Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in Math 121; or appropriate score on the departmental placement test. Students who do not satisfy the prerequisites will be dropped.
Textbook: Calculus, 3rd edition, by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason et al. The course will cover most of the first five chapters of this book.
Calculator: A graphing calculator is required, preferably the TI-82 or TI-83. If you have another graphing calculator capable of performing all needed operations, that will probably be adequate.
Grading: Course grades will be determined by point totals based on the
following:
Two 1-hour exams (200 pts), quizzes + homework (100 pts), final exam (200 pts).
Total = 500 points. The final distribution of grades will be curved.
Quizzes: There will be a total of 12 quizzes each containing about 2-3 problems for 15 minutes. The lowest 2 will be dropped. There are no make-up quizzes, regardless of reason for absence.
Homework: The homework assignments are posted here.
Hand in homework at the beginning of each lecture on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Place it in the folder in the front of the room with your Tues/Thurs discussion
time on it.
Tests: There are no make-up tests. If you are absent on a test day you must contact me before the exam and state the reason for your absence. Verification of this absence will be necessary, e.g., doctor's note, etc. If you have a valid excuse, then your one half of your final exam score will replace this test score.
How to study (suggestions):
Important dates:
Spring Semester 2004
* January 19, M Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. No classes.
* January 23, F Last day to complete late registration and last day to add a
course(s).
* February 20, F Last day to drop a course(s) offered by all colleges.
* March 22-26, M-F Spring vacation. No classes.
* April 30, F Instruction ends.
* May 3-7, M-F Final examinations.
Tentative schedule:
Week Sections
Brief description
1
1.1 -- 1.2 Linear, exponential, elementary functions
2 1.3 -- 1.6 Trig functions,
composition
3 1.7 -- 2.1 Continuity,
introduce derivative
4 2.2 -- 2.4 Limits, derivative
at a point and derivative function
5 2.5
Interpretations of the derivative, Review + Exam I
6 2.6 -- 2.7 Second derivative,
continuity
7 3.1 -- 3.4 Derivative:
powers and basic rules
8 3.5 -- 3.7 Composition,
implicit functions
9 3.8 -- 3.10 Parametric equations,
linear approximation
10 4.1 -- 4.3 Applications,
families, max-min
11 4.4 -- 4.6 Applications,
optimization
12 4.7
Properties of functions; Review + Exam II
13 5.1 -- 5.3 The definite integral
14 5.3 -- 5.4 Interpretations
of integral, the Fundamental Theorem
15 5.4
Properties of integrals; general review for final exam
Final Exam