MATH 151: Calculus

Fall 2007

Description and goals: This is the first part of a two-semester sequence intended to introduce the fundamental ideas and techniques of differential and integral calculus to students of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering. The course is not proof-oriented but students are expected to gain a good understanding of the basic concepts of calculus and to be able to apply them in concrete problems. Picture: "A mathematical violin". Unaltered violin picture from the National Music Museum at www.usd.edu/smm

Syllabus

Homework

Additional Resources

TI-83 frequently asked questions

Announcements:

• 12/26: Check out your COURSE GRADE.

• 12/11: Click here for the solutions to problems 2 and 8 of the practice test that I didn't have time to discuss today.

• 12/8: Information about the final exam, including a review sheet with sample problems has been posted here.

• 11/27: Here is the Riemann sums program for TI-83 plus.

• 11/20: Check out your grades as of today.

• 11/16: Check out second midterm solutions.

• 11/13: Check out second practice test solutions.

• 11/9: Information about the second midterm, including a review sheet with sample problems has been posted here.

• 10/15: Check out your grades as of today.

• 10/11: Check out first midterm solutions.

• 10/9: Check out first practice test solutions.

• 10/4: Information about the first midterm, including a review sheet with sample problems has been posted here.

• 9/25: My recommended supplementary book The Calculus Lifesaver has an accompanying webpage with links to videos of the author's lectures on various calculus topics. Check them out, they are quite useful!

• 9/4: Homework 1 solutions have been posted on the homework page. Check them out after you try solving the problems on your own.

• 8/30: Here are the day and evening schedules of the Math Lab; feel free to go there for extra help:
  Videotapes (in KY 331, starting 9/4): Mon-Thu 9 am to 4 pm, Fri 9 am to 2 pm
  Day tutoring (in KY 331, starting 9/4): Mon-Thu 10 am to 3 pm, Fri 10 am to 2 pm
  Evening tutoring (in KY 508, starting 9/5): Mon and Wed 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

• 8/28: Welcome!

General Information and Ground Rules:

• Class lecture meetings are Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:40 - 4:30 in Kiely 242.

• Homework is an absolutely essential part of this course. You cannot master the course material without solving many problems consistently throughout the semester. To help you choose the right problems, every Tueday I will post a number of core problems on this webpage. You are encouraged to work in groups and discuss the problems with each other. The assigned homework will not be collected (see however the next item).

• Quizzes will be given roughly every Thursday during the last 15 minutes of the lecture. The question(s) will be based on the material of the previous week's assigned homework. You should make every effort to take all the quizzes, as it will directly affect your course grade. At the end of the semester, your lowest quiz grade will be dropped.

• Course grade will be based on the following scheme:
  
  

  Quizzes	Two Midterms	Final Exam
  20%	20% each	40%

• The exams are scheduled as follows:
  
  

  Midterm 1	Midterm 2	Final
  Thursday October 11 (in class)	Thursday November 15 (in class)	Tuesday December 18 11:00 - 1:30 in NSB C201

• The prerequisite for this course is MATH 122. Alternative prerequisites are 75 or better on Math Seq 3 Regents or 600 or better on Math SAT. If you do not have any of these, you should not be enrolled in this class. Please go to the Math Department office (Kiely 237) and seek advice.

• If a midterm exam is missed because of a documented illness or valid emergency, the course grade will be determined on the basis of the other work done during the semester. Exams missed for other reasons will count as failures.

• At the end of the semester, everyone who has not withdrawn from the course will receive a grade. Incompletes will never be given to avoid F's.

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