2017 Summer2 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 1041.023
Course: Mathematics 1041.023.
Course Title: Calculus I.
Time: 10:10 - 11:45.
Place: Wachman 208.
Instructor: Narek Hovsepyan.
Instructor Office: Wachman 507.
Instructor Email: narek.hovsepyan@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: (215) 204-7841.
Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 12 - 1 (Wachman 109), Tuesday 12-1 (Wachman 507).
Prerequisites: Math placement or 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, Brooks Cole. Important: in addition to the printed textbook you need to have access to WebAssign because part of your homework may be assigned there. This is particularly important if you are going to continue with calculus during the fall or spring semester when Web Assign is required. Please note that you can purchase the textbook at the bookstore or at the microsite created by Cengage, the publisher, for Temple Students: www.cengagebrain.com/course/1636887.
Course Goals: To learn the concepts and techniques of differential and integral calculus.
Topics Covered: Limits and continuity, differentiation, application of derivatives to optimization and graphing, antiderivatives, the definite integral, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, integration by substitution.
Course Grading: Quizzes: 15%, Test 1: 25%, Test 2: 25%, Comprehensive Final Exam: 35%.
Exam Dates: Test 1 - Thursday, July 13, Test 2 - Monday, July 31, Final - Tuesday, August 8.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is required. Students who miss more than 3 classes without an excuse will have their grades lowered by one notch (e.g., from B to B-). Those who miss more than 6 classes will have their grades lowered by two notches, etc.
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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.