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MA113 \hfill  Information for instructors \\
 Spring 2002 \hfill Course coordinator: Russell Brown
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\hd{Textbook}  The textbook for this course will be  \em  Calculus,
 3rd  edition, \rm by James Stewart, ISBN 0-534-21798-2 \\

\hd{Syllabus} 
A course calendar with suggested problems is available. You
may duplicate the version I have provided to Elizabeth. Each
instructor should also provide an individual syllabus giving name,
contact information and office hours and additional information about
grading policy. The course calendar and a sample  syllabus are
available at http://www.ms.uky.edu/$\sim$rbrown/courses/ma113cc.s.02 as tex 
documents. I expect that each instructor will prepare an additional
page that details grading policies and gives their name, office hours
etc. 

The University Ombudperson has made several requests for syllabi in
all courses. 1. Syllabus should describe curving policy. This is
apparently in response to instructors who used ``negative curves''. 2.
Describe carefully what is meant by an excused absence, if attendance
will be used in grading. Please see the ombud's memo for the full
story.

\hd{Math resource center} The mathematics resource center or
Mathskeller opened last December in room 65 in the basement of the
Classroom Building.  All teaching assistants for MA113 are asked to
schedule at least one of their office hours in this facility (and a
total of three office hours).  When the schedule is fixed, it will be
circulated to all students in MA113 and 114. It is hoped that the
extra work involved in holding office hours outside of the department
will be balanced by having a quieter offices to work in the rest of
the day.

\hd{Pretest} Some (but not all) of our problems in calculus
are due to the poor preparation of our students.  I would like to try
to administer KEMTP to all students in their first recitation. 
More details will follow. As an alternative, you may ask that students
take this test online and there is mechanism for you to collect their
score. 

\hd{Exams} There will be three exams and a final. These exams are
scheduled in the evening at the times indicated in the common exam
schedule.  Rooms for exams will be assigned after classes begin. I
would like to suggest that the instructors for MA113 prepare common
exams for the day sections.  This will probably work best if common
homework assignments are made in all classes so as to minimize
surprises at exam time.

Please emphasize to your students that they should try to clear their
schedule for these exams.  Students are allowed to register for a
course that meets at the same time as a common exam. If an exam and
course conflict, then the instructor is required to give an alternate
exam. See p.~19 of the printed schedule book for details.

Instructors in evening classes generally give their exams during a
regularly scheduled class meeting. 

\hd{Homework}  I expect that we will have undergraduate paper graders for
MA113. The problems in the syllabus are a guide to the topics to be
covered. Assignments to be graded should be taken from nearby even
numbered problems.

The quality of graders is uneven. You should expect to spend some time
providing guidance to your grader. 

\hd{MA193}  In addition, to the 4 hours of credit
for MA113, the department offers one additional hour of credit as
MA193 on a pass/fail basis. Instructors may set their own grading
policy for MA193. I suggest that students be passed in MA193 if they
pass calculus and if they have no more than two unexcused absences.
Thus, a student with three or more unexcused absences will fail. Below
are a few commons questions about MA193.  

{\em Must a student take MA193?  }\rm  No, unless the student is in
MathExcel.  MathExcel students must take MA193.

{\em What section of MA193 should a student register in? } Students
should register in same section number for both MA193 and MA113. If a
student drops or changes sections of MA113, they should also drop or
change sections of MA193. Instructors and teaching assistants should
check their MA193 rolls near the end of the semester. If there is a 
name that is unfamiliar, please try to determine if the student is 
registered in another section of MA113. 

{\em  Can MA193 be repeated?  } Yes, though there is little benefit
to this.

\em  Can MA193 be taken without MA113? \rm  Yes, though it is not
recommended. If the suggested grading is used, such students will fail
MA193. 

\hd{Suggested grading for MA113} 
Students need 90\% for an A, 80\% for a B, 70\% for a C and 60\% for a D. 
Grades should be based on three hour exams, quizzes,  homework,  and
longer assignments. 
\begin{center}
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 3 midterm exams  &  300\\
Final exam   & 100  \\
Homework, quizzes, etc. & 150 \\ 
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TOTAL & 550 
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\hd {Problems} Students should try to resolve
problems with their instructor and/or teaching assistant. If this is not
unsuccessful, the departmental ombudperson, \Ombud,  or the
university ombudperson. If you have complaints about the syllabus,
please let me know. We will need a new course coordinator next fall. 

\hd{Calculators} Most students are familiar with graphing calculators such
as the TI-82. These calculators allow students to graph functions,
solve equations, evaluate derivatives and definite integrals
numerically.  Elizabeth has TI-82 calculators that each instructor may
check out. I suggest that students be allowed to use such calculators
on exams. Test questions should be written so that it is clear whether
a numerical answer from the calculator is acceptable or if students
must carry out the computation by hand. In addition, some students
will have machines that can carry out symbolic computations. I suggest
that students not be allowed to use such machines on exams. Examples
of such machines include the TI-89, TI-92, the HP48 and, of course,
laptop computers.

\hd{Computer labs} The math department has a computer lab, Inslab,
that instructors may use. See http://www.ms.uky.edu/$\sim$inslab for
more information. This lab have Maple and Matlab available. The
university also maintains numerous computer labs where students may
use Maple and other mathematical software. These labs contain
classrooms that may be reserved.

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{\small Russell Brown \\ \today }
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