Calculus I Course Syllabus

Math 1210, Summer 2012

Instructor:  Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 402, email: armstrong@suu.edu. Please communicate by email if possible; I check voice mail about once per decade. If you have an emergency (not just that you aren’t coming to class one day, but maybe something I really need to know), you may text or call at 590-4516. There will often be things posted on my web page – including this syllabus and previous exams – at www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong/courseinfo.html.

 

Meeting times and Office hours: Consultation in my office will be daily from 1:30-2:30 p.m. If it is not possible for you to make my office hour, please talk to or email me to schedule another time.

 

Prerequisite: College Algebra (Math 1050) and Trigonometry (Math 1060) with at least a C both within the last two years or pre-college background of at least two and one-half years of algebra, one year of geometry and one-half year of trigonometry. Also you can use the Accuplacer to test in.

Required Text: Single Variable Calculus, 7^th ed, by Stewart. Those going on through Calculus III (Math 2210) may want to buy Single and Multivariable Calculus, 7^th ed, instead of buying another book later.

Description: Functions, limits and continuity; the derivative, differentiation techniques, and applications; graphing applications including extrema and concavity; elementary antiderivative/ integration skills; the definite integral and its applications. Coverage includes applying the ideas and techniques of calculus to algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions. A graphing calculator is required.

Policies and Procedures:

1.       Attendance is required. I will be unwilling to go through material that you miss without excuse. Since you must come every meeting day to be successful, if you have no unexcused absences I will directly add 5.25 points to your point total, thus increasing it by exactly 1% overall.

2.       If you are not in a position to complete each homework (HW) assignment before the next day we meet, you should probably drop the course. We move very fast – especially in Summer II – and it will be essential to have HW done almost completely before the next day’s lecture. You should do your HW as independently as possible since tests will be very much like the HW: 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 it for the test. Homework will be turned in about every other day on those days marked with an asterisk (*); it is due in class or by 2:30 outside my office and is up through the material covered the previous day. It should be neat with the problems done in order and should show complete work to receive credit. Though it will be looked at for completion, our course TA has time to grade only a few problems. Therefore, it will be up to you to check with the back of the book to make sure you get the correct answers and seek help if you can’t get them. I will not give any time extension on the HW except for prolonged excuses. Late HW will not be accepted. The Math Tutoring Lab is open for business in summer – plan to live there for a few hours per day….

3.       Should you fall ill or have to be gone for some legitimate excuse during testing days, email me to schedule a makeup test and let me know when you are available over the next couple of days. If you fail to contact me the last day of the test, you will not get full credit for a makeup. You must be prepared to provide documentation for missing a test. The exams will be administered in the Testing Center, bottom floor of the ELC.

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 (it doesn’t help you for tests anyway!). If it is repeated, you will get a zero on the entire HW score of 75 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 525 points, including 75 total from HW, 300 from Exams 1-3 and then 150 from the final exam. The grading scale will be exactly the following after rounding to one decimal place. I will not raise your grade because you didn’t get the grade you “needed.”

 

 

 

Daily Schedule   (*HW due dates)