Summer2 2006 Course Syllabus
Course: C085.021.
Course Title: Calculus I.
Time: MTWRF 10:45a-12:20p.
Place: BB 405.
Instructor: .
Instructor Office: Wachman 524.
Instructor Email: mussakab@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215 204 6764.
Course Web Page: http://www.math.temple.edu/~mussakab
Office Hours: TTR 3:30 p to 5:00 p.
Prerequisites: Score of 16 - 16 - 3 or higher on the Math Placement Test or a grade C or better in Math 74, Precalculus, or transfer credit for a course equivalent to Math C074.
Textbook: James Stewart Calculus, early Transcendentals, fifth Ed. Brooks Cole Publishing 2003.
Course Goals: To learn concepts of limits and its properties, differentiation and its rules and some application of derivatives.
Topics Covered: Chapter 2:Limits and derivatives (14 hours):section 2.1-2.3,2.5-2.9. Chapter 3: Differentiation rules (18 hours):sections:3.1-3.8, 3.10 and 3.11. and Chapter 4 (16 hours): Application of Derivatives: sections:4.1-4.4, and 4.10.
Course Grading: The course grade will be based on 3 exams, and in-class quizzes. Test 1 will cover material through Section 3.3, Test 2 through Section 4.3 (intervals of increase/decrease, concavity/convexity, but no graphing yet). Test 3 is cumulative. The score for the course will be computed according to the following scheme: 25% Test 1 + 25% Test 2 + 20% quizzes +30% Test 3. In the case that Test 3 is better than one of the other two tests, we will use 15% Min(Test 1, Test 2)+25% Max(Test 1, Test 2) + 20% quizzes + 40% Test 3. SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS on exams and quizzes are allowed, but NOT GRAPHING CALCULATORS.
Exam Dates: The dates for the exams are Thursday, July 20, Tuesday, August 8, and Tuesday, August 15. The last test will be cumulative. The two lowest scores of your quizzes will be droped. There are NO MAKE UP tests unless you have documented evidence such as from a police or a medical doctor, etc.
Attendance Policy: Required.
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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.