VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

MATH 142: Calculus 1B (2/3)

Course Information 2014
COURSE COORDINATOR
Dr Peter Donelan
CO 356, 463-5659, peter.donelan@vuw.ac.nz
The course coordinator has overall responsibility for the course.
LECTURERS
Dr Peter Donelan (weeks 7-12)
Dr Hung Pham (weeks 1-6)

CO 441, 463-5659, peter.donelan@vuw.ac.nz

CO 440, 463-6732, hung.pham@vuw.ac.nz

COURSE ADMINISTRATOR
Dr Steven Archer
CO 363, 463-5233 x8316, steven.archer@vuw.ac.nz
The course administrator deals with all day-to-day organization and enquiries about the course.
TRIMESTER DATES: 14 July 14 November 2014. The course has a final examination that may
be held at any time during the examination period 20 October 14 November.
Withdrawal dates: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/admisenrol/payments/withdrawlsrefunds.aspx
LECTURES
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8.008.50am in Maclaurin MCLT 101.
TUTORIALS
You are required to sign up for a tutorial via https://signups.victoria.ac.nz and you are strongly
recommended to attend each week. Tutorials will start on Monday 21 July (week 2).
Times and rooms are:
Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

10.0010.50
3.104.00
3.104.00
4.105.00
4.105.00
3.104.00
9.0010.50

MY 403
MY 107
CO 118
CO 118
CO 118
MY 806
AM 104

EXPECTED WORKLOAD
Students should expect to spend around 8-10 hours a week studying for this course 3 hrs lectures,
1 hr tutorial, 4 hrs reading, preparation and assignment work. Time will also be required for revision.
COURSE CONTENT
0. Brief review of differentiation.
1. Integration: definition, properties, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
2. Methods of integration, applications, improper integrals.
3. Differential equations; sequences & series; polar coordinates; functions of 2 variables.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To learn, understand and put into practice methods of calculus.
To set out clear, logical mathematical arguments.
To develop skills in modeling and solving real world problems using calculus.
To consolidate and develop skills in algebraic and symbolic manipulation.
Introduction to the Maple computer algebra system.
CONSULTATION AND HELPDESK
Help with lecture notes and assignment questions is available at the Mathematics Helpdesk at the
times on the noticeboard opposite CO 358 and at http://msor.victoria.ac.nz/Main/MathHelpDesk.
There is also a course forum where you can post queries and help other students with queries.

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TEXTBOOK
The textbook is Anton, Bivens and Davis, Calculus (Early Transcendentals), 10th edition.
Purchase is recommended, though not essential. Previous editions of the book may be used,
though detailed references to pages or chapters may have changed. The same book is also used
for MATH 243 Multivariable Calculus. The book is available from the Victoria University Book
Centre and other bookshops. The library has copies of the 8th and earlier editions on closed
reserve and 3-day loan.
CALCULATORS
You may use standard scientific or graphical calculators (eg Casio fx-9750g, HP 39g, TI 83+) for
assignments and in the test and examination. You cannot use CAS (computer algebra style)
calculators in exams.
ASSIGNMENTS AND TUTORIAL EXERCISES
Assignment sheets will be handed out weekly. Copies will also be available from the course
webpage. They include:
Tutorial exercises: an opportunity for you to learn and practise techniques before tackling the
assignment. We recommend that you look at and attempt at least some of the tutorial exercises
before you go to a tutorial. Tutors will encourage you to do the exercises yourselves, working with
other students and will provide help when required. Tutorial exercises are not to be handed in.
Assignments: these are your homework. They form part of the mandatory course requirements
(see below). Expect them to take 2-3 hours each to complete. If you find they typically take longer
then you may want to make use of the Helpdesk or seek advice from the lecturers.
You may work on assignments with other students, for example in study groups. The library has
group study rooms that can be booked for up to 2 hours a day. However, if you do work with
others, do not produce a group version of the answers but write up your own assignment answers.
Never simply copy someone elses assignment, even in part. Whether you are working alone or
with others, you will usually need to do some working in rough first.

Include all relevant working in your good copy as this is as important as the answer itself an
answer alone is unlikely to gain full marks.

Explain your reasoning dont just write a sequence of equations or formulas. Good
mathematics requires clear and logical expression in English as well as mathematical symbols.

Assignments should be neat and legible.

Handing in and collecting your assignment.

Please staple the assignment as a coversheet with your name and student ID on your
assignment. There is a stapler by the hand-in boxes. Post the completed assignment in the
MATH 142 hand-in box, on Cotton level 3, by 1pm on the due date. Do not fold your
assignment as this can block the hand-in box. The boxes are ordered alphabetically by family
name please make sure you use the right box.
Assignments will be collected by markers (senior mathematics students) at the due time. Your
marker will indicate on your assignment where questions are right or wrong, give relevant
feedback and a total mark out of 20.
Marked assignments are available from the school office CO 358 at designated times usually
from the Tuesday after they were due in. (http://msor.victoria.ac.nz/Main/MarkedAssignments)
Worked solutions will be available from the website.
MAPLE AND THE COMPUTER LABORATORY
All MSOR students have access to the Schools computer network (separate from SCS) and you
should register for this during the first 3 weeks of the trimester. MATH 142 will include an
introduction to Maple 16 (http://www.maplesoft.com/), a computer algebra software package
valuable in several mathematics courses. It is available to use in the Macintosh computer
laboratory Cotton CO 431. Maple does not directly form part of the assessment for the course.

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TESTS & EXAMINATIONS
Core-skills Inquiry (background self-assessment test) available on Blackboard to be taken in
Week 1. These will test your preparedness for the course and indicate areas in which you may
need to do some extra preparation.
A 1.5-hour terms test from 6.15 7.45pm in week 8-12 September (day/rooms to be advised).
A 3-hour end-of-course examination covering the whole course in the Study/Examination period
20 October 14 November.
MANDATORY COURSE REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible to pass the course, you must:
By noon on Friday July 18, take the online Core-skills Inquiry via Blackboard. Students who fail
to do so will be notified prior to being disenrolled from the course. Special consideration will be
given for students that enroll after this date.
By noon on Wednesday June 16, sign up for a tutorial, at https://signups.victoria.ac.nz/
Hand in reasonable attempts to at least 7 out of 10 assignments.
Sit the terms test.
Sit the final examination.
FINAL GRADES
Your final grade for the course will be determined by:
A mark for assignments: one for each satisfactory attempt handed in on time, up to a maximum
of 10 (an assignment is generally regarded as satisfactory if you get at least 8 out of 20).
A mark out of 30 for the Terms Test.
A mark out of 60 for the final examination. A student whose final exam mark (scaled to 90%) is
better than the combination of examination and terms test may count the exam only.
If you have met the mandatory course requirements, the grades are assigned as follows:
Pass:
A+
90-100%
A
85-89%
A80-84%
B+
75-79%
B
70-74%
B65-69%
C+
60-64%
C
55-59%
C50-54%
Fail:
D
40-49%
E
0-39%
A student who gains an overall mark of 50% or more but fails to meet the mandatory requirements
will be given a K fail grade.
PENALTIES
Late assignments will not generally be counted for assessment purposes (unless by prior special
arrangement or because of illness or other special circumstances) but may be used to meet
mandatory course requirements.
WEB PAGE
Information, exercise sheets, lecture notes and a course forum will be available online at
http://msor.victoria.ac.nz/Courses/MATH142_2014T2/WebHome
NOTICEBOARD
Notices are posted on the MATH noticeboard opposite the School office CO 358 and on the course
homepage.
CLASS REPRESENTATIVE
A class representative will be elected in the first week of the trimester. Their name and contact
details will be available to VUWSA, the Course Coordinator and the class. The class
representative provides a communication channel to liaise with the Course Coordinator on behalf
of students.
UNIVERSITY POLICIES ON PLAGIARISM, CONDUCT, GRIEVANCES, DISABILITIES AND
STUDENT SUPPORT
Students should familiarize themselves with the University's policies on these and other matters.
For details, see the webpage http://msor.victoria.ac.nz/Main/StudentInformation - Policies