Math 102 - Calculus 2
Sevak Mkrtchyan
456 Herman Brown Hall
e-mail: (first name).(last name)@rice.edu

Course Description

This course is the continuation of MATH 101. The topics include integration by parts, partial fractions, and other methods of integration, infinite sequences and series, Taylor polynomials, tests for convergence, power series, polar coordinates, and parametric curves. See the following detailed (but tentative) schedule for what I plan to cover each day.

Lectures

MWF 9:00-9:50AM in SEW 309

Office Hours:

Tu 9-10AM,Th 8-9AM (456 Herman Brown Hall)

Help Sessions:

MWTh 7-9pm
Room: On Mondays SEW 307, On Wednesdays MEB 128 (except MEL 254 on Feb 2 and Apr 6), On Thursdays HBH 227
Teaching Assistants: Ryan Scott (ryan.scott@*), Katherine Poulsen (kp9@*), Qiongling Li (qiongling.li@*)
*=rice.edu

Textbook

The textbook for the course is Stewart's Calculus: Early Transcendentals - Custom Print (ISBN: 9781111699314). You can also use Stewart's Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals (6th Edition) or Stewart's Calculus: Early Transcendentals (6th Edition). You will also need access to WebAssign.

Grades

Your grade in the class will be based on the following weights:
20% - Homework
20% - Midterm 1: Wednesday, February 9
20% - Midterm 2: Friday, April 1
40% - Final Exam

Homework

There will be two types of homework assignments. There will be daily homework assigned and turned in online, through the Webassign website. Here is a sample Webassign homework assignment. Online homework will be assigned daily. There will be a total of 35 homework assignments. No late homework will be accepted! No exceptions to this rule! Your lowest 4 online homework grades will be dropped. Homework assignments will be due by 9PM. You are strongly encouraged to keep a notebook where you write down solutions to your WebAssign homework problems. Such a notebook can be very useful tool for studying for the exams.

There will also be weekly homework assignments which will contain about 3 problems and will be due in class. The problems indicated on this website are the problems in the weekly assignments.

This is a schedule for what I plan to cover in class each day (which is subject to change due to for example some topics taking shorter or longer than expected).

Date
 Sections
 Topic
 Hwk
 Due Date
Mon, January 10 Chapter 5 Introduction, Review
Wed, January 12 7.1 Integration by Parts 7.1.36 Jan 24
Fri, January 14 7.2 Trigonometric Integrals 7.2.36 Jan 24
Mon, January 17 No Class MLK day
Wed, January 19 7.2-7.3 Trigonometric Integrals/Substitution
Fri, January 21 7.3 Trigonometric Substitution 7.3.26 Jan 24
Mon, January 24 7.4 Partial Fractions 7.4.28 Feb 2
Wed, January 26 7.4 Partial Fractions 7.4.57 Feb 2
Fri, January 28 7.4 Partial Fractions 7.4.58 Feb 2
Mon, January 31 7.7 Approximate Integration 7.7.20 Feb 9
Wed, February 2 7.8 Improper Integrals 7.8.58 Feb 9
Fri, February 4 7.8 Improper Integrals 7.Review.48 Feb 9
Mon, February 7 Chapter 7 Review
Wed, February 9 1st Midterm Exam In-class Midterm Exam
Fri, February 11 11.1 Sequences 11.1.57,11.1.58 Feb 16
Mon, February 14 11.1 Sequences 11.1.66 Feb 16
Wed, February 16 11.2 Series 11.2.51 Feb 23
Fri, February 18 11.2 Series 11.2.66,11.2.73 Feb 23
Mon, February 21 11.3 Integral test 11.3.24 Mar 9
Wed, February 23 11.3 Integral Test 11.3.32,11.3.40 Mar 9
Fri, February 25 11.4 Comparison Test 11.4.27 Mar 16
Mon, February 28 No Class Spring break
Wed, March 2 No Class Spring break
Fri, March 4 No Class Spring break
Mon, March 7 11.4 Limit comparison test 11.4.36 Mar 16
Wed, March 9 11.5 Alternating series 11.5.15 Mar 16
Fri, March 11 11.6 Absolute convergence, Ratio and Root tests 11.6.10 Mar 23
Mon, March 14 11.6 Absolute convergence, Ratio and Root tests 11.7.33 Mar 23
Wed, March 16 11.8 Power series 11.8.17 Mar 23
Fri, March 18 11.9 Power series 11.9.38 Apr 1
Mon, March 21 11.10 Taylor series 11.10.18 and 22 Apr 1
Wed, March 23 11.10 Taylor series 11.10.53 Apr 1
Fri, March 25 No class Midterm Recess
Mon, March 28 11.11 Applications of Taylor Polynomials
Wed, March 30 Chapter 11 Review
Fri, April 1 2nd Midterm Exam In-class Midterm Exam
Mon, April 4 8.1 Arc Length
Wed, April 6 8.2 Area of a Surface of Revolution
Fri, April 8 10.1 Parametric Curves Laboratory project Apr 22
Mon, April 11 10.2 Calculus with Parametric Curves
Wed, April 13 10.3 Polar Coordinates
Fri, April 15 10.3 Polar Coordinates
Mon, April 18 10.4 Areas and lengths in polar coordinates
Wed, April 20 10.4 Areas and lengths in polar coordinates
Fri, April 22 Math 102 Review

It is the policy of the mathematics department that no final may be given early to accommodate student travel plans.

You are expected to attend every class and arrive on time. It is your responsibility to be informed of any announcements made in class.

Exams

There will be two in-class midterm exams and one comprehensive final exam. All exams are closed-book and closed notes and are subject to the Rice University Honor Code. You will not be allowed to use a calculator on the exams. It is the policy of the mathematics department that no final may be given early to accommodate student travel plans. We will not know when the final in this course will be scheduled for some time. Therefore, if you should make plans for travel before the end of the final exam period, and it turns out that the final for this course is after your scheduled departure date, you will have to choose between keeping your plans and receiving a zero for the final, or incurring the cost for changing your plans and taking the final at its scheduled time. Thanks for your understanding.

You should check the final exam schedule on the registrar's website to find out when and where your final exam will be.

Disability Support

Any student with a documented disability seeking academic adjustments or accommodations is requested to speak with me during the first two weeks of class. All such discussions will remain as confidential as possible. Students with disabilities will need to also contact Disability Support Services in the Allen Center.

Any student with a disability requiring accommodations in this course is encouraged to contact me after class or during office hours. Additionally, students will also need to contact Disability Support Services in the Allen Center.

If you have a documented disability that will impact your work in this class, please contact me to discuss your needs. Additionally, you will need to register with the Disability Support Services Office in the Allen Center.