MS 202 - Calculus II

Professor: Erich Friedman

About the course:

We will meet every MWF at 9:00 in Elizabeth 313 and Th at 9:30 in Elizabeth 205. This course will cover material from chapters 5-9 of the text, Calculus: Concepts and Contexts by Stewart. You may also wish to buy the student's solutions manual. Topics of the course include techniques of integration, applications of integration, differential equations, infinite sequences and series. You will be expected to understand why calculus works, as well as how to do the calculations involved. The development of calculus some 300 years ago was perhaps the greatest mathematical achievement in history. I hope you enjoy discovering it with me.

About me:

My e-mail address is erich.friedman@stetson.edu. My web page can be found at http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/. My office is Elizabeth 214-2. My office hours this semester are:

I am always in my office during these times. If you cannot make my regularly scheduled hours, let me know and we can set up another time to talk. Please come by if you need help, or if you just want to chat. You will soon see that my lecture style is informal. I will be calling you by your first names (or a nickname if you prefer), so please call me Erich.

About you:

You should have passed MS 201, received AP credit for this course, or taken an equivalent calculus course elsewhere. You should be comfortable with limits, taking derivatives, and using derivatives to find relative extrema. You should remember what an integral is, and how to calculate one with a Riemann sum. You should worship the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. If you need to review this material, do so now, as there will be no time for it later. Attendance in this class is not manditory, but do not expect me to help you if you do not help yourself. Please be respectful of both me and your classmates. This means coming to class on time and not socializing in class. Cheating will not be tolerated.

About your grade:

Homework will not be collected, but I will answer questions in class as time permits. Only do the odd problems. These problems are designed to help you prepare for the tests. I encourage you to work together on the homework problems, but make sure you can do them yourself. You should do as much or as little homework as you need, but the leading cause of doing poorly in this course is not doing enough homework.

Tests will be given at the dates on the syllabus. You will be expected to show your work and justify your answers. You are allowed to use a calculator on the tests. I do not give make-up tests. If you miss a test without telling me beforehand, you will receive a zero. Each of the 5 tests will be worth 1/8 of your grade.

The Final Exam will be comprehensive, and worth 3/8 of your grade.