Course
Information: MATH 152A, Winter 2006
FINAL EXAM:
will
be held on Monday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in PK 0107 (if you are
in
Michael "Cap" Khoury's section), and in PK 0103 (if you are in Scott
McKinley's section)
(*Syllabus) (*InfoSheet)
Instructor:
Heather Lehr
Office: MW 456
Email:
heather@math.ohio-state.edu
Phone: 292-6597
Instructor Office Hours:
MW 10:30-12
Teaching Assistants: Michael Khoury
MW220, khoury@math.ohio-state.edu
Scott McKinley
MW549, mckinley@math.ohio-state.edu
Lecture: MWF 9:30-10:18, EA 170
Text: Calculus (4th Edition); by
Hughes-Hallet,
Gleason, McCallum, et al.
Class Website:
www.math.ohio-state.edu/~heather/152AMath.html
Homework: Homework will
be assigned each Friday and
collected the following Thursday. The lowest homework score will
be
dropped.
Exams: (*tentative!)
Wednesday January 30, in
class
Wednesday March 1,
in class
Gateway Exam 1: Wednesday
February 15, in class
Gateway 2: Tuesday February 21, (in recitation)
Gateway 3: Thursday February 23, 7:30 pm BE 0285
Gateway 4: Thursday March 2, 7:30 pm CH 312
Gateway 5: Thursday March 9, 7:30 pm EA 170
FINAL EXAM: will
be held on Monday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. in PK 0107 (if you are
in Michael "Cap" Khoury's section), and in PK 0103 (if you are in Scott
McKinley's section)
Grading Scheme:
Recitation
25% (lowest hmwk and gpwk dropped)
Midterm1 25%
Midterm2 25%
Final
25% (unless the final is greater than your lowest exam score -
then the lowest exam score is replaced by the final)
Pass Gateway 1 - add 3% to course
grade
Pass Gateway
2 - add 2% to course grade
Pass Gateway 3 - add 1% to course grade
Pass Gateway
4 - doesn't help or harm final grade
Pass Gateway
5 - doesn't help or harm final grade
If you don't pass in 5 tries, deduct 10% from
course grade
The grading scheme reflects my
teaching
philosophy. True learning and mastery of material is an
internal process, not something anyone can give to you or do for
you. Homework and time spent reading (and rereading) and
digesting the material is essential to knowledge of the
material. So, the recitation score (which includes the
homework and groupwork) has the same weight as any exam.
Working in groups on homework
sets can certainly be beneficial, however
do your final homework writeups in your own words, preferably
alone. If you attempt this and find you cannot in the end
do the sets on your own, take this not as a sign of defeat, but a mere
indication that there is still something that you need to learn in
order to really understand the material. Whether you seek help
from me, fellow classmates, or from rereading the text is up to you,
just don't give up! Often the only difference between the
students who score well and those who don't is a refusal to give up.