Spring 2006 Course Syllabus
Course: C075.002.
Course Title: CALCULUS I.
Time: MWF 8:40 AM - 9:50 AM.
Place: 617 Wachman Hall.
Instructor: Vishik, Simeon M.
Instructor Office: 634 Wachman Hall.
Instructor Email: simeon.vishik@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7888.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~senia/
Office Hours: MW 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM.
Prerequisites: Mathematics placement test, Math C074 with a grade of C or better, or an equivalent transfer.
Textbook: James Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 5th Edition, 2003.
Course Goals: To learn the concepts and techniques of differential calculus.
Topics Covered: Mathematics C085 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 and L`Hospital`s Rule. This material is covered in Chapters 1 - 4 of the text.
Course Grading: Your course grade will be based on a required COW (Calculus on the Web) Review assignment, Review Quiz, weekly quizzes, 2 midterm exams and a cumulative final exam. At the beginning of the semester there will be a required COW assignment covering review material. There will be weekly quizzes and occasional extra COW homework assignments. The quizzes will be based on the assigned homework problems from the text (homework will not be collected and graded). Your 2 lowest scores for the quizzes administered before the second midterm will be dropped and the remaining scores will be averaged. The course grade will be computed as follows: Required COW (Review) assignment - 2%; Review Quiz - 3%, 2 midterm exams - 21% each; quizzes/additional COW assignments - 20%; final exam - 33%.
Exam Dates: Review Quiz: Friday, January 27, Exam 1: Wednesday, February 22; Exam 2: Wednesday, April 19; Common Final Exam: Thursday, May 4, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
Attendance Policy: Regular attendance and engagement in class discussions are expected. Attendance will be taken and used in evaluation of borderline cases.
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.
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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:
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.