Calculus II

Prof. Sara Marie Bodenstein

[email protected]
Calculus Early Transcendentals Chapters 7-11, by James Stewart
Course Description
This course largely expands on the subjects taught in Calculus I. We use limits in new ways. We learn the derivatives
and integration of transcendental functions. We expand methods of integration. We differentiate and integrate with
polar and parametric equations. The most diverse concept we approach is testing for convergence of infinite series. The
course presents students with subjects in Calculus that are on the BC Advanced Placement exams.
Calculator
You will be expected to be able to learn particular calculator skills appropriate for the AP Calculus exam. For
each quiz, test, or exam you will be told whether or not a calculator will be permitted. Occasionally, you may
be allowed the use of a non-graphing calculator during a quiz, test, or exam. Make sure you have access to
one in working order. Using a calculator when it is not permitted, or using a calculator in other than standard
ways constitutes cheating.

Grades
6 weeks 12 weeks Semester
 Average score on Standards 90% 80% 60%
 Homework 5% 5% 5%
 Participation 5% 5% 5%
 Midterm 10% 10%
 Final Exam 20%
Grading periods: grades are cumulative.

Standard Average: Quizzes and Tests

1. I am a “Standards-based grader”. I have provided a list of the standards that you will be expected to
learn in the course.
2. Starred standards (*) weigh twice as much as a non-starred standard in the gradebook.
3. The schedule for Standards lectures, homework, and assessments will be provided on schedule in the
shared folder.
4. In class quizzes and in class tests form your standard average.
5. QUIZZES: There will be a one to five question quiz for every standard usually at the beginning of the
class day after the section is completed (meaning almost every class period). The second column in the
document Three Weeks at a Glance indicates when the quizzes for each section are scheduled.
6. If you miss a quiz, you need to arrange for a makeup quiz within seven days (I understand there may be
extenuating circumstances).
If it is a planned absence, you are not required to take the quiz before you leave, but you may choose to.
You will be expected to be right on track when you get back and take that day’s quiz.
If it is an unplanned absence, you need to address the plan to get back on track as soon as you are back on
campus for a school day. Your first day back, in class, you will be expected to take the first quiz you missed in
your absence. The remainder of the missed quizzes need to be arranged.
7. Be on time. This means be in your seat with your desk clear except pencil, eraser, (and calculator when
appropriate) before the class/test is scheduled to begin. I will provide the test and the scratch paper. Your
book bag needs to be closed and on the floor under your desk.
8. Work in pencil.
9. Show all work to receive full credit. The right answer is not enough to receive full credit. I know your
calculator can do the math. I want to know if you can. Being able to arrive at an answer without using the
process as taught, is not sufficient. Trial and error counts for nothing.
10. Circle, box, underline or otherwise clearly indicate your final answer for each problem. Use the answer
line if provided.
3 1 1
Numeric answers must be fully simplified. E.g. √ 1=1 , 2 =8 , = , cos 60 ° =
3
11.
6 2 2
12. TESTS: There will be 2-4 page test every three weeks covering the current three weeks work (though
on many levels it will be cumulative because you will be expected to use earlier material).
13. For quizzes and tests, the grade will be for each standard out of 5 points.
For standards grades, a 5 is an A+ (100%), a 4.5 is an A (90%), a 4 is a B (80%), a 3.5 is a C (70%), anything
below 3.5 demonstrates insufficient understanding of the skill and is a failing score .
14. If you are interested in knowing your test grade as a percentage, average the standard scores for the
test and divide by 0.05.

Reassessments
1. After each in-class test (except the last), you may reassess any two standards that have already been
assessed on both a quiz and a test.
2. The scheduling of this will be on the schedule document, usually two weeks after the test on Thursday
during my dorm night.
3. If you are reassessing a standard, you must turn in five practice problems for the standard that were
not in the homework assignment for the standard, nor examples in the book or the lecture. They are due at
the beginning of class (no exceptions) on the day as scheduled on the document Three Weeks at a Glance
(usually the Wednesday before the reassessments).
4. Reassessments will be at 8:00 pm on my dorm night (usually Thursday).
5. You cannot wear clothes to reassessments that are not allowed during the school day. No pajamas,
no shorts, no sandals, etc.

Homework
1. Homework/Quiz calendars will be posted in the class folder every three weeks. Homework is due the
day of the quiz assessment for the standard.
2. Grading Homework: Everyone begins with a 100% on their homework grade.
Homework is due at the beginning of class on the date of the quiz for the same standard.
Remote students need to turn in their homework before the beginning of the class period in my email inbox.
Homework will earn either -, (check), or + and is valued as follows:
- Indicates insufficient real math done on an insufficient number of
problems. Deducts two percentage points from your homework grade.
 Indicates at least 2/3 of the problems done. Deducts one percentage point from the homework grade.
+ Indicates homework done completely. Homework grade remains unchanged.
3. Late homework: If, for any reason, you do not have your homework complete and with you at the
beginning of class, I will mark a “-“ in the grade book. If by the beginning of the next class period you show
me the complete assignment, I will upgrade the minus to a (check).
4. Homework will be graded as indicated above. Late homework, at best, can earn a (check).
5. Write out the question—number and problem (you don’t have to write out the word problems).
6. Circle, box, underline or otherwise clearly indicate your final answer for each problem.

Tutoring
1. If at any point your grade is less than 75%, I may require you to leave your homework with me each
day. I will check it and leave notes and return it before the end of the day. The grading process does
not change, but it provides more feedback. This will continue until you improve your grade.
2. If at any point your grade is less than 70%, I REQUIRE that you schedule a regular weekly time for one-
on-one tutoring, either in my office wearing a mask, in a classroom, or on TEAMS/ZOOM. My schedule
is described in this document and is posted on my door.
3. At any point, you may choose to schedule a single tutoring time or regular weekly times with me.
4. PALS: At each grading period, the academic committee may choose to require you see a PALS tutor for
math support.
You are not required to have an academic committee recommendation to choose to get PALS tutoring
help.
5. Giving or receiving tutoring is supportive of your participation grade.

Participation
Each student has participation based on interaction in class that is 5% of your total grade.
 Strong participation has a foundation of 90%.
 Silent attendance but attentiveness has a foundation of 80%.
 Distraction has a foundation of 70%.
 Sleeping brings down your participation grade by 2% each class period it is observed.
To improve your participation grade:
 Answer problems on the board (when you work a problem on the board, please write your name on
the back of MY ANSWER KEY for the quiz).
 Help other students.
 Get help from me during my office hours or dorm hours.
 Get help from a PALS tutor.

Midterm Final Exam

Your Midterm and Final Exam are cumulative. The problems will be multiple skill. It does not affect your
standards average. The midterm is worth 10 % and the final is worth 20% of your grade. The Midterm will be
the second Saturday test. The Midterm will be in class and will be 50 minutes, so 4 pages. The Final Exam is
typically about ten pages. There are not corrections, nor reassessments for the Midterm or Final, but there will
be a curve.

Bonus points
Bonus points are for rewarding extra effort and attention to detail. The first person to hand me (or put under
my door) a note with your name and the word “Llama” will earn a bonus point.
If you uniquely demonstrate understanding beyond your peers, you may earn a bonus point.
Occasionally bonus work is announced during class, usually due the next class period.
Throughout the semester, there are a variety of math competitions. Participation in the contests will earn
bonus points. Doing well on the contests will earn more bonus points.
Bonus points are accumulated through the semester and added to the final exam grade.
I am a “standards-based grader”. Coming to me at the end of the semester and asking for additional bonus
work to improve your grade will not yield results. All bonus work is available equally to the entire class.
Academic Honesty
 It is expected that on homework you will get help from me, other students, and other faculty. But you must
do the work and show the work on paper.
 It is expected that you will do quizzes, tests, and exams by your own knowledge without unauthorized
foreknowledge of the content. On these, you must do the work and show the work on paper.
 If you are caught cheating, you will get a zero if it is a quiz, be docked at least a letter grade for a test (you
may fail or get a zero), and perhaps may be docked a letter grade for the class (you may fail). You may be
sent home or not invited to return.
Notation
 Give exact answers whenever possible, not decimal approximations or rounded numbers.
 If only a decimal answer is possible, it should be accurate to 3 decimal places, truncated or rounded (or
according to direction).
 Reduce fractions to lowest terms.
 Improper fractions are preferred over the decimal approximation or the compound fraction.
 Use common, irrational, or transcendental number symbols instead of decimal approximations.
 Work in the angle notation provided/requested. If no angle notation is designated, you may choose either.

Course Outline
subject to change, with notice
The first six weeks we will cover Sat, Feb 1 Test 1
various integration skills and
applications
In the second six weeks we will Fri, Feb 21 Test 2
cover differential equations, Fri, March 14 Test 3
parametric equations, and polar
Fri, March 28 Midterm
functions
In the last grading period we will Tues, April 18 Test 4
cover infinite sequences and series Thurs, May 9 Test 5
Final Exams May 19-23 TBA
Math finals are usually on Friday