Instructor: Dr. Dalibor Froncek
Office: SCC 170
Phone: 7958
e-mail: dfroncek(a)d.umn.edu where (a)=@
Web Page: http://www.d.umn.edu/~dfroncek/
Office Hours: M T W Th 1:30–2:30 and by appointment
Textbook: Calculus (3rd Edition) by R.T. Smith and R.B. Minton, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-340606-0
Homework:
There will be homework exercises from almost every class. The problems will be posted on the web but are not to be handed in. If you need help with your homework and/or assignment, come to me during office hours.
Assignments:
There will be assignments posted twice a week. The assignments will be graded. The assignment with the lowest score will be dropped. An assignment is assumed to be your own work! Therefore, you can collaborate with other people when preparing for the assignment, but you have to work alone when you are actually doing it. Also, you cannot use any kind of solutions to assigned problems that can be found in manuals, on Internet, or elsewhere.
Quizzes:
There will be a quiz usually twice a week except for the weeks when there is a test. The quiz with the lowest score will be dropped.
Tests:
There will be two tests. Tentative dates are July 14 and 28. The material to be covered in the tests will be announced in class. The tests may be given at different time slots than regular classes to make up for classes when I may be out of town. The exact times will be discussed in class and posted later. If you cannot make it with the class, I will make special arrangements for you.
Missing a test is a serious matter. In order to schedule a make-up test, you must have a written medical excuse or another serious reason.
Final Exam:
Will be given on the last day of class, Friday 08/08 at 11:00 in the usual classroom. The Final Exam will not be cumulative.
Course Content (Tentative, may slightly change):
We will cover Section 0.5, Chapters 1–5 and Sections 6.1, 6.3, 7.2, 7.7. We should cover Chapters 0, 1 and 2 before Test 1, Chapters 3 and 4 before Test 2. Please read Chapter 0 before the first day of classes.
Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on:
Assignments = 20%
Quizzes = 20%
Tests = 40%
Final Exam = 20%
You can also get bonus points. Details will be given in class.
Grading scale:
Your grade in this course will be determined as follows:
91–100 A
86–90 A–
81–85 B+
76–80 B
71–75 B–
66–70 C+
61–65 C
56–60 C–
50–55 D
below 50 F
Special Needs:
I am happy to provide appropriate and fair accommodations for students with documented special needs —such students must meet with me early in the semester to make arrangements.
Cell Phones:
Cellular telephones and other communication devices are prohibited during quizzes and exams. Having any communicating device out during an exam will be considered cheating and result in an immediate zero. Also note it is discourteous and a distraction to have ringing phones during class time. If you do not turn off your ringer you may be asked to leave the room.
Pictures and videos:
Photographs and video cannot be taken without prior instructor’s consent. If a verbal consent is given, they cannot be made public (e.g., on internet) without written consent of instructor and UMD administration.
Policies:
All students at the UMD must be in compliance with the student conduct code in the policies and procedures section of the 2005-2007 University Catalog, specifically in this course with regards to scholastic dishonesty. Academic integrity is of utmost importance and all procedures and sanctions will be followed as per the university catalog.
The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, handicap, age, veteran status or sexual orientation.
All forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited, including (but not limited to):
1. submission of false records of academic achievement
2. cheating on assignments or examinations
3. submitting sentences or ideas as your own without proper acknowledgment or citation (plagiarizing)
4. altering, forging, or misusing a University academic record or forging the signature of any member of the University community
5. taking, acquiring, using, or circulating test materials without faculty permission
6. acting alone or in cooperation with another to falsify records or to obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement
7. facilitating academic dishonesty by helping another student to violate the academic integrity policy, such as providing course work for another student to turn in as his or her own effort or taking an exam for another student
8. presenting as one’s own a plot, succession of ideas, or list/outline of another without proper acknowledgment
9. attending a class, completing an assignment, or taking a quiz/test in the name of another student
10. copying, editing, using, or deleting computer files without permission
11. altering or viewing computer records, dispensing or releasing information gained via unauthorized access, modifying computer programs or systems, or interfering with the use or availability of computer systems or information
12. bribing or attempting to bribe, promising favors, or making threats with the intention of affecting a grade, a record, or an evaluation of academic performance
13. purchasing or otherwise presenting work as your own when it was done by another person
14. submitting the same paper or generally similar papers to meet the requirements of more than one course without the approval and consent of all faculty members of all such courses
15. depriving another student of necessary study or research materials or in any way impeding another student’s work and pursuit of education
16. submitting falsified data, such as bibliographic resources and experimental data or altering graded academic work/quizzes/tests and resubmitting them in order to get a higher grade (fabrication)
17. intentional use, misuse, or alterations of University materials or resources in an attempt to make them inaccessible to others (e.g., altering passwords, unauthorized use of computer accounts, violation of library procedures, intentional misuse or destruction of educational materials)