Professor: W. Stephen Wilson, Krieger 421, (410) 516-7413, wsw@math.jhu.edu
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 9-9:50.
Textbook: Single Variable Calculus, Early Transcendentals, James Stewart, 6E
All registration issues such as getting into the class or changing sections are handled by the the registrar or the math dept. The teaching assistants and I are not allowed to sign anything in this regard. Go to the Registrar for the first 2 weeks. After that, go to Sabrina Raymond in the math dept and she can help you. You will get into the course.
If you get the flu, you are not supposed to come to class. Our classroom is very small and you will be in close proximity to many and they too will get the flu. In particular, stay away from me so I can keep teaching. At least a third of you will at least catch a cold, if not the flu, during the first month of classes. This is one of the joys of college life, sort of like starting Kindergarten. I'll talk to you all endlessly, but, please, no physical contact, for example, shaking hands.
Here is a page of useful supportive materials for the course, things like how to study math etc. It has grown and become cluttered so I wanted to get it off the main page.
Anyone interested in and/or in need of tutoring in Calculus II should take a look at the tutoring webpage for Academic Advising. You have to make a reservation, but their schedules, etc, are all there now. This is a new JHU service and you should take advantage of it.
Syllabus and General facts of life for the course for the Fall of 2010. Read all of this very carefully.
Short syllabus for Calc I, 108.
Short syllabus for Calc II, 109.
Weekly homework, reading assignments, and general announcements will be here.
I will try to post the reading assignments for Friday and next week's Monday and Wednesday, and the homework for this week's MWF lectures, due next week Tuesday or Thursday, on Wednesdays late.
For this first week of class I suggest you do the obvious and read the sections in the first part of the syllabus, i.e. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, etc.
Our Exam # 1 had a class average (for 208) students of 16.74 out of 29 for 58%, right about where I like the average to be. Keep in mind that the middle student is probably a B- student in the class. (The median is 16.5.)
There were 4 students with perfect 29 scores and 3 students with nearly perfect 1 scores. There were another 10 students who scored 28 out of 29 suggesting that the test was too easy. The Exam distribution gives a good spread. It is graphed here.
However, there will be a quiz in section, and the quiz will be on anything covered by the exam. I don't feel bad about that because you have to study for the exam anyway.
Our Exam # 2 had a class average (for 203) students of 15.4 out of 26 for 59%, right about where I like the average to be. Keep in mind that the middle student is probably a B- student in the class. (The median is 16.)
There were no students with perfect 26 but the high of 24 is very nice and there were 3 of those. The Exam distribution gives a good almost bell shaped curve. That's great because usually math class grades are bowl curves. It is graphed here.
For those who need help with study skills (and many of you do): The link.
Our Final had a class average (for 204) students of 25.0 out of 50 for 50%. The high was 46. The low was 1.
The Exam distribution gives a good curve. It is graphed here.
Answers for the final, but not solutions.