Applied Calculus, Math 1100, Spring 2008
Course Syllabus
Instructor:
Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 402, cell number
590-4516 (the self-named Math Hotline),
email armstrong@suu.edu. Please relay information to me by email or
cell if possible. I do not check voice
mail on the office phone very frequently.
There will often be things posted on my web page at www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong
like this syllabus, Mathematica
notebooks, and previous exams.
Meeting
times and Office hours: We will meet M-Th, 10:00-10:50 in BU 101.
Consultation in my office will be 2:30-3:30 daily. Please try to make your visits during these
times. If my office hour is not possible
for you to make I will be happy to schedule another appointment. There is also a tutoring lab in the
Prerequisite:
College
Algebra (Math 1050) or equivalent completed successfully (I hope a C)
Text: Calculus and Its Applications, 9th ed., by Bittinger and Ellenbogen, Pearson
Course Fee: The course fee is to cover graders and tutoring in the
lab well as periodic updates of math software such as Mathematica.
Catalog Entry: An
introduction to calculus with application to business. Topics include limits, derivatives, and special functions
such as exponential and logarithmic, functions of several variables, partial
derivatives constrained optimization and Lagrange multipliers. The course
includes a brief introduction to the method of least squares.
Policies and Procedures:
1.
Attendance is required.
I will be unwilling to go through material that you miss without
excuse. You may drop your lowest test
score (see #3) if you have three or
fewer total unexcused absences. This
is to motivate you to miss few classes to your benefit.
2.
Complete each
homework (HW) assignment the day it’s listed if your schedule allows – this
will facilitate understanding of the next day’s lecture. You should do your HW as independently as
possible. That is, do all you can first on a problem before
seeking outside help.
This is because struggling through a problem for a while on your own is
the best way to learn difficult material, something such as…hmmm…math! Homework from the previous week’s material
(meaning M-F assignments, not the
Monday right before hand-in) will be collected, however, only each Wednesday at
the beginning of class. It should be
neat with the problems done in order, and it should show complete work to
receive credit. Because you have F-T
nights between the last HW assignment and handing it
in, I will not give any time extension on the HW unless you’ve been gone/sick
with excused absence for the previous week.
Late unexcused HW will not be accepted.
3.
Only three of
your four exam scores will count toward your grade, that is, unless you have
too many absences (see #1). Should you
fall ill or have to be gone for some legitimate excuse the day of the test,
email or talk to me ASAP to schedule a makeup test. If you wait more than one day to contact me, then the score on the test you miss will
simply be a zero regardless of excuse (i.e., so if you have been absent less
than the allotted days, you can drop that one).
Excuses that merit a makeup test would be such things as sickness, a
funeral (including your own), a family wedding (not including your own), a
school-excused absence, and such like.
On the other hand, sleeping through an alarm, a busy week, an
appointment with a doctor that can reasonably be rescheduled and so on are not
compelling excuses for me to give you a makeup exam. I recommend that you do not plan on dropping
any tests so if you get a lower score on a later exam you don’t have to count that score toward your grade.
4.
Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent. Homework
plagiarism (copying from someone else’s HW)
will result in a zero on any assignment. This means that you do not copy
someone else’s work and you do not copy from the solutions manual, although you
may use the latter for additional reference.
5.
Students with medical, psychological, learning or other
disabilities desiring academic adjustment, accommodations, or auxiliary aids
will need to contact the
6.
Grading The total will be 500 or 600 points, including 50 total
from HW, 300 or 400 from the one-hour tests (see 3), and then 150 from the
final exam. The grading scale will be
the following. Please note that I will not raise a grade because of need; it
is up to you to get the grade you want.
|
A |
92 |
|
B |
81 |
|
C |
71 |
|
D |
62 |
|
A- |
88 |
|
B- |
78 |
|
C- |
69 |
|
D- |
60 |
|
B+ |
86 |
|
C+ |
76 |
|
D+ |
67 |
|
F |
0 |
Homework Assignments (Note: “eoo”
- Do “every other odd” only)
Date
|
Section
|
Homework
Assignment |
|
Jan. 7 |
R.1 |
5-21 odd,29-35 odd |
|
9 |
R.2 |
11-45 eoo,69 |
|
11 |
R.3
|
1-49 eoo |
|
14 |
R.4 |
1-49 eoo |
|
16 |
R.5 |
1-81 eoo
|
|
18 |
R.6 |
1-9 odd,21 |
|
21 |
|
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recess |
|
23 |
1.1 |
11-17 odd,27-43
odd,45,47,49 |
|
25 |
1.2
|
9-19 odd,27,29,31,33,45
|
|
28 |
1.3
|
1-11 odd,17,19,21,27,33
|
|
30 |
1.4
|
3,7,11,17-27
odd
|
|
Feb. 1 |
1.5
|
1-29 odd,47-63 odd |
|
4 |
|
Review for Exam 1 |
|
6 |
|
Exam 1: R.1 - 1.5 |
|
8 |
1.6 |
1-25 odd,37,39,41 |
|
Feb.
11 |
1.7 |
1-19
odd,23,29,33,45,47,51,52 |
|
13 |
1.8
|
1-21 odd
|
|
15 |
2.1
|
1-17 eoo,35-51 odd,69,71
|
|
18 |
|
President’s Day Recess |
|
20 |
2.2 |
1-25 eoo,47,53
|
|
22 |
2.3
|
1-33 eoo,49,51,53,57 |
|
25 |
2.4
|
1-9 odd,15,27,49,53
|
|
27 |
|
Review for Exam 2
|
|
29 |
|
Exam 2: 1.6 - 2.4
|
|
Mar. 3 |
2.5
|
23-29 odd,31,37,39 |
|
5 |
2.6
|
1-7 odd,19,21
|
|
7 |
2.7 |
1-7 odd,15-21 odd,33,37 |
|
10 |
3.1 |
1-61 eoo,85,87 |
|
12 |
3.2 |
1-53 eoo,73,77,79 |
|
14 |
3.3
|
7,9,23,29
|
|
17-21 |
|
Spring Recess/Good Friday Recess |
|
24 |
|
Easter Recess |
|
26 |
3.4 |
1-17 eoo |
|
28 |
3.5 |
1-37 eoo |
|
31 |
|
Review for Exam 3 |
|
Apr. 2 |
|
Exam 3: 2.5 - 3.5 |
|
4 |
3.6 |
1-13 odd |
|
7 |
4.1
|
1-21 eoo
|
|
9 |
4.2 |
1-57 eoo,63,65 |
|
11 |
4.3
|
1-27 odd,59,61 |
|
14 |
4.4
|
1,3,13,15,19,25,35,41
|
|
16 |
4.5
|
1-13 odd,29,33,43,47,51 |
|
18 |
5.1
|
1-13 eoo |
|
21 |
|
Review for Exam 4
|
|
23 |
|
Exam 4 (10.7 – 11.4)
|
|
25 |
|
Review for Final Exam
|
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Fri.,
May 2 |
9-10:50
a.m. |
Final Exam in Class
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