Instructor: Christopher Hanusa -- email chanusa@math.binghamton.edu.
Lectures: MWF 2:20-3:20pm or MWF 3:30-4:30pm.
Discussion Section: Thu 1:15-2:40pm or Thu 2:50-4:15pm.
Web Site: http://www.math.binghamton.edu/chanusa/courses/221/06_Fall/.
Course Discussion Board: Hosted on blackboard.binghamton.edu.

Textbook: Calculus, 4th Edition, by Frank Ayres, Jr. and Elliott Mendelson (in Schaum's Outline Series)
This class covers: Chapters 1 through 24 and 29 and 30 from the textbook.

Screening Test: EVERYONE who takes Math 221 must pass the screening test.

Homework Policy: DO IT! The homework will be more difficult than the math homework you are accustomed to, and it will take longer as well. It will be common that problems will take longer than one minute and there will even be the occasional problem that will take longer than ten minutes. These are the problems that are the most satisfying to complete correctly.
      Every week a new homework set will be posted on this web site. At least five times during the semester, homework notebooks will be collected in Thursday section. You are expected to bring your homework notebook to class on Thursdays and present it to be turned in at the start of the quiz. Grading is simple. If you have written out complete solutions to most homework problems (over 80%), you will get full homework credit. If you have done between 50 and 80 percent of the problems, you will have half credit. If you have done less than half the problems, you will get no credit. You can not expect to learn the material and the underlying concepts without doing the assignments. There will be selected questions in bold that your study group may be asked to present during discussion section on Thursdays. Complete the week's homework by the start of discussion section on Thursday so that we can go over any questions you may have and so that you will be ready for the quiz. (You may also find office hours are a good time to ask questions and go over concepts that are hard.)
      It is important to learn how to express yourself in the language of mathematics. In the homework, you should show your work and explain how you did the problem. This is the difference between an Answer and a Solution. Notice that you have all the answers for the problems, which gives you a chance to make sure you're on the right track. When grading your homework notebooks, an answer without a solution will be counted as a problem not completed. It should be obvious to the person reading the homework how you went about doing the problem. This will often involve writing out explanations for your work in words. Imagine that you need an example to help refresh your memory for another class in six months!

Study Groups: It is useful to form study groups to work on homework. At the beginning the problems will seem easy enough to plug and chug on your own, but as the quarter progresses the questions become quite complex indeed. Study groups good. Copying solutions bad. When a group works on a problem, everyone can participate. But when you write up the answers to the problems, write it up in your own way, and make sure to write down who you worked with. Even if they haven't written your solutions, you certainly are including some of their thoughts and intellect, so you should always give credit to them, as they will to you!
      Study groups have several advantages: (i) you can practice and learn how to solve more problems in less time (doing as many problems as possible is the key to success), (ii) the best way to really learn something is to explain it to someone else (misunderstandings that you never knew you had come to light under someone else's questioning), (iii) no two people solve the same problem the same way, in a group you may discover new and more efficient ways to solve the same problem, (iv) seeing that others also struggle with this material helps to put your own level of understanding in a better perspective and will hopefully reduce some of your anxiety, (v) in making the homework assignments, I assume that you will be working in groups.
      The course Discussion Board is a useful place to advertise and find a study group. Even if no one has posted, that doesn't mean no one is looking. If you can not find a study group, e-mail me or the course e-mail list.

Discussion Sections: Discussion sections will be made up of mainly worked homework questions and quizzes, with the occasional group worksheet. Your class participation in the homework presentation and your performance on the quizzes will be graded, so quiz section is key in your grade. The quizzes will assess how well you understand the topics from the previous Wednesday, Friday, and Monday. They will be 15-20 minutes in length and no calculators or study aides are allowed.

Tests: There will be three midterms in Discussion Sections throughout the semester, and the Final Exam on December 12th is two hours long. Again, no calculators or study aides will be allowed.

Grading Scheme: (subject to minor tinkering)

• In-class presentations and homework notebooks: 10%
• Quizzes: 10%
• Midterm 1: 12%
• Midterm 2: 14%
• Midterm 3: 14%
• Final Exam: 40%

Help and Office Hours:
      I will hold regular office hours this semester. On Mondays, I will hold office hours from 12:40-2:10 in my office, LN 2233. On Wednesdays, I will hold my office hours from 4:40-6:10 in the Smith Hall common area. If these times are not convenient, I would be glad to meet with you some other time. Please contact me by e-mail at chanusa@math.binghamton.edu with some times that you are free. My schedule this semester can be found here. You should always feel welcome to ask questions in class. I will hold extra office hours before the midterms and the final. (Psst! Say no to the part about the carrier pigeons!)

Cheating/Plagiarism:
DON'T DO IT! Both receiving and supplying the answers on a quiz or exam is cheating. I take cheating very seriously. If you cheat, you will receive a zero for the quiz/exam and I will report you to the Academic Honesty Committee. If you cheat twice, you will receive a zero for the class. Please do realize that working together on homework is not cheating.