Math 141-13, Calculus I
Fall 2007
Time: MTRF 12-1
Location: Building 38, Room 220
Instructor: Dr.
Ben Richert
Office: Building 25, Room 325
Office phone: (75)6-1681
Office hours: M: 11-12, 2-3; T: 11-12; R: 9-10; F: 11-12; and by appointment.
Email: brichert@calpoly.edu
Anonymous Feedback Form: http://www.calpoly.edu/~brichert/teaching/141/feedback13.html
Course description: Beginning calculus:
context (tangency/rate of change problems), groundwork (limits), tools
(derivatives, integrals), and applications (optimization problems, graphing,
etc.). We will be especially interested in learning how to
think about problem solving and communicating our answers, as opposed
to simply doing algorithmic calculations.
Course home page: Blackboard
on my.calpoly.edu (or go directly to
http://www.calpoly.edu/~brichert/teaching/141/141-13.html).
Text: James Stewart, Calculus, fifth
edition, Brooks/Cole Publishing, 2003.
Syllabus: We will be working through
chapters 1-5 of Stewart's Calculus in this course.
Prerequisites: Math 118, 119, or equivalent.
Grades: Grades will be based
on homework, two midterms, and a cumunlative final exam. Each of the
homework, midterms, and final counts for 25%. In the computation of
your grade, the lower of your two midterm scores will be replaced by
the score you received on the final, if that will improve your
standing.
Reading: Students are expected
to read the section of the text to be covered on a given day before the
lecture.
Homework: Homework will be due twice
a week—those problems assigned Monday and Tuesday will be due on Friday, while those assigned Thursday and Friday will be due the following Tuesday. Your lowest homework score will be dropped and therefore no late homework will be accepted. Each homework assignment will be worth 10 points, determined as follows. First, a single problem will be chosen and graded on a scale of 0 to 5. The other 5 points will be awarded based on the grader's perception of the completeness of the assignment (a totally complete assignment is worth 5 points; missing or incomplete problems will result in points being deducted).
Exams: There will be two in-class exams
and one cumulative final. Exam 1 is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 16.
Exam 2 is tentatively scheduled for Friday, November 9. No makeup midterms will be given. The final will be held from 10am - 1pm, Friday, December 7.
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