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{\bf Information for students in Math 126B, Fall, 1999}
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{\bf Instructor:} Nancy Stanton
301 CCMB, 631-7436

Office hours: by appointment or 9-10:30  TTh 

email: Stanton.1@nd.edu

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{\bf Tutorial 26BT-01, T 3:55-4:45:} Alexander Samuel, 361 CCMB

Office hours:  5:00-6:00  T

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{\bf Tutorial 26BT-02, T 11:00-11:50:} Alexander Berenstein, 308 CCMB

Office hours:  4:00-5:00  M

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{\bf Text:}
Thomas and Finney, \emph{Calculus}, 9th edition

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{\bf Syllabus:}  We will cover  Chapters 6-9.  The topics
are transcendental functions, techniques of integration, infinite
series,
conic sections, parametrized curves, and polar coordinates.

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You are encouraged to read each section
of the text before it is
covered in class.  To do well, you {\bf must}
keep up with the homework and review frequently.


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{\bf Computers:} 
  The computer algebra system Maple V Release 5.1 will be used in 
class.
Some of the assignments will require the use of Maple.


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{\bf Examinations:}  There will be two  midterms, eleven quizzes
and a final exam.

Exam I: Thursday, September 30, 8-9:15 a.m. in 155 De Bartolo

Exam II: Thursday, November 11, 8-9:15 a.m. in 155 De Bartolo

Final: Thursday, December 16, 1:45-3:45 p.m.

Quizzes: Tuesdays, in the tutorials, beginning August 31, weekly except the 
weeks of the midterms and the last week of classes. 


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Calculators will generally be allowed on quizzes and exams. 

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{\bf Homework:}  
 Homework assignments will be given on Wednesday.
Each assignment will include reading and problems.
The homework is
due at the end of class the following Wednesday.
Unexcused late homework will not be accepted.

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{\bf Grading:}
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Midterms  100 points each

Quizzes 100 points (10 points each, the lowest
quiz score will be discarded)
 
Final 150 points
 
Homework 100 points (after scaling)
 


  
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{\bf Absence from examinations and quizzes:}  A student who is absent from
an examination or quiz without an official excuse shall receive a grade
of zero for that examination or quiz.  A student who is officially
excused shall not be penalized.  If you miss a test or quiz for any
reason, call the instructor or the Mathematics Department as soon as possible.

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{\bf Honor Code:}   
The Honor Code is in effect for all exams, quizzes and
assignments. You are encouraged to work together on the assignments,
but copying in any form or submitting work done by others as your own
is a violation of the Honor Code.

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{\bf Web Site}  The web page for this section is 
 
http://www.nd.edu/$\sim$nancy/Math126/info.html 

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 On this page you will 
find general information about the course (including a copy of this
handout), homework assignments, announcements, information
about Maple and Maple demonstrations.  If any last minute
 corrections to the 
homework assignments 
are necessary, they will be posted as announcements.
The Maple worksheets are also in the appropriate subdirectories of the
afs course directory 

/usr/local/courses/math/math126b.01

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