Course Syllabus, Calculus I Honors

Math 1210-H, Fall 2009

 

Instructor:  Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 402, 865-8059, armstrong@suu.edu.  Please use email (or my cell phone in case of emergency, 590-4516, the Math Hotline) to contact me, as I check voice mail on my office phone every Easter or so. There will often be things posted on my web page located at www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong.

 

Meeting times and Office hours: We will meet MTWF (not on Thursday officially, unless I employ a teaching assistant for the course to hold optional Thursday homework sections), 10:00-10:50, in SC 227. My office hour will be daily at 2:30-3:30; please try your best to make your visits during this time. If it is not possible for you to visit during my office hour, I will schedule another appointment with you.

 

Prerequisite: College Algebra and Trigonometry with at least a C in each

 

Text: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 8th ed., by Anton, Bivens and Davis.  If you are going on through Calculus III, you may want to obtain the full edition rather than the brief.

 

Objectives: To learn the basics of calculus, including limits, continuity, the derivative, and the integral and their applications.  As the honors portion of the course, we will also become familiar with the computer algebra system Mathematica as it can do the computations we will be doing with ease.  This will be a valuable tool for you as you move on in mathematics and other science/engineering courses.

 

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 two or fewer unexcused absences. You do not have to tell me beforehand each time you have an absence with excuse; only come see me to have me sign the roll for you when you return.

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, though I cannot cover every topic you will see. 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) will be collected each Tuesday at the beginning of class. It should be neat, in order and show complete work to receive credit. Because you have F night through M night between the last HW assignment and handing it in, I will not give any time extension on the HW unless you have a prolonged excuse. Late, unexcused HW will not be accepted.

3.      Only three of your four exam scores will count toward your grade unless you have too many absences (see #1). Should you fall ill or have to be gone for some legitimate excuse on a test day, talk to me ASAP to schedule a makeup test. If you wait more than one day after the test is done to contact me the score on the test you miss will simply be a zero regardless of excuse (i.e., although 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 prolonged sickness, a funeral (including your own), a family wedding (not including your own), a school-excused absence and such like. On the other hand, a busy week, an appointment with a doctor that can reasonably be rescheduled, sleeping through an alarm and so on are not compelling excuses to allow for a makeup. I recommend that you don’t 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. Except for the in-class final exam, all tests will be administered in the Testing Center. You may check their hours and policies at www.suu.edu/ss/success/testingcenter.html.

4.      Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be fully prosecuted. 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 if found out.

5.      Students with medical, psychological, learning, or other disabilities desiring academic adjustment, accommodations, or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Student Support Center, room 206F, Sharwan Smith Center, 865-8022.  The Disability Support Center determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of these services and aids.

6.      Grading The total will be 500 or 600 points, including a total of 50 points from HW, 300 or 400 from the one-hour tests, and 150 from the final exam. The grading scale will be the following:  Please note that I cannot raise a grade because of need, so 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+

85

 

C+

76

 

D+

66

 

F

0

 

 

Class Schedule

Date

Task

Assignment

Aug. 24

1.1-1.4

Concentrate on worked examples in text

25

Tech. Intro.

Mathematica handout

26

1.5

1,3,7,11,15,19,31,35,39,41(a,c),43*

28

1.6

1-31 odd,33*

31

1.7

Concentrate on worked examples in text

Sept. 1

1.8

3-11 odd,15,19,21,33

2

2.1

1-11 odd,14a,15a (just do part (iii) in each)

4

2.2

1-31 odd

7

 

J Labor Day Recess J

8

2.3

1,3,5(a,c,e,g),7-27 odd

9

2.3,2.4

2.3: 43-57 odd,63-75 odd,60

11

2.4

1,5,7,9,11,13

14

2.4

17,21,23,25,29,39,41

15

2.5

1-23 odd

16

2.6

1-11 odd,17-39 odd,77

18

Review

 

21

Exam 1

Sections 1.5-1.6,1.8-2.6

22

3.1

1-15 odd (with 9(d), 11(d))

23

3.2

1-19 odd (for 15-19, use formula (9)),25

25

3.3

1-37 odd

28

3.4

1-27 odd

29

3.5

1-25 odd,35(then on M’mtca),37

30

3.6

1-15 odd,41,55,56

Oct. 2

3.7

1,3,5,9-19 odd,29

5

3.8

1-27 odd

6

3.8,4.1

3.8: 29-51 odd; 4.1: 1,3,5

7

4.1

7,11,13,17,19 (then 19),27,33,39

9

4.2

1-35 odd,29,33

12

4.3

5,11-29 odd,33-43 odd,53,25,29,43

13

Review

 

14

Exam 2

Sections 3.1-4.3

16

4.4

1-23 odd

19

 

J Harvest Recess J

20

4.4

25-35 odd,38(a),39,41-47 odd

21

4.5

1-23 odd

23

4.5

25-33 odd,49,51

26

5.1

1,3,7,11,15,21,23,25

27

5.1,5.2

5.1: 29,31,33,35; 5.2: 1,3,5

28

5.2

15,17,19,23,25,27,35,49

30

5.3

1,5,11,21,31,39,43,53

Nov. 2

5.4

1,3,7,11,13,19,27,31 (then 27,31)

3

5.5

1,3,5,9,17,21,29

4

5.6

1,3,5,9,13,17,21

6

Review

 

9

Exam 3

Sections 4.4-5.6

10

5.7

1,3,9,11,15

11

5.8

1,3,7,9,13,15

13

6.1

1,5,7,9 (by hand for n=4; comp. for 50,100)

16

6.2

1-17 eoo,19-27 odd,35,41,61

17

6.3

1,3,9-53 eoo

18

6.4

3-19 odd,22,23,25,35,37,41,47

20

6.5

1,5,9-29 odd

22

6.6

1-23 odd,43,55,57,59

24

6.7

1,5,7,9,13,15,22,29,33

25-27

 

J Thanksgiving Recess J

30

6.8

1-49 eoo (check 33,43,45)

Dec. 1

Review

 

2

Exam 4

Sections 5.7-6.8

4

 

Final Review

 

Friday, Dec. 11

9:00-10:50 a.m.

Final Exam in Classroom