Math 1296 Calculus I
Syllabus
-Fall
2007
Instructor: Angela Sharp
Office: 102 SCC, 726-8255
Email: acates@d.umn.edu webpage: www.d.umn.edu/~acates
Office Hours: Th 9-10 MTh 11-12, MW 1-2 and
also by appointment
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Graduate Teaching Assistants: |
Annette Katich kati0008@d.umn.edu SCC152 726-7153 Office Hours: M 10-12 W 9-10 |
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Junyan Shen shenx097@d.umn.edu SCC115 726-6239 Office Hours: M 3-5 W 10-11 |
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Meeting times: |
(class) MWF, 8-8:50 am, Bohn 90 |
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(discussions) TTh |
Section 16 Section 17 Section 18 Section 19 Section 20 Section 21 |
Text: Calculus, 3rd Edition; Smith and Minton (Late Transcendentals), ISBN: 978-0-07-340606-0
Prerequisites: SP-3 ½ years high school algebra or trigonometry or geometry or college pre-calculus course; credit will not be granted if credit received for 1290; QP-1250, 1296
Course Description
This course covers the first part of a standard introduction to calculus of functions of a single variable. It includes limits, continuity, derivatives, integrals, and their applications. The material is mostly covered in Chapters 1-5, Chapter 7.2 and 7.7 of the text. Some supplemental material, not included in the text, may occasionally be presented in lecture.
Grading (Dates are tentative):
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Exam 1: |
Friday, October 5th |
Chap 1-2.4 |
100pts |
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Exam 2: |
Friday, November 9th |
Chap 2.1-4.1 |
100pts |
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Exam 3: |
Friday, December 7th |
Chap 4.2-5.4 |
100pts |
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Final Exam: |
Monday, Dec 17, 8-9:55am |
Cumulative |
200pts |
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Homework(~40 @ 5pts each) |
Tuesdays |
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200pts |
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Online Homework (14 @ 5 pts each) |
Sundays by midnight |
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70pts |
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Quizzes(10 @ 10pts each) |
Thursdays |
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100pts |
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Participation |
Daily |
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70pts |
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Total: |
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940pts |
Grade
Scale:
A =
94-100% A- = 90-93% C+ 77-79% C = 74-76%
C- = 70-73% F = 59
or below
B+
87-89% B = 84-86% B- = 80- 83% D+ = 67-69% D = 60-66%
Class Policy
Lectures, discussions, material in the text and homework are all intended to complement each other. No one is a replacement for any of the others. You are responsible for all material covered via any of these sources. Each Thursday (except the week of an exam) in discussion there will be a 10 point quiz covering current material. The lowest quiz score will be dropped at the end of the semester. Homework will be assigned daily in class and will be due at the end of class each Tuesday. There will be more problems assigned than graded and you will be responsible for going online and viewing the homework key to insure that all your work is correct. Late work will not be accepted. All work should be shown for homework, quizzes and tests. Adhere to the “Homework Guidelines” for the completion of homework. You are strongly encouraged to form study groups and collaboration is acceptable on homework assignments, but not exams or quizzes unless you are explicitly told otherwise. Student solution manuals containing solutions to the odd problems are available in the bookstore. However, you may not use the full solution manual with both even and odd solutions while preparing your homework. Any cases of cheating will be dealt with severely. To view the UMD statement on Student Academic Integrity Policy, see: www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/integrity. If you feel that a grading error has been made on your exams, please bring it to the attention of the instructor. You will have one week following the return of each exam in which to contest such errors. Keep all homework, quizzes and exams in your records. The final exam date is absolutely nonnegotiable.
Participation
Your participation in this class is expected during both lectures and discussions. Your teaching assistant will be evaluating your discussion participation and in lecture I will routinely start or finish a class with a two point question(s) that will be graded as follows. One point will be granted for an incorrect answer and the full two points for a correct answer. The questions will all be answered with the personal response card (clicker) you purchased. However, before the system will work you will need to register your response card at https://webdrop.d.umn.edu/. For more information about the technology and the process that was used to choose this system you can visit http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/classroom/srs.html. At the end of the semester the two lowest scores will be dropped.
Online Homework
Online Homework will typically be due on Sundays by midnight. The online homework can be found at http://www.mathzone.com. You should use the Student Access code that is inside the Student Access Kit that came with your book to register. The Section Code for this class is: E69-3D-4EB. You are required to have access to a reliable internet connection during the semester in order to do this homework. There are four basic access student computer labs on campus http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/labs/maps/index.html.
Calculators
Use of graphing calculators is encouraged but not required. They will be allowed on exams and quizzes, but exams and quizzes will be written to minimize the benefit of having a calculator. You must show your work (thought process) for all problems, thus answers arrived at by calculator alone will be granted very few points. Any calculator that is capable of symbolic manipulation will not be allowed on exams. This includes TI-89. See the instructor if you are unsure if you calculator is acceptable.
Missed Exams or Quizzes
Missed quizzes or exams will be
assigned a zero score unless you provide a valid written, signed (by a doctor,
for example) excuse for your absence; unless it is not possible to do so, you
must provide verbal notice ahead of time to your instructor for the absence.
Arrangements for a makeup should be made as soon as you know you will miss. Do
not wait for the next class. You can leave the instructor a message 24 hours a
day by phone or by email. Oversleeping, poor preparation, slight colds, and
cold weather are not valid excuses. Remember that one quiz score will be dropped, so you have a bit of a
cushion.
Student Conduct Code
The instructor will enforce and students are expected to follow the University's Student Conduct Code (http://www.d.umn.edu/assl/conduct/code). Appropriate classroom conduct promotes an environment of academic achievement and integrity. Disruptive classroom behavior that substantially or repeatedly interrupts either the instructor's ability to teach, or student learning, is prohibited. Disruptive behavior includes inappropriate use of technology in the classroom. Examples include ringing cell phones, text-messaging, watching videos, playing computer games, reading/writng email, or surfing the Internet on your computer instead of note-taking or other learning activities.
Liberal Education Statement
This course satisfies the UMD Liberal Education requirement for Category Two: Math, Logic, and Critical Thinking. By the end of the term, the successful student will understand the important role that calculus plays in modeling real-world phenomena and how to apply calculus to problems in his/her discipline. Business, economics, biology, geology, chemistry, physics, engineering and numerous other disciplines make heavy use of calculus. Whenever numerical quantities change with respect to time or with respect to other variables, calculus is probably involved. The incredible success of the physical sciences and engineering in today's world is largely due to "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics," and calculus plays a major role in that effectiveness! The biological social and managerial scientists today also make tremendous use of calculus to solve their problems.
Disabilities
Please inform me of any disabilities of which I should be aware in order to provide for equitable participation.
Tutoring
In addition to the office hours of the instructor and the teaching
assistants, help is usually available M-F at the