MATH 1121 Fall 2008
A Survey of Calculus

Tentative Syllabus:

TIME: Tuesday and Thursday 8-9:30 AM
LOCATION: Smith 303
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Fay A. Riddle
OFFICE: Smith 305
OFFICE PHONE: 706.880.8279
OFFICE HOURS: Mon./Wed./Fri. 9:40-10:40 AM, Thurs. 11:15-11:55 AM (except for faculty meeting Thursdays). Available by appointment at other times.

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION: An intuitive introduction, using technology, to the concepts and applications of calculus. Topics include functions and graphing, tangents to a curve, differentiation and integration, maxima, minima, and area under a curve. Prerequisite: MATH 1101 or 2105 or satisfactory score on mathematics placement test. Note: Not open to students who have credit for MATH 2221.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: To introduce the student to the basic concepts of calculus.

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS: All correspondence (assignments, test information, etc.) will be via e-mail. Each student will be expected to provide an e-mail address to the instructor by the end of the first week of class. Students will be expected to check their e-mail on a daily basis. Cell phones and audible pagers must be turned off in class unless there is a prior arrangement with the instructor.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: The Bulletin says, "A student is expected to attend all classes, including labs, for all courses for which he/she is registered. The student is solely responsible for accounting to his/her instructor for any absence. An instructor may recommend that the Academic Dean drop from class with grade of W or U any student whose absences are interfering with satisfactory performance in the course."      This class proceeds at a pace which makes regular class attendance a necessity. Failure to attend all class meetings may result in the student receiving a grade which is less than he or she is capable of earning, due to missing material presented in the classroom. The instructor reserves the right to withdraw a student from the class for academic or disciplinary reasons.      The student is responsible for all material covered, assignments and test dates announced, and any other announcements made on the day the student is absent. There will be no make-up exams given in this course. If a student misses an exam for an unexcused reason, the student will receive a 0 on that exam. If a student misses an exam for an excused reason, then the final exam will count for the final exam AND for the missed exam. Absence from class is not an excuse for late or no homework.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
READING ASSIGNMENTS: The instructor will assume that the student reads those sections of the text corresponding to what is covered in class, as well as any assigned readings. The instructor reserves the right to give quizzes on assigned readings.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Exercises will be assigned daily, and students will be responsible for all exercises assigned. These will not be handed in and will not be graded, but the instructor reserves the right the ask students for their solutions in class. Three homework assignments will be clearly designated as homework to be handed in and will count as a percentage of the student’s final grade.
TESTS: There will be three tests tentatively on Sept. 30, Oct. 30, and Dec. 2, and a comprehensive final exam on Dec. 8 at 8 AM.

GRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: GRADING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: Your grade for the course will be determined as follows:
(1) The three regular tests each count 100 points. The final exam is comprehensive.
(2) For each test the student is allowed one absence prior to that test. Any absence in excess of that will result in a 1 point per absence deduction on the test grade.
(3) Each of the three homework assignments is due at the beginning of the class on the date that it is due. The homework score is 100*X/Y where X is the sum of the points achieved on the assignments, and Y is the total points possible.
(4) The total points on the three tests plus the homework score divided by 4 gives the student's “pre-final” average.
(5) If the student's grade on the final examination is less than the "pre-final" average, then the final exam will count 20% of the final grade, with the "pre-final" average counting 80% of the final grade.
(6) If the student's grade on the final examination is more than the "pre-final" average, then the final exam will count 50% of the final grade, with the "pre-final" average also counting 50% of the final grade.
(7) The grading scale is as follows: 98 to 100 A+, 92 to 97.9 A 90 to 91.9 A-, 88 to 89.9 B+, 82 to 87.9 B 80 to 81.9 B-, 78 to 79.9 C+ 72 to 77.9 C 70 to 71.9 C-, 66 to 69.9 D+, 60 to 65.9 D, and 0 to 59.9 F.
(8) Students are expected to abide by the LaGrange College Honor Code.

TEXTBOOK: Brief Applied Calculus by Berresford and Rockett.

COURSE OUTLINE: The following topics will be covered as time permits.
1. Functions.
2. Derivatives and Their Uses.
3. Further Applications of Derivatives.
4. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
5. Integration and its Applications.
6. Integration Techniques and Differential Equations.