Course Syllabus, Business
Calculus
Math 1100, Spring 2012
Instructor:
Dr.
Seth Armstrong, ELC 402, email armstrong@suu.edu,
cell phone (in case of emergency only, please) 590-4516. Please relay
information to me by email if possible. I check voice mail in my office about
every other Christmas or so. Every handout from class – including this syllabus
– will be posted under Course Information at www.suu.edu/faculty/ armstrong.
Meeting
Times and Office Hours: We meet MWF
in SC 016. My office hour is 10:30-11:30 M-Th and
10:00-10:50 on F. Please try to make your visits during these times if
possible. If you can’t, we can set up another appointment.
Prerequisite: A grade of C or (I hope significantly)
better in Math 1050, College Algebra
Text: Calculus
and Its Applications, 10th ed,
by Bittinger et.
al., Pearson Publishing, ISBN
978-0-321-69433-1. If you use the 9th edition, it
is your responsibility to make sure you are doing the correct assigned
problems.
Objectives: An introduction to calculus with
applications to business. Topics include limits, derivatives and special
functions such as exponential and logarithmic functions, functions of several
variables, partial derivatives, constrained optimization and Lagrange
multipliers. Brief introduction to the method of least
squares.
Policies and Procedures
1. Attendance is
required and fully expected. I will be unwilling to go through material that
you miss without excuse. To reward good behavior, five (5) points will be added
to your point total if you have at most two unexcused absences.
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. We will have around 10 minutes at the beginning of class each
day for HW feedback time on the section(s) we covered during the previous
meeting day. The best key to success is to do your HW as independently as
possible: That is, do all you can
first on a problem, maybe for several minutes, before seeking outside help. You
should not be surprised if it takes two hours of work outside of class for each
hour of lecture. Homework from the previous week’s material (meaning M-F
assignments, not the Monday night
before final due-date) will be collected the next Monday in class or can be put
in the Math 1100 box outside my office by Tuesday
at 10 a.m. It should be neat with the problems done in order and should
show complete work to receive credit. I do not give any time extension on the
HW unless you have an excused, prolonged absence from the previous week. Late,
unexcused HW will not be accepted. Because a grader will have time to check for
completion and at most a few problems per assignment, it is up to you to make
sure you are getting correct answers. This is why I assign odd problems
wherever possible.
3. 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. Excuses that merit a makeup test are such things as
sickness, a funeral (including your own), a family wedding (not including your
own), a school-excused absence, and such like. Sleeping through an alarm, a
busy week, forgetting we have a test, an appointment with a doctor that can
reasonably be rescheduled and like things will not merit a makeup exam. Once I
approve a makeup exam, you will need to email me to let me know the times you
have available to take it over the next couple of days.
4. Academic Integrity: Scholastic
dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
You are expected to have read and understood the current issue of the student
handbook (published by Student Services) regarding student responsibilities and
rights for information about procedures and about what constitutes acceptable
on-campus behavior. HW plagiarism (copying from a
solutions manual or someone else’s HW) will result
in a zero on any assignment; if it is repeated, you will get a zero on the
entire HW score (of 50 points). Passing any
test information to another student that hasn’t yet taken it is prohibited and
dishonest and will also be fully prosecuted.
5. The
sharing of copyrighted material through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, except
as provided under U.S. copyright law, is prohibited by law. Detailed
information can be found at http:// www.suu.edu/it/p2p-student-notice.html.
6. Students with
medical, psychological, learning or other disabilities desiring academic
adjustments, accommodations or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Southern
Utah University Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD),
in Room 206F of the Sharwan Smith Center or phone
(435) 865-8022. SSD determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of
services.
7. In
case of emergency, the University's Emergency Notification System (ENS) will be
activated. Students are encouraged to maintain updated contact information using
the link on the homepage of the mySUU
portal. In addition, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves
with the Emergency Response Protocols posted in each classroom. Detailed
information about the University's emergency management plan can be found at http://www.suu.edu/ad/facilities/
emergency-procedures.html.
8. Grading The
total will be a percentage out of 600 points possible, including 50 points
total from HW, 300 or 400 from four one-hour tests and 150 from the final exam.
The grading scale will be the following. Please note that I will not raise a grade because of need, but will give you precisely the
grade you earn.
|
A |
92.0 |
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B |
81.0 |
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C |
72.0 |
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D |
62.0 |
|
A- |
88.0 |
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B- |
79.0 |
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C- |
70.0 |
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D- |
60.0 |
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B+ |
86.0 |
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C+ |
77.0 |
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D+ |
67.0 |
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F |
0 |
Homework Assignments (*“eoo” means “every other
odd,” as in 1,5,9,…)
Date
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Section
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Homework Problems |
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Jan. 9 |
Review |
No
assignment due – review what you need to. |
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11 |
1.1
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11-47
odd, 55,57,59 |
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13 |
1.2
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1-33
odd,37 |
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16 |
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Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Recess |
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18 |
1.3 |
3,5,13,17,19,27,29,31,33 |
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20 |
1.4 |
1(c,d)-11(c,d) odd,17,25,27 |
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23 |
1.5 |
1-55
odd,57-77 eoo,83,87 |
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25 |
1.6 |
1-45
eoo,97,101,105,109 |
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27 |
1.7 |
1-33
odd,37-57 eoo,71,75,79 |
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30 |
|
Review for
Exam 1 |
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Feb. 1 |
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Exam 1
(Sections 1.1 - 1.7) |
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3 |
1.8
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1-49
eoo,55 |
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6 |
2.1
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1-33 eoo,69-79 odd
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8 |
2.2
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1-53 eoo
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10 |
2.4
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1-37
eoo,97,101 |
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13 |
2.5 |
5,9,13,17,19,27,31,37,39,41,43 |
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15 |
2.6 |
1,3,5,7,17,19,21 |
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17 |
|
Catch-up
Day |
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20 |
|
President’s
Day Recess |
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22 |
2.7 |
1-37
eoo |
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24 |
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Review for
Exam 2 |
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27 |
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Exam 2
(Sections 1.8 - 2.7) |
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29 |
3.1
|
1-61
eoo,77,85,87 |
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Mar. 2 |
3.2 |
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5 |
3.3 |
3-13
odd,17-23 odd |
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7 |
3.5 |
1-39
odd |
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9 |
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Catch-up
Day |
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12-16 |
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Spring
Recess |
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19 |
3.6 |
1-15
odd |
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21 |
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1-57
eoo,61,63,65 |
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23 |
4.3
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1-19
odd,25-35 odd,43-55 odd,61,63 |
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26 |
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Review for
Exam 3 |
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28 |
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Exam 3
(Sections 3.1 - 4.3) |
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30 |
5.1 |
1-13
odd |
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Apr. 2 |
5.2 |
1-21
odd |
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4 |
6.1 |
1-13
odd |
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6 |
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Catch-up
Day |
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9 |
6.2 |
1-19
odd,27-37 odd,41 |
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11 |
6.3 |
1-11
odd,15,17 |
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13 |
6.4 |
1,3,5,7 |
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16 |
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Review for Exam 4
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18 |
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Exam 4 (Sections
5.1 - 6.4) |
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20 |
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23 |
6.5 |
1-11 odd,21
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25 |
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Review for
Final Exam |
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Thursday, May 5 |
1:00
- 2:50
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Final Exam in Class |
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