Fall 2010 Course Syllabus

Course: Mathematics 1951.001.
Course Title: Honors Accelerated Calculus I & II.
Time: T-Th 11:00-12:50.
Place: CC617.
Instructor: Mendoza, Gerardo A.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall 618.
Instructor Email: gmendoza@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 1-5053.
Office Hours: by appointment.
Prerequisites: Advanced Placement credit for Calculus.
Textbook: James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 6E (or other).
Course Goals: To reach a deeper knowledge of a number of fundamental concepts in differential and integral calculus of one variable. The combination of selected material from two semesters of college calculus should prepare you to join Math 2043, Calculus III, in the spring semester.
Topics Covered: Limits, continuity, Intermediate Value Theorem derivative, linear approximation, Mean Value Theorem, extremal points, integration (Riemann sums), Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, techniques of integration, area and volume, infinite series. This material is included in chapters 2-8 and 11 of the textbook.
Course Grading: Two mid-term exams (25% each), homework (20%) and a comprehensive final exam (30%).
Exam Dates: Mid-term exams: October 5, November 16. Final exam: according to the university schedule for final exams.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required. Missing four or more classes without valid reasons will result in a failing grade.
Focus on concepts: Although you will need (and develop further) computational skills, the emphasis of the course is on concepts. For this reason, calculators of any kind are not allowed in exams.
Be independent: You are expected to come prepared to class. This means you should study from your book not only material from previous lectures but also concepts that may be barely mentioned in class or that you should have learned in highschool.
Participation: Questions (in the classroom or outside) are of course allowed, in fact encouraged. If there is something you do not understand, most probably others are having the same problem. Asking the question helps you and everybody else.

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Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:

• The first day of classes is Monday, August 30.
• Labor Day is Monday, September 6.
• The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, September 13.
• Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 25.
• The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Monday, November 1.
• The last day of classes is Wednesday, December 8.

During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.

The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.