| Goals: |
- To introduce the calculus and applications in a biological context.
- To develop understanding of the role that models play in the life sciences
- To develop conceptual and quantitative skills
- To improve mathematical reading ability
- To improve mathematical writing ability
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| Instructor: | Dr M-G
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| Office: | 202B Love (in
which I hold office hours)
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| Phone: | (850 64)4 2580
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| Email: | mmestert@mailer.fsu.edu
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Class meets: |
in 107 LOV,
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00-12:15 and Fridays 11:15-12:05
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| Credit: | 4 semester hours |
| Text: | None |
| Notes: | Biocalculus: Lectures on calculus for life
science majors. Available online (if you own or can borrow a Macintosh
computer with Mathematica
and Microsoft Word 5.1 installed) or on reserve at the Dirac Science
Library. Problems are included |
| Format: | Broadly speaking, we will read the lecture notes
and solve (a selection of) the related problems. Each period, one or two
lectures and problem sets (or parts thereof) will be assigned as homework
for the following period. It will always be assumed in class that you have
both read (not necessarily assimilated) the notes and at least attempted
(not necessarily completed) the problems |
| Eligibility: | Is your responsibility.
You must have the prerequisites listed below, and must never have completed
with a grade of C- or better a course for which MAC 2311 is a (stated or
implied) prerequisite. If you have prior credit in college calculus, you
must reduce the credit for MAC 2311 accordingly
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| Prerequisites: | | (i) | C-
or better in MAC 1113 (Trigonometry) and MAC 1140 (College Algebra) at FSU,
or in MAC 2140 and MAC 1114 at TCC; or appropriate transfer credit; or
placement in AMP Group 1 or 1H (or 2 if you are currently taking
trigonometry); or AMP Group 3A with prior college algebra; or AMP Group 3B
with prior college trigonometry and
| | (ii) | self-motivation and
industriousness. Dr M-G's philosophy of learning is perhaps best expressed
by the following diagram: |
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ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF LEARNING VERSUS
PAIN
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For further details, please click here.
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| Grades: | Will be based on four written assignments
(20% each) and a final examination (20%), with 15% of the credit awarded
purely for presentation. In borderline cases, a smaller number of
completely correct solutions will carry more weight than a proportionate
number of fragmentary answers, and later scores will carry more weight than
earlier scores. Partial credit is awarded only when part of a solution is
completely correct (not when all of a solution is partially correct,
whatever that means, if anything). Assignments will be due at the
beginning of class on the designated day. Late assignments will be
viewed as badly presented, and very late assignments will not be graded
(i.e., will achieve a grade of zero). |
| Etiquette: | You are firmly bound by Florida State
University's Academic Honor Code (briefly, you
have the responsibility to uphold the highest standards of academic
integrity in your own work, to refuse to tolerate violations of academic
integrity in the University community, and to foster a high sense of
integrity and social responsibility on the part of the University
community). Although you may discuss assignments with others in general
terms, the solutions you present must be your very own work ("in general
terms" means that discussion is oral and nothing is copied down). |
| Final: | Monday,
April 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m. |
| Helpline: | If you get stuck between classes then consider
using my Homework
Helpline, for which you will probably need the special HTML codes for mathematical symbols. If
you do use my Helpline, please check first that your question hasn't
already been asked (and possibly answered). Submit it on the appropriate
form. Make sure you type MAC 2483 into the course field. Check back later
for an answer. And give me plenty of time—I have a life, too, you
know! |
| Disabilities: | If you have a disability
requiring academic accommodations, then not only should you register with
the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC), but also you should bring me
written confirmation from SDRC during the first week of class. |
