• Qualification through placement     or    a grade of C or better in MATH 141.
• You must have a USC Math Placement Test (MPT) code on your USC academic record. Thus you must take the MPT to get a score, which translates into a MPT code, which will be updated as you successfully pass math classes.
• The USC MPT homepage is https://assess.math.sc.edu/ .
• Acceptable MPT codes for Math 142 are M10 to M39 on exam version Pre C.
• See https://assess.math.sc.edu/public/courseMPTtable.html for a brief summary of acceptable MPT codes.

• The linked Schedule charts out the when and where of our meetings (lectures, recitations, Maple labs, SI sessions) as well as office hours for Prof. Girardi and the TA.
• The Lectures, Recitations, and Maple Lab are mandatory. The SI Sessions are optional but highly recommended.
• USC policy states that: Enrollment in a course obligates the student not only for prompt completion of all work assigned but also for punctual and regular attendance and for participation in whatever class discussion may occur. It is the student's responsibility to keep informed concerning all assignments made. Absences, whether excused or unexcused, do not absolve the student from this responsibility. See "Grading Policies" under "Undergraduate Academic Regulations" of the "USC Undergraduate Studies Bulletin" at http://bulletin.sc.edu .
• USC policy states that: Absence from more than 10 percent of the scheduled class sessions, whether excused or unexcused, is excessive and the instructor may choose to exact a grade penalty for such absences". See "Attendance Policy" under "Undergraduate Academic Regulations" of the "USC Undergraduate Studies Bulletin" at http://bulletin.sc.edu .
• Students are expected to attend the entire class meeting: late arrivals and early depatures disrupt the class. Repeated late arrivals and/or early departures will not be tolerated. If you must leave class early, inform the instructor (me or the TA) before the class begins, sit near the door, and gracefully exit. If you must arrive late, discretely find an open seat (and inform the instructor before hand if you know this will happen). This procedure is out of fairness to all students in the course.
• USC posts an "Official 5-year Academic Calendar" at http://registrar.sc.edu/html/Calendar/. Exams (and there are no make-ups) might fall just before a holiday break! This webpage also has the Final Exam Schedules.
• University policy states that cellphones must be turned off during class meeting times. To this I add that cellphones must also not be on your desk top nor you lap. Talk to the professor if you feel you need an exceptation to this policy (e.g., a wife about to go into labor any moment but not the score of some ball game). Also, no text messaging during class and no audio recording of my lecture.

 

Instructor Info	Office	Office Hours
Professor Prof. Girardi semester schedule girardi@math.sc.edu	LC 309C	See our class Schedule. Also by prior appt.
Teaching Assistant (TA) Ann Clifton aclifton@math.sc.edu	LC 107 B 7-7425	See our class Schedule. Also by prior appt.
SI   Leader Tibra Wheeler wheeleta@email.sc.edu	none	See our class Schedule for SI session meeting times. An SI leader does not hold office hours nor offers tutoring outside of ths SI sessions. An SI leader's responsibilities are to hold the SI sessions and to come to our main lectures.
Offering free tutoring to USC students is the Math Tutoring Center   (http://www.math.sc.edu/mathlab.html), a.k.a. Math Lab, located in LC 105.
See the    course homepage    for other    Sources of Help.

• Prof. Girardi will present new material (over the next section(s)-to-be-covered), answer questions on the material, and work examples.
• The Course Outline below indicates the order in which we will cover sections from the book. The Homework page contains course handouts (e.g. topic handout and lecture notes) by section. Before each lecture, check out what are the next 2 sections to be covered, print off any handouts for those sections from the Homework page, read the handouts as well as the sections in the textbook, and bring the handouts to class.
• Homework (subject to variation)
  • Homework is (usually) posted by section on the course homepage. Once Prof. Girardi has finished her lectures for a section, the homework for that section is due at the next Recitation Class. It is your responsibility to have the homework done by the next Recitation Class. If ever in doubt of what is due by the next Recitation Class, please just ask Prof. Girardi at the end of class.
  • These homework sets will usually consist of odd numbered problems, to which there are answers in the back of the book. Homework is not to be handed in for I believe this is your place to learn (and thus you may be making some small errors). However, often, quiz and exam problems will be a slight variant of (or maybe even exactly) these problems.
• Main Lecture Quizzes Usually just an attendence quiz.

• The TA will answer your questions from the homework sets due for that Recitation Class.
• The first person arriving to the classroom should write-up on the chalkboard the sections to be covered for that day. Then students should write the homework problem numbers for those problems they would like the TA to discuss. The TA will handle as many problems for which there is time.
• Before each Recitation Class, give the homework sets a serious effort: have most problems finished and have your questions prepared.
• Recitation Quizzes    (closed notes/books, no group quiz)
  Usually there will be a Recitation Quiz covering the homework sets due for the Recitation Class. You must take Recitation Quizzes by yourself (i.e. no group quizzes). Most of the time, the Recitation Quizzes are highly based on the corresponding homework sets so if you can do the homework sets without your notes/book you should be fine on the Recitation Quizzes.
• Warning: the math 142 departmental syllabus is jammed packed. There will not be enough time for the TA to answer all your questions. So you are strongly encouraged to check out other Sources of help as listed on the Course Homepage.

• With the help of the TA, you will work through a Maple Lab. There will also be assorted Maple Lab assignments. These Maple Labs were prepared by various (not including Prof. Girardi) USC math professors. The math department's homepage for the Maple Labs, by semester terms, is at: http://www.math.sc.edu/calclab/ .
• We will do a proper subset of the Maple labs, replacing some of the Maple lab days with recitation classes. On Maple lab day, always go to the Maple lab classroom regardless if there is a Maple lab or recitation.
• Any questions about the Maple labs should be directed to the TA. If the TA does not know the answer, the TA knows the appropriate person to ask.

• Supplemental Instruction (SI) is available for this course to assist you in better understanding the course material. More information can be found at the USC website http://www.sa.sc.edu/ssc/supplementalinstruction/. The SI program provides peer-facilitated study sessions led by qualified and trained undergraduate SI Leaders who attend classes with students and encourage students to practice and discuss course concepts in sessions. Sessions are open (and free) to all students who want to improve their understanding of the material, as well as their grades. SI sessions will focus on the most recent material covered in class. Each SI Leader holds three sessions per week. Our SI Leader is listed above in the Instructor Information . You can find the SI session schedule online at http://www.sa.sc.edu/ssc/supplementalinstruction/si-schedule/ as well as on our Class Meeting Time Schedule listed on our Course Webpage. You can also contact the Student Success Center at (803) 777-0684 if you have questions about the SI session schedule.
• The SI program has had a tremendous success in increasing the course material understanding and raising the grades of students who actively take advantage of its offerings. So come to as many of these highly recommended SI classes as you need, ready with your questions for the SI Leader.

• Techniques of Integration (Sections 7.1 - 7.5, 7.8)
• Sequences (Section 11.1)
• then Exam 1
• Infinite Series (Sections 11.2 - 11.8)
• with Exam 2 sometime in midst of this hard chapter
• More on Infinite Series (Sections 11.9 - 11.11)
• Applications of the Definite Integral
  (Review of Math 141 Sections 6.1 and 6.2. Then Math 142 Sections 6.3.)
• then Exam 3
• Polar Coordinates (Sections 10.3 - 10.4)
• then the Cumulative Final Exam.

Taking a (highly recommended) glance through these chapters/sections will give a brief overview of the course.

All questions regarding grading are to be directed to Prof. Girardi (and not the TA). Prof. Girardi is glad to answer your questions over your score on your graded work but she will do so only up to 7 days from the date returned in class.

You will be given your class PIN shortly after the last day to drop without a W. It is a 3 digit number which helps Prof Girardi and the TA to quickly alphabetize the papers. (the first digit indicates your section number and the last two digits indicates your place on the roster within your section). In order to receive credit for an assignment, both your name (written legibly) and PIN must be on the paper. So PLEASE note your PIN somewhere you can find it when needed. Bring a photo ID to each exam.

Calculators are not allowed (nor needed) on the exams and quizzes. Recitation Quizzes and Hourly/Final Exams will be graded sternly and are closed books/notes.

See Course Structure for an explanation of the homework sets and quizzes. Each Recitation Quiz is worth the same amount of points (10 points). Likewise, each Main Lecture Quiz is worth the same amount of points (10 points). There will be no make-up quizzes. The University of South Carolina Bulletin states that: " Absence from more than 10 percent of the scheduled class sessions, whether excused or unexcused, is excessive and the instructor may choose to exact a grade penalty for such absences". Thus the lowest (approx./at least) 10% of your Recitation Quiz scores will be dropped. Likewise, the lowest (approx./at least) 10% of your Main Lecture Quiz scores will be dropped. No Maple Homework will be dropped and the number of points a Maple Homework is worth is based on the length of the assigment. OUR grading policy for the Maple Labs is that your Maple Lab grade will be based exclusively upon attendence to Maple Lab Days (50%) and Maple Lab Homework (50%).

There (tentativley) will be 3 equally-weighted Hourly Exams and a cumulative Final Exam. See the above Course Outline for more information. No exam score is dropped; there will be no make-up exams.

Here is how your weighted final exam score is computed.

• If 75% ≤ (your Main Lecture quiz score) ≤ 100%, then your weighted final exam score is: weighted final exam score = actual final exam score .
• If 50% ≤ (your Main Lecture quiz score) < 75%, then your weighted final exam score is: weighted final exam score = (.90) * actual final exam score .
• If 0% ≤ (your Main Lecture quiz score) < 50%, then your weighted final exam score is: weighted final exam score = (.80) * actual final exam score .

• If 75% ≤ (your Main Lecture quiz score) ≤ 100%, then your weighted final exam score = 90 % .
• If 50% ≤ (your Main Lecture quiz score) < 75%, then your weighted final exam score = (.90) * (90%) = 81 % .
• If 0% ≤ (your Main Lecture quiz score) < 50%, then your weighted final exam score = (.80) * (90%) = 72% .

Your course grade (tentatively) will be based on your higher percentage in the below 2 schemes.

	scheme 1	scheme 2
Maple Lab grade	5 %	5 %
Recitation Quizzes	15 %	15 %
Hourly Exams	60% = 3 * 20%	45% = 3* 15 %
Weighted Final Exam	20%	35 %
total	100 %	100 %

The baseline score is indicated below (these thresholds may be lowered later if appropriate).

A	B	C	D	F
90 - 100 %	80 - 89 %	70 - 79 %	60 - 69 %	below 60 %

Academic Honesty. According to the USC Student Handbook code of student academic responsibility, the first law of academic life is intellectual honesty. We expect this of all of you. If you ever have the least bit of uncertainty about the ground rules, ask for clarification. Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Violations of this policy will be dealt with according to University guidelines. A Statement of Academic Integrity can be found at http://www.sc.edu/academicintegrity.

ADA. If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Dissabilities Act and need any assistance, notify the instructor by the first class meeting after the last day to drop without a W. More information can be found at USC's Office of Student Disability Services at http://www.sa.sc.edu/sds/ .

Dates   (from the official USC Academic Calendar)
Mon	13	Jan	Classes begin
Fri	17	Jan	Last day to change a course schedule or drop a course without a W
Mon	20	Jan	No classes - Dr. Martin Luther King Service Day
Mon	3	March	Last day to drop without a WF
Sun - Sun	9-16	March	No classes - Spring Break Warning: there might be an exam the Friday before Spring Break and the are no make-up exams so prepare accordingly.
Thurs	17	April	USC Awards Day
Tue	22	April	Last day to give a quiz, test, or examination. See "Examination Policies" under "Undergraduate Academic Regulations" of the "USC Undergraduate Studies Bulletin" at http://bulletin.sc.edu .
Mon	28	April	Last day of classes
Tue	29	April	Reading Day
Tue	6	May	Cumulative Final Exam at 9:00 - 11:30am in LC 113

Learning Outcomes: for learning to come out.

Findable from URL:    http://people.math.sc.edu/girardi/w142.html/