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San Diego State University -- This page last updated 05-Dec-00 |
Assignment Information
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Math 122 - Calculus for Biology II |
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San Diego State University -- This page last updated 05-Dec-00 |
This page will give a complete listing of the reading and homework assignments that you are required to do.
Week 14: Your Final will be next Monday, Dec. 11 from 8-10 am unless you have made special arrangements. Your Lab Final will be due on Wednesday, Dec. 13 by 3:30 pm. The material that you should read for this week concerns the Riemann Sums and the Definite Integral. The final will cover problems from the Definite Integral HW section. (Note that Problems 1. e., h., i., k., and l. use substitution techniques, which have not been covered in class and for which you are not responsible.) Solutions for the Definite Integral HW are finished along with more complete solutions for some of the problems.
Week 13: Your exam will be on Wed. Nov. 29. The material on this exam is listed in more detail below. For now, you should be working the problems from the Numerical Differential Equations and Differential Equations and Integration sections. Solutions for the Numerical Differential Equations and the Differential Equations and Integration sections are now available. More complete solutions are available for the Numerical Differential Equations section with the Differential Equations and Integration section almost complete.
Final: The final will be on Monday, Dec. 11 from 8-10 am. If you have 2 or more finals on that day and would like to consider taking it on Saturday, Dec. 9 from 10-11 in Physics 250, then please contact me (preferrably by email). The final will consist of 11-13 problems. Below is an outline of the types of problems that you can expect on the Final. You are allowed 4 3x5 notecards for the final. There are numbers next to the topics, indicating the Quiz or Exam problem that is most representative of the type of problem that will appear on the final. You should look at the HW problems most closely associated with these problems for other potential exam questions. In addition, there will be some definite integrals and area or average problems like you have seen in the lectures and homework for definite integrals. The majority of the problems will come from the latter part of the semester, especially the problems from Exam 3. You should at least read over the questions that you have answered in Lab as they will help show you the types of problems that I consider important.
There will most likely be a total of 12 problems on the final with varying degrees of difficulty. You may want to select a problem that is easier later in the exam to maximize the points that you get on the final. Note that differentiation is tested through problems like the stability of the equilibria, minima and maxima for functions, etc., so you will be using your differentiation even if you are not simply asked to differentiate a given function. I will not ask any problems using Newton's method on the final.
When grades become available, they will be listed by an assigned code and will be found through the hyperlink, class grades/ranking.
Exam Schedule: Below are the dates for your final (200 pts), exams (100 pts ea), and quizzes (20 pts ea) for the semester:
The Solutions to Quizzes and Exams will available in the Library Reserve room. You will be able to access these solutions through the Electronic Course Reserve materials. The password for these materials is thickness.
Note: The computer lab in BA 120 is open for most of the hours 9-9 M-Th, 9-4:30 F, and 10-4:00 Sat. Please let me know if you have any problems accessing this lab.
Course Drop Deadlines: There is a grace period for Dropping the course, which lasts until early October. When that date is determined, I'll list it here. Class drops after 4 weeks will show a "W" on the transcript. After the grace period, students will have to submit a documentation form to appeal a drop, and the documentation must indicate a serious and compelling reason to drop (not just that you are doing poorly).
Week 1: You need to familiarize yourself with this website so that you will know where to get the appropriate information for doing well in this course. (Students from my Math 121 section before will already know how to navigate my webpage and should help those students entering from other sections.) There is a general information page that should help you navigate this website if you are not comfortable with the web. Students are entitled to a free account on rohan for receiving email and accessing many of the University computer facilities. I highly recommend getting one of these accounts. (Email will be very important for communicating with your lab partners and asking questions to me.) More information on this is provided at the SDSU computer facilities website.
Reading assignment: Read all sections in the introduction to be familiar with my course policies and what is expected of you. (You may want to read the CSU and SDSU College of Sciences policy statement also.) After an introduction to what the Math 122 course will be covering, we will begin the course by going over the Math 121 final. You should begin by reading the Introduction section in the lecture notes. Those of you unfamiliar with my teaching methods may want to review the course notes for Math 121. Copies of the final (3 versions) and their solutions will be available in the reserve room of the library. (See the note below.)
Week 2: Several students want additional help for the first Lab. You can find this help on an additional Lab 1 Help page. It also directs you to useful pages to study for understanding Discrete Dynamical Systems - Equilibria and Stability, if you are unfamiliar with these techniques. This week, we will continue examining the Final from Math 121 to prepare you for your first Quiz on Sept. 11.
Week 3: The reading assignment for this week is the Optimization section. The Examples section from the reading assignment should give you good advice on types of problems you must understand and work in the homework. You are to work the homework problems found under the HW problems section under Optimization. Solutions for the Optimization problems are available also. Your second Quiz is on Monday, Sept.25, see below.
Week 4: This week continues the work on optimization problems. I have a complete listing of the quizzes and exams for the entire semester listed below.
Week 5: This next week is your first exam. More details on the exam are included below to aid you with your study. As noted in lab, one question will relate to graphing of a sine or cosine function. You should examine the homework from the Trigonometric section, and in particular, you will be responsible for problems like 2-7 on the homework page. The solutions to these HW problems are now available. Your best preparation for the exam will be to study the quizzes (posted on the Electronic Course Reserve), the final from Math 121, and the HW problems from optimization and the few problems above from the trig section.
Week 7: This week we cover the material in the Trigonomy and Derivative of Trigonometric functions sections. You need to work the homework in both the Trigonometry and the Derivative of Trigonometric Functions sections. Solutions are available for the Trigonometric Functions HW. In addition, you will be retaking the first exam as a take home exam for up to 50% of the points missed.
Week 8: This week's material includes the information from the section on Newton's Method. We will also begin work on Differential Equations, which is the main topic for a few weeks. You should work on the HW problems from the Newton's Method section. The solutions to the Newton's Method HW problems are now available. For additional help saving Word Documents in Lab see the hyperlinked document.
Week 9: This week begins our study of differential equations. You need to read the material in the sections on the Introduction to Differential Equations and Linear Differential Equations. You should work on the HW problems from the Introduction to Differential Equations and Linear Differential Equations sections. The solutions to the Introduction to Differential Equations and Linear Differential Equations HW are now available.
Week 10: This week continues our studies of differential equations. Read the material in the section on Linear Differential Equations and work the HW problems from the Linear Differential Equations section. The solutions to the Linear Differential Equations HW are now available. Once again you will rework your Exam for 50% of the points missed. You have until Monday, Nov. 13 to turn in the reworked exam. Be sure to copy your corrections on separate sheets of paper that are stapled to the back of the Exam.
Week 11: It has been pointed out that there was an error on the Help Page for the Lab. Lab 8 is due at the end of this week (Nov. 17, not in two weeks). This Friday is your last lab before the Lab Final and will be due the Friday after Thanksgiving. You may select your lab partner for this lab by sending me email on who wants to be paired. To prepare for the Quiz listed below read the material on Linear Differential Equations and work the HW problems from the Linear Differential Equations section. More complete solutions are available through this link (with a few more solutions to come later).
Week 12: This week we will briefly review Euler's method, which was covered in the Computer Lab, then we will work on antiderivatives and integration. You should read the sections on Numerical Differential Equations and Differential Equations and Integration sections. You should begin work on the homework problems from the Numerical Differential Equations and Differential Equations and Integration sections. Solutions for the Numerical Differential Equations are available.