mathematics 301).

Maple in Mathematics 206 Maple now is a required component in Mathematics 206. Every class will have one extra lab hour on Maple every week. A minimal set of Maple commands compiled by Thomas to be covered in Mathematics 205 is used as a common reference guide for all Mathematics 206 classes. While it is up to the instructor to do more, this set of commands will assume a common ground for Mathematics 206 instructors.

The department will assign GTA to every Maple lab. Please be aware of that a GTA may serve under several instructors. In general, we instructors are expected to conduct or, at least, be present in our Maple labs. It is up to the instructor how to run the lab and how to integrate it into the class. Typically, the instructor will demonstrate the commands, functions, and calculations in the standard classroom setting. The students will practice using the system on various exercises, assignments or projects during lab hour. From past experience of our faculty, four to five projects may be adequate for one semester. This would give a time interval of three or four weeks between two projects. Not all students have had adequate experiences on computers. It may take a while for some of them just to get the mouse pointing at the right spot on the screen.

We may need to remind our students from time to time that we use technologies to enhance our learning and problem solving abilities. Without a good understanding of the subject and methods behind the screen, we may not be able to apply a technology efficiently, meaningfully or correctly. If you don’t allow your students to use Maple on at least a considerable part of the final exam, please tell them in your syllabus. We would recommend that no computer usage in the final exam.

Several faculties have been using Maple in their calculus classes, and have developed projects and assignments on Maple. I listed here some available material. You may get a copy either from me or from them directly. If you would like to share your projects in the future, please let me know.

Books about Maple

You may require your student to buy a book for the Maple lab if you prefer. Please let Betty know if you do so. The following are some know books available.

Discovering Calculus with MAPLE by Kent Harris and Robert Lopez, Second Edition, Wiley ISBN: 0-471-00973-3

Exploring Calculus with Maple by Holmes/Ecker/Boyce/Siegmann, Addison-Wesley, 1993.

Handouts, Projects and Worksheets developed by Faculties

  • An introduction to Maple for Math 205. Thomas Riedel.
    This is the minimal list of commands we adopted. It is available in Maple worksheets from Thomas or me. (I will put it on Merlin in the future so that you can access it from Maple directly.) This document was prepared for the instructors as well as students. It also intends to help those Mathematics 206 students who took Mathematics 205 in the "old system".
  • Maple Worksheets, George Barnes and Inessa Levi.
    This is a large collection of Maple worksheets with many examples from every section of the textbook. George and Inessa used it in their regular class lectures in the past. It is available on Merlin in the directory
    sys/course/mathematix/math/levi/205. You can open any section of it directly from Maple in the lab. Hard copy is also available.
  • Maple Labs for Calculus, André Kézdy.
    It contains several Maple projects André used in his class. You may ask him for an updated version from Kézdy in the future.
  • Maple Worksheets, etc. Willy W. Williams. There are some developing worksheets used in previous class, as well as some materials collected from the web. You can access them on Merlin in sys/course/mathematix/math/Williams/205 and sys/course/mathematix/math/Willimas/Mapleres.

Software

  • Online Math Generator, Chi Wang. This is designed for student practice exercise within Maple. Some selected topics from Calculus are available. One can access it from the web in our lab or at home. Exercises are generated inside Maple with expandable link for explanation and exploration. Each time one gets a different set of problem. Mathematics, text and Maple commands are automatically generated. Student can use it without know about Maple syntax. the web address is http://www.louisville.edu/~c0wang01/maple.

Other resources on the web

Links to various resources on the web can be found in our department home page at http://www.louisville.edu/groups/math-www/mathlinks.html.

Get a copy of Maple

Maple is available in the Mathematics Computer Lab. Please advise the students that they can purchase a copy of Maple through IT for only $15, which is an excellent deal that beats any type of calculator available on the market.

Calculator Policy: We recommend that, as a general rule, Mathematics 205-301 students should be allowed to use any type of calculator (scientific, graphical, programmable) they care to employ on homework, projects, quizzes and tests. It is certainly appropriate to ban the use of the more sophisticated calculators on specific questions on a given test (e.g., when testing students' conceptual knowledge of using the chain rule or doing integration by substitution). At the college level, we should follow the calculator/computer usage guidelines embodied in the new NCTM Standards for students in grades K-12. Students should be allowed to use all available technology after mastering the conceptual aspects of a given mathematics topic.

Computer Usage in Mathematics 206:

Maple will be a required component in Mathematics 205 during this Fall. Every class will have one extra lab hour on Maple every week. It will be in Mathematics 206 from Spring. A minimum set of Maple commands to be covered in Mathematics 205 is incorporated in a short document. Those commands will be the foundation for Mathematics 206 instructors in the future. At mean time, Maple, Derive, Math-CAD and Visual Calculus are available in the University Computer Center. Maple is available in the Mathematics Computer Lab. Please advise your student that they can purchase a copy of Maple through IT for only $15, which is an excellent deal that beats any type of calculator available on the market. Mathematica is also available on homer. Student can access it from both graphic and nongraphic terminals.

Final Exam: During this Fall semester all sections of Mathematics 206, except one, will be taught by regular faculties. I will recommend to the department not to give combined final exam. You will be informed on this matter as soon as possible.

Other Available Material from coordinator: Old tests, sample finals, syllabi, and advice.

Paced Syllabus

Each day section of Mathematics 205 meets three days per week for 75 minutes. All told there are 42 class meetings and 37 sections to cover in the text starting from 6.6 and finishing at 10.8. In average, you need to cover more than one section per. Some of the modeling in 7.5 through 7.8 can be combined. Numerical integration was done in Mathematics 205, but little was done on area between curves. The following paced syllabus is written to reflect the situation just detailed. It allows for four full-period tests and little time for repetition and review.

Week Section/Tests Comments
1 6.2, 6.6 - 6.8 6.2 reviews inverse functions and their derivatives, and should be done before 6.8.
2 6.9 - 6.11 This is a two-lecture week due to the Martin Luther King Day. Do not spend too much time on 6.11 hyperbolic functions.
3 7.1 - 7.3 Review some of 5.3. Little area calculations were done in Mathematics 205.
4 7.4, Test 1, 7.5 Work is the main application covered.
5 7.6 - 7.8, 8.1 Pick some of the applications from 7.6, 7.7.
6 8.1 - 8.3 Review substitution with 8.1. Enough exercises will help students to pick up what was taught in Mathematics 205 again. Most mistakes students made in this chapter are on formulas learned in Math 205. Integration by parts is most important here. Partial fractions can be done by computer but the concept is important.
7 8.4 - 8.6 In the spirit of the "Lean and Lively Calculus" and given the ubiquity of calculus software and graphical calculators, the students should be held responsible only for straightforward integrals involving trigonometric substitution and partial fractions.
8 Test 2, 9.1
9 9.2 - 9.4 Sequence and infinite series are quite difficult for most of our students, review S - notation.
10 Spring Break  
11 9.5 - 9.7 Begin with in 9.3, 9.4 are tests for nonnegative series. Emphasize comparison with geometric series.
12 9.8 - 10.1  
13 Test 3, 10.2, 10.3 10.1 and 10.2 can be condensed to leave more time for parametrizations of curves and polar coordinates.
14 10.4 - 10.6 Give enough time for 10.5.
15 10.7, 10.8, Test 4. Polar coordinates, graphs and equations are important for Mathematics 301.
15 Review Only one day this week.

Homework Selections: The following homework assignment is for your reference.

Section Fundamental Practice
     
6.2 3,5,7,11,15,17,21,25,27,31 9,12,19,23,29,35,37,39,43
6.6 5,7,13,19,21,25,29,31,33,37,
39,45,46,55,
9,11,12,18,35,37,59,61
6.7 1,3,5,11,12 7,9,14,16,25
6.8 Odd 1-19,23,27,29,31,37,41,43 18,20,35,36,51,55-58
6.9 3,5,13,17,20,23,27,29,31,33,
45,47,53,55,61,69
7,11,31,41,48,53,55,71,79
6.10 7,9,15,21,25,35,41,45,55,
57,61,63,65
3,5,29,47,51,69
6.11 1,3,5,11,15,17,25,27 13,21,31,35
     
7.1 1,3,5,7,11,13,15,19,29,37,38 2,8,9,23,39,42,47
7.2 Odd 1-11,15,17,23,25,37,41,47 19,27,31,35,43
7.3 Odd 1-11,17,23,27,29,35 21,29,35,39
7.4 Odd 1-5,7,9,15,25,33,35 13,1721,31,42,43,49
7.5 3,5,9,11,13,16 15,16,21
7.6 3,5,7 9,15,17
7.7 5,11,19 7,21,23
7.8 1,3,5 9,10
     
8.1 odd 1-31, 33,35,39,43,45,51,
55,57,59,61
Even 2-32,41,47,53,67,71,79
8.2 1,2,3,5,9,13,15,17,21,31,37 7,15,16,17,21,27
8.3 1,3,5,11,15,31,37,39,43 7,17,34,40,41,45
8.4 3,7,11,13,23,29,33 8,12,20,31
8.5 Odd 1-21,23,39,41,45,59,59,71 2,10,31,39,63,83
8.6 Odd 1-9,17,25,39,41,43 2,21,31,55,63,71
     
9.1 5,7,9,11,13,19,21,23,29,
39,45,46,53,57,61,65
32-34,46,55,58,66,71
9.2 1,2,3,5,7,11,15,19,21,23,
25,29,33,35,37,39,45
13,17,41,43,51,55
9.3 2,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,19,27,
29,35,37,43,49,
8,12,18,31,34,39,41
9.4 1,3,5,7,9,15,21,29,31,35,39 11,27,41,43
9.5 1,5,13,19,27,33,39,43,46 15,16,17,18,26,49
9.6 1,3,5,11,13,22,33,37,41 7,27,35
9.7 1,3,5,9,11,17,19,23,27,41 4,10,21,25,37,43
9.8 1,11,15 7,17,23
     
10.1 1-8,9,13,19,25,53,57,61,65,67 36,58,63,69,72
10.2 3,5,7,9,17,21 4,18,21,25,27,29
10.3 1,5,7,9,15,19,25 4,8,17,26,29,31,33,35,37
10.4 3,5,9,13,17,18,23 15,21,27,29,35,37
10.5 1,3,11,17,23,29,31,43,47,51,57 25,39,53,59
10.6 1,3,5,11,13,17,21,25 27,29,31,35,41,45
10.7 1,5,9,15,17,25,33 11,13,23,41,45
10.8 1,3,5,7,18,25,33 11,17,21,23,35