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==Course information==

* See the [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_syllabus.pdf syllabus] for general information and the schedule of readings.
* Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. and Thursdays, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m., in W-1-44.
* Textbook: Gregory Hartman, ''APEX Calculus,'' Version 3.0 (see below).
* Instructor: [http://www.math.umb.edu/~jackson Steven Jackson].
* Office: [http://www.math.umb.edu/contact/office-maps/office-Jackson.html S-3-82]
* Office hours: by appointment.
* E-mail: [mailto:jackson@math.umb.edu jackson@math.umb.edu].
* Telephone: (617) 287-6469.

==Textbook==

The textbook may be downloaded in PDF form, free of charge, using the following links:
* [https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B2Pdg3LqVPNPdlMxbzNmbnhuMmc Volume 1]
* [https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B2Pdg3LqVPNPWkR5LTFQc2NBQzg Volume 2]
* [https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B2Pdg3LqVPNPdVUzejRlek1zZEE Volume 3]
(Note that these are the "small" versions. If you want the versions containing interactive graphics - potentially entertaining but not really necessary - or if you wish to obtain all three volumes in one large file, please visit [http://www.apexcalculus.com/ http://www.apexcalculus.com/].)

In addition, inexpensive bound hardcopies are available from Amazon. If you wish to obtain one, please search for "APEX Calculus" and be sure to get Version 3.0. (Please note that while we will be using all three volumes, the bulk of the course material comes from Volume 2.)

==Important dates==

* Weekly quizzes happen on Tuesdays during the last fifteen minutes of class. The first quiz is on Tuesday, February 2.
* First midterm: Tuesday, March 8.
* Second midterm: Tuesday, April 12.
* Final exam: TBA.

==How to use this page==

Below you will find links to the weekly assignment pages. Each of these pages
is editable by anyone in the class, so apart from telling you what problems to
work on they are excellent spaces in which to ask questions. (If you are very
shy you may ask your questions privately, either by [mailto:jackson@math.umb.edu email]
or in person. But we will all work more efficiently if you ask them on
the wiki, so that each question only needs to be answered once.) It is also
extremely helpful to try to answer questions posed by other students. I will
monitor these pages to ensure that no wrong answers go uncorrected.

If you are not already familiar with them, you may wish to read about
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup wiki markup] and
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:MATH#Typesetting_of_mathematical_formulae typesetting mathematics].
Also, you may wish to add this page and the assignment pages to your
[[Special:Watchlist|watchlist]]
using the link in the upper right corner of each page, then change your
[[Special:Preferences|preferences]]
to enable e-mail notifications; this way you will know about page activity
without constantly re-checking all the pages.

==Weekly assignments==

* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 1|Assignment 1]], due Tuesday, February 2.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 2|Assignment 2]], due Tuesday, February 9.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 3|Assignment 3]], due Tuesday, February 16.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 4|Assignment 4]], due Tuesday, February 23.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 5|Assignment 5]], due Tuesday, March 1.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 6|Assignment 6]], due Tuesday, March 8.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 7|Assignment 7]], due Tuesday, March 22.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 8|Assignment 8]], due Tuesday, March 29.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 9|Assignment 9]], due Tuesday, April 5.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 10|Assignment 10]], due Tuesday, April 12.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 11|Assignment 11]], due Tuesday, April 19.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 12|Assignment 12]], due Tuesday, April 26.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 13|Assignment 13]], due Tuesday, May 3.
* [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 14|Assignment 14]], due Thursday, May 10.

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 ==Final Study Group==
-Hello everyone from Calculus II with Professor Steven Jackson. My name is James Austin Hill (I sat in the front row of our section, third column from the door). I'm meeting with a group of students from other Calculus II sections on every day from Tuesday through Thursday from 8AM till 9 or 10PM and on Friday from 8AM until the final exam period at 3PM. We will be meeting either on the 3rd Floor of the Integrated Science Complex or in the old Science Building on the 2nd Floor in Room 65. We might change locations each day or at different times during the day, so text me if you want to join us. Anyone who wishes to come is welcome, and anyone who wants to come should not feel obligated to be there for the entire length of time listed above. Also, for anyone who wants to come to campus and lives on the South Shore, I live in Weymouth and would be more than willing coordinate for carpooling. My phone number is 617-827-4606.
+Hello everyone from Calculus II with Professor Steven Jackson. My name is James Austin Hill (I sat in the front row of our section, third column from the door). I'm meeting with a group of students from other Calculus II sections on every day from Tuesday through Thursday from 8AM till 9 or 10PM and on Friday from 8AM until the final exam period at 3PM. We will be meeting either on the 3rd Floor of the Integrated Science Complex or in the old Science Building on the 2nd Floor in Room 65. We might change locations each day or at different times during the day, so text me if you want to join us. Anyone who wishes to come is welcome, and anyone who wants to come should not feel obligated to be there for the entire length of time listed above. Also, for anyone who wants to come to campus and lives on the South Shore, I live in Weymouth and would be more than willing to coordinate for carpooling. My phone number is 617-827-4606.
 Good luck!<br>

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 * [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 13|Assignment 13]], due Tuesday, May 3.
 * [[Math 141, Spring 2016, Assignment 14|Assignment 14]], due Thursday, May 10.
+==Final Study Group==
+Hello everyone from Calculus II with Professor Steven Jackson. My name is James Austin Hill (I sat in the front row of our section, third column from the door). I'm meeting with a group of students from other Calculus II sections on every day from Tuesday through Thursday from 8AM till 9 or 10PM and on Friday from 8AM until the final exam period at 3PM. We will be meeting either on the 3rd Floor of the Integrated Science Complex or in the old Science Building on the 2nd Floor in Room 65. We might change locations each day or at different times during the day, so text me if you want to join us. Anyone who wishes to come is welcome, and anyone who wants to come should not feel obligated to be there for the entire length of time listed above. Also, for anyone who wants to come to campus and lives on the South Shore, I live in Weymouth and would be more than willing coordinate for carpooling. My phone number is 617-827-4606.
+Good luck!<br>
+James Austin Hill

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 No books, notes, or electronic devices are permitted in exams.  However, each exam will include a list of useful formulas, which you can find in advance below.  (Anything you think you might need which does not appear on the appropriate formula sheet should be committed to memory.)
-* [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_exam1_formulas.pdf First midterm]
+* [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_exam1_formulas.pdf First midterm].
-* [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_exam2_formulas.pdf Second midterm]
+* [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_exam2_formulas.pdf Second midterm].
+* [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_final_formulas.pdf Final exam].  (See also the [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_final_practice_problems.pdf practice problems], their [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_final_practice_answers.pdf answers], and their full [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_final_practice_solutions.pdf solutions].)
 ==How to use this page==

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 * [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_exam1_formulas.pdf First midterm]
+* [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_exam2_formulas.pdf Second midterm]
 ==How to use this page==

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 * Second midterm: Tuesday, April 12.
 * Final exam: TBA.
+==Formula sheets for exams==
+No books, notes, or electronic devices are permitted in exams.  However, each exam will include a list of useful formulas, which you can find in advance below.  (Anything you think you might need which does not appear on the appropriate formula sheet should be committed to memory.)
+* [http://cartan.math.umb.edu/classes/s16_ma141/s16_ma141_exam1_formulas.pdf First midterm]
 ==How to use this page==

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 In addition, inexpensive bound hardcopies are available from Amazon.  If you wish to obtain one, please search for "APEX Calculus" and be sure to get Version 3.0.  (Please note that while we will be using all three volumes, the bulk of the course material comes from Volume 2.)
+==Scoring system==
+Each quiz and each exam question will be scored on a five-point scale, as follows:
+* 0/5: No response, or completely irrelevant response.
+* 1/5: Response contains relevant words or symbols, but is essentially gibberish.
+* 2/5: Not gibberish, but not on the right track either.  Student should not proceed alone, but should speak to some knowledgeable person in order to get back on track.
+* 3/5: On the right track but not there yet.  Student should spend more time thinking about this problem, or risk leaving behind a dangerous gap.
+* 4/5: Substantially correct and complete process, but with execution errors.
+* 5/5: Good enough.  Student should move on and learn new things.  May still contain small errors not germane to the point of the problem; these should be pointed out in comments even though no points are taken off.
+This sounds clear-cut but in fact it involves some subjective judgment on the part of your instructor.  ''If your assigned score is within +/- 1 of what most instructors think it should be, then the system is working as intended.''  Errors of this size will almost always average to no effect by the end of the term.  Please be kind and patient with your instructor, just as your instructor is kind and patient with you: people have a finite capacity for decision making, and expecting perfect judgment every time is not realistic.
 ==Important dates==