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Math 149 Calculus/Precalculus II

Syllabus, Policies, and Guidelines

• Syllabus   ♦
• Policies   ♦
• Lecture Plan   ♦
• Calendar   ♦    
• Lessons for Life   ♦
   
• Laboratory Grading   ♦
• Recitation Grading, evaluation of speakers   ♦
• Recitation Feedback, attendance & feedback from audience   ♦

Homework Assignments

Most assignments will be done online using WebAssign. However, the first assignment will not be done online. The URL for WebAssign is   http://www.webassign.net/.

The file   WebAssignClassKey.pdf   contains the new Class Key for both sections of 149 to to create your account.

• Assignment 1   Offline hardcopy Due 1/15
• Assignment 3   Due 2/1
• Assignment 4   Due 2/8
• Assignment 5   Due 2/15
• Assignment 6   Due 2/22
• Assignment 7   Due 3/1
• Assignment 8   Due 3/15
• Assignment 9   Due 3/22
• Assignment 10   Due 3/29
• Assignment 11   Due 4/5
• Assignment 12   Due 4/12
• Assignment 13   Due 4/19   ♦

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Laboratory Materials   ♦

We will be using the Symbolic Math Toolbox ( MuPAD ) in   MATLAB   in the Computer Laboratory.

To access the MATLAB Symbolic Math Toolbox files (MuPAD Notebook (.mn) files):

1. First, right click on the link for the MuPAD Notebook (.mn file) and save a copy to a local directory on your computer.
2. Second, start MATLAB by selecting MATLAB R2009B off the Start, All Programs MATLAB submenu.
3. Third, open the MuPAD Notebook (.mn file) from the Current Folder window in MATLAB.

General instructions

• Content:   For each exercise, prepare a mathematically correct solution by using suitable commands in a MuPAD Notebook file.
   
• Organization:   Examine how the MuPAD Notebook Introduction to MuPAD was prepared as a model for the written explanations in your lab report. Also look at the SOLUTIONS to the EXAMPLES in the textbook for what to write and how much to write in your lab report. Choose "wordier" solutions, not those that just consist of a series of equations unrelieved with any explanatory text. Include enough information (that is, sentences written in proper English) in your report so that a fellow calculus student would be able to understand what you did and agree with your conclusions.
   
• Format:   Include your name and lecture section (149 01   149 02) in your MuPAD Notebook laboratory report file. Include the statements of each exercise. Include your MuPAD commands and your text describing your investigation and your conclusions. See the sample partially filled out exercise PDF file,

Laboratory Assignments

• Laboratory 1:
  Introduction to MuPAD     Lab1.mn   ( MuPAD Notebook file )
  Exercises:   Lab1XYZ.mn
   
  Lab Assignment 1 is due in the form of a hardcopy lab report by the   BEGINNING
  of lab Wednesday, 17 February 2010.
   
  
• Laboratory 2:  
  Laboratory Assignment 2,   Using Derivatives to Find Absolute Maxima and Minima  
  Lab2.mn  
  Exercises:   Lab2XYZ.mn
   
  Laboratory Assignment 3,   Derivatives and Properties of Graphs  
  Lab3.mn  
  Exercises:   Lab3XYZ.mn
   
  Assignments 2 and 3 are due in the form of a hardcopy lab report by the   BEGINNING
  of lab Wednesday, 3 March, 2010.
   
• Laboratory 3:  
  Laboratory Assignment 4,   Implicit Differentiation
  Lab4.mn  
  Exercises:   Lab4XYZ.mn
   
  Laboratory Assignment 5,   Inverse Functions  
  Lab5.mn  
  Exercises:   Lab5XYZ.mn
   
  Assignments 4 and 5 are due in the form of a hardcopy lab report by the   BEGINNING
  of lab Wednesday, 24 March, 2010.
   
• Laboratory 4:  
  Laboratory Assignment 6,   Newton's Method  
  (PDF,   Lab6.mn)
  Exercises:   (PDF,   Lab6XYZ.mn)     (Right click and Save As)
   
  Assignment 6 is due in the form of a hardcopy lab report by the   BEGINNING
  of lab Wednesday, 7 April, 2010.
   
• Laboratory 5:
  Lab Assignment 7,   The Definite Integral    
  Lab7.mn     (HTML)
  Exercises:   Lab7XYZ.mn     (HTML)
   
  Assignment 7 is due in the form of a hardcopy lab report by the   BEGINNING
  of lab Wednesday, 21 April, 2010.
   
• Laboratory 6:
  Lab Assignment 8,   The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus  
  Lab8.mn     (HTML)
  Exercises:   Lab8XYZ.mn     (HTML)
   
  Lab Assignment 9,   Geometric Applications of Integration  
  Lab9.mn     (HTML)
  Exercises:   Lab9XYZ.mn     (HTML)
   
  Lab Assignments 8 and 9 are due in the form of a hardcopy lab report by the end of day
  Wednesday, 28 April, 2010.