Fall 2014 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 1041.015

Course: Mathematics 1041.015.
Course Title: Calculus I.
Time: TR 9:50-11:30 AM.
Place: Barton Hall 201.
Instructor: Virbhadra, Kumar.
Instructor Office: Wachman 422.
Instructor Email: kumar.virbhadra@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: TBA.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~chaudhry/Fall14/1041Fall14.html
Office Hours: TR 11:40-1:10.
Prerequisites: A math placement test score of 9-14-9 or higher, a grade of C or higher in Math 1022 (C074), or transfer credit for Math 1022 (C074).
Textbook: Textbook: James Stewart: Calculus: Early Transcendentals ; 7th Edition, Brooks/Cole Please DO NOT buy your textbook from Temple bookstore, instead use the publisher. Here is microsite created by the publisher for Temple students: http://www.cengagebrain.com/micro/1-19109V6. Important: You need to have textbook together with Access Card for Multi Terms for Enhanced WebAssign Homework . Please DO NOT buy any used books since they will not let you access the WebAssign (the WebAssign codes ARE NOT transferable). There are TWO buying options: 1) ePack: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 7th + Enhanced WebAssign Multi-Term LOE Instant Access for Calculus. You can buy the bundle of the textbook and the access card mentioned above for a discounted price (about $145) by going to the microsite created by the publisher for Temple students at: http://www.cengagebrain.com/micro/1-19109V6 2) Enhanced WebAssign Instant Access for Calculus, Multi-Term Courses, 1st Edition It does not contain a printed textbook, but lets you access the electronic version of the textbook and instant access to enhanced webassign. Use the same link as above to buy it for $110.
Course Goals: To learn the concepts and techniques of differential calculus.
Topics Covered: Limits and continuity, differentiation, application of derivatives to optimization and graphing, antiderivatives.
Course Grading: Review Quiz: 2%, Quiz on Derivatives: 2%, Online Homework: 4%,Quizzes: 10%, Test 1: 24%, Test 2: 24%, Comprehensive Final Exam: 34%.
Exam Dates: Test 1 - Tuesday, September 30, (5:50 - 7:30 pm); Test 2 - Tuesday, November 11, (5:50 - 7:30 pm); Final Exam - Thursday, December 11, (3:30 - 5:30 pm). Exam rooms will be announced at least one week in advance of the exam.
Attendance Policy: Attendance in class is mandatory. You will be allowed 4 unexcused absences during the semester. You will be penalized one grade notch (e.g. from B to B-) for your fifth absence and one grade notch for each increment of 4 absences or a portion thereof that you miss from that point forward. Attendance will be taken in the beginning of the class. If you come late to the class, you will be marked late and that will be counted as 1/2 attendance of that day. Failure to attend class will also affect your quiz average.
Final Exam: Final Exam - Thursday, December 11, (3:30 - 5:30 pm). Exam rooms will be announced at least one week in advance of the exam. Important: please note that if you miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in, your grade for the course will be F.
Common Review Quiz: Review Quiz will be given on WebAssign during the first week of class. It will be based on preCalculus material and its result will be counted as 2% of the grade for the course. Students who perform poorly on the Review Quiz may be moved to Math 1022, PreCalculus.
Common Quiz on Derivatives: Quiz on Derivatives will be given in class during the 8th or 9th week of the semester (the exact date will be announced after Test 1). Its result will be counted as 2% of the grade for the course.
Homework: A list of homework problems from the textbook will be distributed; a certain (specified) part of the homework assignments you will need to do on WebAssign.
Quizzes: Quizzes can be pop or announced. There is no make up for quizzes under any circumstances; however, your lowest 2 quiz grades will be dropped.
Calculators: NO CALCULATORS or CHEAT SHEET will be allowed on any exams or in-class quizzes.
Make Up Policy: Make ups of exams will only be given in cases of DOCUMENTED EMERGENCIES (sickness, car accident, a death in the family, etc.) It is the student's responsibility to contact his/her instructor RIGHT AWAY, preferably by e-mail, in case of a missed exam. DOCUMENTATION OF EMERGENCY IS REQUIRED. ALL MAKE UPS MUST BE TAKEN WITHIN TWO DAYS OF THE TEST DATE.
Blackboard, Email, and Discipline: You must regularly (at least once every day, preferably between 6-8 p.m.) check blackboard and email for announcements. If you do not do that for any reason and miss any announcements, instructor is not responsible for that, and no excuse will be given. You must always use your Temple University email account to communicate with the instructor. For security reasons, any email sent from other accounts (such as gmail and yahoo etc.) might not be read and replied. If you miss a class, contact your classmates, take lecture notes, and study with them. You are not allowed to chat with classmates during class. You are neither allowed to discuss mathematics with classmates unless instructor asks you do that. You might be given grade discredit for any poor discipline including this. Use of cellphone is not allowed in the class. You must remember to switch off your cellphone. If you fail to do that, you will be asked to leave the class for that period and you will be marked absent. Audio or video recording of any lecture and even part of it is strictly not allowed. Any form (audio or video) recording of lectures is illegal. Eating is not allowed in lecture rooms.
Letter Grades: 93-100 A, 90-92 A-, 87-89 B+, 83-86 B, 80-82 B-, 77-79 C+, 73-76 C, 70-72 C-, 65-69 D+, 55-64 D, 50-54 D-, 0-49 F.

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Students will be charged for a course unless dropped by the Drop/Add deadline date given below.

• Fall Begins: Monday August 25, 2014
• Classes Begin: Monday August 25, 2014
• Labor Day: Monday September 1, 2014
• Course Add/Drop Deadline: Monday September 8, 2014
• Course Withdraw Deadline: Friday October 24, 2014
• Fall Break: Monday-Friday November 24 - November 28, 2014
• Classes End: Monday December 8, 2014
• Study Days: Tuesday-Wednesday December 9 - December 10, 2014
• Exam Week: Thursday-Wednesday December 11 - December 17, 2014
• Diploma Date: Thursday December 18, 2014

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.