Mathematics 1210- Calculus one
Spring 2007
Instructor: Julian D. Chan
Class Time and Place: 3:40-5:40
Tuesday and Thursday in Life Sciences Room 101
Office Hours: Tuesday 12:45-1:45 (This will be be confirmed in the second week of the semester). Students can also e-mail questions or set up a time to meet if students have a conflict with my office hour (I will do my best to make accommodations for students.)
Office Location: JWB 221
Office number: 5859114
E-mail address: julian@math.utah.edu (Note this is the best way to contact me. It would help if you put math 1210 in the subject line.)
Web page: http://www.math.utah.edu/~julian
Students will need to check the web page and e-mail on a daily basis for various reasons such as course announcements and assignments. As such students are responsible for making sure that the e-mail address listed with the university is up to date and that students are able to receive and read messages daily. Failure to do so may prevent you from receiving important information of which you will be accountable.
Text: Calculus, ninth edition, by Varberg, Purcell, and Rigdon
Prerequisite: Math ACT score of 28 or grade of C or better in MATH 1050 and 1060. Students should also have a good foundation in college algebra and trigonometry.
Course Description: Functions and their graphs, differentiation of polynomial, rational and trigonometric functions. Velocity and acceleration. Geometric applications of the derivative, minimization and maximization problems, the indefinite integral, and an introduction to differential equations. The definite integral and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. The main topics of this course are limits, continuity, derivatives, integration, applications. Be aware that this is a fast paced course and will require complete attendance and dedicated out of class work. Success in Math 1210 requires a solid background in both College Algebra and Trigonometry. Students that are adequately prepared should expect to spend a minimum of two hours of work outside of class for each credit hour. This is a minimum of 8 hours per week outside of class for Math 1210. Much more time may be required to achieve excellence. Simply being attentive in class will not be sufficient, since there will not be time in class to cover everything in the book. Since the vast majority of your learning will take place outside of class, it is you, not your instructor, who is primarily responsible for what you learn.
Tutoring Lab: Free tutoring is available through the T. Benny Rushing Mathematics Center (adjacent to JWB & LCB), room 155. For more information, please see their website(http://www.math.utah.edu/ugrad/mathcenter.html )
Calculators: You may not use a calculator on the tests or quizzes (unless otherwise stated) !!!
Grading: The grades will be calculated as follows:
Weekly Homework 25%
Exam I 15%
Exam II 15%
Exam III 15%
Final Exam 30%
(Note: There will be 3 exams. Your lowest midterm exams will be averaged. This average over all 3 exams will replace your lowest exam grade and will count toward your final grade.)
Exam Days: Midterm I- September 15th
Exam I- January 30th
Exam II- February 22nd
Exam III- March 29th
Final Exam- April 27th 3:30-5:30 in life sciences room 101
Note: A make-up exam or quiz will only be given in EXTREME cases!!! Telling me you have to work that night or that traffic is bad is not a good excuse. A good reason to miss an exam is a car accident, death in the family, surgery. If you let me know well in advance that you cannot make an exam or quiz we might be able to work something out so please talk to me in advance about these situations.
Homework: Homework will be due every Tuesday unless otherwise stated. Homework will be announced on my web page (or in class). Students are responsible for checking the class web page and coming to class everyday so that they know what homework is due. You should take the homework assignments very seriously as it is worth 25% of your grade which is more than an exam, and just a little less than what the final is worth. Your written solutions should contain enough explanation so that one of your classmates would be able to easily understand what you have done. Generally, it is inadequate to merely write down a final answer. The style of your written solutions should be very much like that of the examples from class and from the text book. You are encouraged to study and work together on homework assignments, but you must each submit your own work. Everything you submit should be in your own words and you should thoroughly understand everything you write down. If there is something that you don’t think you understand, please come talk with me. I recommend paying close attention to your homework scores and to try to get full credit on all of your homework. Your lowest three homework scores will be dropped and will not be applied towards your final grade.
ADA Statement: The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodations be provided for students with physical, cognitive, systematic, learning, and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of the semester to discuss any such accommodations you may require for the course.
Grading Scale:
A 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ 87-89
B 82-86
B- 79-81
C+ 76-78
C 71-75
C- 68-670
D+ 65-69
D 60-64
D- 57-59
E <58
A note on the grading scale: I reserve the right to improve individual student grades by 1% if they demonstrate that they are particularly deserving. For example if a student were to get a 81% and demonstrated that they in fact had a superior level of knowledge I could improve this students grade to an 82% thus giving them a B instead of a B-. I also reserve the right to change the grading scale (such as a curve) and grading policy. Students should not count on any sort of curve or 1% improvement in grade as either instance is usually a rare occurrence.
Important Dates:
Last day to drop: Wednesday, January 17
Last day to add, elect cr/nr, or audit: Monday, January 22
Last day to withdraw: Friday, March 2
Last day of class: Wednesday, April 25
Final Exam: Friday, April 27, 2007 3:30-5:30
Holidays (NO CLASS)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 15
Presidents’ Day Monday, February 19
Spring break Mon.-Sat., March 19-24
Decorum: The purpose of this class is to allow me to assist you, the students, to learn calculus. It is not to allow anyone (including myself) to show off or to belittle or demean any other person. There is no competition for grades or favor, so such behavior will not be tolerated. If there are any comments, remarks, or suggestions that you have you can feel free to give them to me.