Spring 2010 Course Syllabus
Course: 1041.003.
Course Title: Calculus I.
Time: MWF 1:20-2:30 pm.
Place: BB405.
Instructor: Raghunandanan, K.
Instructor Office: Wachman 436.
Instructor Email: raghu@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215 204 5011.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~vishik/spring10/1041spring10.html
Office Hours: MWF 10:40-11:30.
Prerequisites: Mathematics placement test, Math 1022 (Precalculus) with a grade of C or better, or an equivalent transfer.
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals by Jon Rogawski; 2008, First Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co.
Course Goals: To learn the concepts and techniques of differential calculus.
Topics Covered: Mathematics 1041 is a first semester calculus course that involves both theory and applications. Topics include functions, limits and continuity, differentiation of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions, curve sketching, optimization, L`Hospital`s Rule, antiderivatives, and The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Course Grading: Your course grade will be computed according to the following scheme: Review Quiz - 2%, Exam 1 - 24%, Exam 2 - 24%, Quiz/Homework Average - 17% (it includes 1% for Quiz A and 2% for Quiz B), Final Exam - 33%.
Exam Dates: We will have Review Quiz (online), Quiz A (online), Quiz B (in class), and two common midterms: Test 1: Wednesday, February 24, from 5:50 PM to 7:20 PM (the room to be announced); Test 2: Wednesday, April 14, from 5:50 PM to 7:20 PM (the room to be announced).
Attendance Policy: You are allowed up to 6 unexcused absences during the semester. After that, your grade will be lowered by 1 notch, e.g., from B to B-, for every increment of 6 classes or a portion thereof that you miss.
Calculator Policy: NO CALCULATORS may be used during the exams and most of the quizzes.
Quizzes/Homework: The homework problems will not be handed in for grading, but it is very important that you do these problems. There will be a quiz at the begining of each class. Generally quiz consists of at least two problems based on homework due that day. These problems may not be exactly homework problems, but if you have done your homework, you must be able to do them. If you are late no extra time will be given. You will be marked absent if you take the quiz and leave the class. When computing your overall quiz average, the lowest three quizzes from the quizzes given before Exam 2 will be dropped. No make up quizzes will be given. Missed quizzes will receive a zero score and are to be counted among the dropped quizzes.
Letter Grades: 0-49 F, 50-54 D-, 55-64 D, 65-69 D+, 70-72 C-, 73-76 C, 77-79 C+, 80-82 B-, 83-86 B, 87-89 B+, 90-92 A-, 93-100 A.
Make Up Policy: There will be NO MAKE UP exams except in the case of an emergency, like an illness or an accident. The documents confirming the emergency (from a hospital or police) must be provided.
Blackboard: This is a registered Blackboard course. Please go there often not to miss important announcements.
Common Final Exam: Final exam will be held on Thursday, May 6, from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
Review Quiz: Review Quiz will be given on Blackboard in the middle of the second week. It will be based on precalculus material and its result will be counted as 2% of the grade for the course.
Quiz A and Quiz B: Both quizzes will consist of questions on finding derivatives using rules of differentiation. Quiz A will be given on Blackboard on the week following the spring recess and its result will be counted as 1% of the grade for the course. Its purpose is to help you prepare for Quiz B which will be given in class one week later and whose result will be counted as 2% of the grade for the course. If you do better on Quiz B, your grade for Quiz A will be increased to that better grade for Quiz B.
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed here.
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 Tuesday, January 19.
- The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, February 1.
- Spring recess is the week of Monday, March 8.
- The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Monday, March 29.
- The last day of classes is Monday, May 3.
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.