Math 150B Syllabus
Spring, 2009

 

 


Textbook:        Calculus by Stewart, 6th edition

Objective:        To Cover Chapters 7—12

Graphic calculators needed


Homework:    Book written assignments
                        
WebWork online assignments
                         No credit after deadline

 

See WebWork Instructions in footnote

 

Required Written Work/Test Format:

· Be neat

· Plenty space for margin

· Double space

· Single column

· Start every sentence with a new line and proper indent

· Reasoning is more important than answer

· Every line of work must be justified by adequate reasoning

 

Tests:                  2/6, 2/27, 3/20, 4/17
                          100 points each
                          Closed-book
                          The worst test score is to be dropped
                          Absolutely no make-up test

 

For a Sample Final Exam, goto http://www.csun.edu/math/150B.html
Final exam:
       Friday, May 15, 9:00 - 11:00 am
                          200 points
                          Cumulative
                          Closed-book

 

Grading:              homework    100                A:   85% or better
                            
3 best tests     300                B:   70% or better
                             final exam       200               C:   60% or better
                               total             600                D:   50% or better

 

WebWork Instructions

● Go to https://webwork.csun.edu/

● (The first time you visit this page, read and download for printing: "First Steps for Students," and then go back to the initial page.)

● Choose this class.

● Log in. (Name is your CSUN email address without @csun.edu and Password is your nine digit CSUN id_number.)

● Select the problem set you want to work on, and click on "Download Hardcopy for Selected Sets."

● Print out the problem set.

● Log out.

● When you are ready to submit your answers, log into this class again.

● Click on the name of the current problem set.

● Click on a problem.

● Type in your answer and click on "Submit Answers." (If you have a mistake, you can put in a new answer immediately or you can put in a new answer later after you have reworked the problem.)

● Click on the next problem, and continue as above.

● When you are done, log out. (You can log in again at any later time before the due date if you didn't finish or if you want to change something.)