INSTRUCTOR: K.W.NICHOLSON OFFICE HOURS: Posted On http://caccphysics1.cacc.cc.al.us
ph 256 215 4343 Email: nnicholson@cacc.cc.al.us
TEXT: Larson & Hostetler 's Calculus, Sixth Edition

TOPICS COVERED: Techniques of integration, applications of integrations, finding volumes of solids of revolution about a line, infinite series, a study of conic sections, vectors, lines & planes. (Chapters 6 - 10)

PURPOSE OF THIS COURSE:
This course continues the study of calculus, emphasizing more complex integration techniques, analytical geometry in two and three dimensions, and physical applications of calculus

1. The primary task of Calculus II is to learn to integrate.

2. The second task is to learn what to do with integrals. This second task will probably be the more useful to you most of the time, but you can never tell when you'll step into a theoretical quagmire and have to reason your way out of it using the first task. Albert Einstein was a pragmatic physicist with considerable disdain for mathematical theory. He was deeply shocked when he discovered he was going to have to delve deeply into theoretical mathematics in order to complete his general theory of relativity.

Task #1 Integration

Lots of things on a bicycle are nice but unnecessary. With a little basic knowledge of rotational dynamics and practice, one can even ride a bike without handlebars. But wheels are absolutely essential.

You (should) already know that factoring is to algebra what wheels are to a bicycle.

A particular technique in integration, called either integration by substitution or integration by changing the variable, (by substituting in equivalent expressions for the original), is the wheels that enables one to roll in integration. That is where we will begin our course.

EVALUATION:

Item	Date	Discussion
4-100 point tests	Jan 23, Feb 13, Mar. 6, April 3	No make up tests will be given. A missed test will be replaced by 1/2 of your final exam score.
1-200 pt Final Exam	May 1, 2003, 10:30 - 12:30	Final will be comprehensive.
15 Quizzes	Weekly	Collectively worth 100 pts, may be used to replace lowest test score
Homework	Due next class	Total worth 100 points. All hwk must include name, date, homework number, page and problem numbers.
Occasional Group Activities 10 pts each	Will be announced at a day in advance	Group activities will be conducted in the physics lab.

- Bonus Points 40 pts. max.

- Letters to politicians, or editors expressing your opinion about issues regarding the physical universe in which we live. 1 point each, 10 points maximum. You may send copies of the same letter to a maximum of 5 different people. You must turn in letters in stamped, addressed envelopes, along with a copy for the instructor, on the same day book reports are due.

- Assisting math or physics students 5 pts. per hour, 20 pts. max. (Must be done in the Library or Physics Lab verified in writing by either an instructor or librarian.)

- Occasional hand in bonus problems ( bonus questions on tests do not count toward this max)5 pts. each, 20 pt. max.
- Book report, 10 pts. (Book must be approved by instructor prior to reading, and reports are due on April 29, 2003)

GRADES:
The above total, excluding bonus points, is 600, (plus a few points, depending on miscellaneous assignments), and your accumulative total will be divided by that amount to calculate your final average.

90 - 100 = A, 80 - 89 = B, 70 - 79 = C, 60 - 69 = D, 0 - 59 = F

NOTES:
l. Final percentage will be rounded UP, i.e., a final percent of 79.00000001 will be rounded up to 80.
2. You should keep all returned papers. You should also keep track of the ratio (your accumulative total)/(The accumulative total possible to date) as the quarter progresses. If this ratio is below 70 at midterm (March 1, 2003), you should come for a conference with the instructor to discuss what each of us can do to retrieve you from doom.
3. Words of wisdom regarding Math homework.

I hear........ and I forget,

I see..........and I remember,

I do...........and I understand.
THE BIG PICTURE

Class time: 11:50 - 12:35* Tuesday and Thursday

Unless you want a 10 minute break, in which case class will end at 12:45