Fall 2015 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 1041.004

Course: Mathematics 1041.004.
Course Title: Calculus I.
Time: MWF 10:40-11:50.
Place: Wachmann 206.
Instructor: Sivek, Jeromy.
Instructor Office: Wachmann 1042.
Instructor Email: sivek@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7841.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~vishik/fall15/1041fall15
Office Hours: MWF 4:00-5:00 or by appointment.
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: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, by James Stewart; 8th Edition. (It is a new edition; any earlier editions may not be used).Together with the textbook you need to have WebAssign Instant Access, Multi-Term Courses. You can purchase a standalone WebAssign Instant Access (it is called Enhanced WebAssign Instant Access, Multi-Term Courses, 1st Edition) and use the electronic version of the textbook (eBook). Or you can purchase the ePack that contains both the paper textbook and the WebAssign Instant Access. The publisher (Cengage) created a special site for our Temple students where they can buy either of these two versions for a discounted price ($118 for the standalone access and about $132 for the ePack): http://www.cengagebrain.com/course/site.html?id=1-1TJAYCL You can also buy the ePack at the Main Campus Temple Bookstore, but it will cost more (about $147). Please do not buy any used book, you need to have the 8th edition. Please note that if you previously took Calc 1 at Temple and are trying to improve your grade, your 7th edition access code will work this semester, but you need to email me immediately.
Course Goals: To learn the concepts and techniques of differential calculus.
Topics Covered: Limits and continuity, differentiation, linear approximation and Taylor polynomials, application of derivatives to optimization and graphing, antiderivatives.
Course Grading: Review Quiz: 1%, Quiz on Derivatives: 2%, Online Homework: 5%, Quizzes: 10%, Test 1: 24%, Test 2: 24%, Comprehensive Final Exam: 34%. Correspondence between the numerical and 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.
Exam Dates: Test 1 - Wednesday, September 30, (5:50 - 7:20 pm); Test 2 - Wednesday, November 11, (5:50 - 7:20 pm); Final Exam - Thursday, December 10, (3:30 - 5:30 pm). Exam rooms will be announced at least one week in advance of the exam.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required. Students who miss more than 6 classes without an excuse will have their grades lowered by one notch (e.g., from B to B-). Those who miss more than 12 classes without an excuse will have their grades lowered by two notches, etc. Attendance means being on time.
Final Exam: Final Exam - Thursday, December 10, (3:30 - 5:30 pm). Exam rooms will be announced at least one week in advance of the exam.
Common Review Quiz: The Review Quiz will be given in class on the third day of class, Friday, 08/28. It will be based on precalculus material. Students who perform poorly on Review Quiz may be moved to Math 1022, Precalculus. The score for Review Quiz will count for 1% of your Course Average.
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 count for 2% of your Course Average.
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: There will be a 20-25 min. quiz every week (when there is no midterm). Each quiz will consist of 4-5 problems similar to the ones assigned from the textbook. There will be no make up quizzes (if a quiz is missed for an excused absence, then that quiz score will be dropped from your grade). Each week the quiz will cover the material from the previous week.
Calculators: NO CALCULATORS 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 me RIGHT AWAY, preferably by e-mail, in the case of a missed exam. DOCUMENTATION OF EMERGENCY IS REQUIRED. ALL MAKE UPS MUST BE TAKEN WITHIN TWO DAYS OF THE TEST DATE. The makeup exams will be coordinated by the department.
Blackboard: This is a registered Blackboard course. Please check Blackboard for important announcements.
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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.