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Calculus I Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Instructor Information

Instructor

Penelope Davies (Curriculum Vitae)

E-Mail

padavies@actx.edu

Phone

<p>806-371-5901</p>

Office Location

Engineering Hall  E205

Office Hours

MTWR:  9:00 am - 10:00 am, other times by appointment

Course Information

Recording Policy

Disability Statement

Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact disAbility Services (Student Service Center room 119, phone 371-5436) as soon as possible.

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As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce a student's ability to participate in daily activities. Amarillo College offers services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. If you or someone you know are suffering from any of the aforementioned conditions, you can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus by calling the AC Counseling Center at 806-371-5900. The AC Counseling Center website is https://www.actx.edu/counseling/ . Also, if you are in need of social services (affordable housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, childcare, medical/dental/vision, legal), please call the AC Advocacy & Resource Center at 806-371-5439. The AC Advocacy & Resource Center website is https://www.actx.edu/arc

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N/A

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Course

MATH-2413-001 Calculus I

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: MATH 2412 or MATH 1348-minimum grade of C; or MATH 1314 and MATH 1316-minimum grade of C; or Department Chair consent

Course Description

Limits and continuity; the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; definition of the derivative of a function and techniques of differentiation; applications of the derivative to maximizing or minimizing a function; the chain rule, mean value theorem and rate of change problems; curve sketching; definite and indefinite integration of algebraic, trigonometric and transcendental functions, with an application to calculation of areas.

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Department Expectations

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Hours

(4 sem hrs; 3 lec, 2 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Calculus, Second Edition
Authors: William Briggs, Lyle Cochran, and Bernard Gillett
Publisher:  Pearson Education

Washington Street Campus Bookstore:  (806)371-5304

Supplies

Basic:  Blue-line notebook paper (8.5” x 11”) and blue-lined graph paper --4 or 5 squares per inch or engineering paper, stapler, a straight edge, pencils, erasers, a highlighter in your favorite color.  You can g

Student Performance

After completing this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the following topics as evaluated by the faculty in the department/program:
  1. Develop solutions for tangent and area problems using the concepts of limits, derivatives, and integrals.
  2. Draw graphs of algebraic and transcendental functions considering limits, continuity, and differentiability at a point.
  3. Determine whether a function is continuous and/or differentiable at a point using limits.
  4. Use differentiation rules to differentiate algebraic and transcendental functions.
  5. Identify appropriate calculus concepts and techniques to provide mathematical models of real-world situations and determine solutions to applied problems.
  6. Evaluate definite integrals using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
  7. Articulate the relationship between derivatives and integrals using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY:  Scholastic dishonesty (cheating) of any kind will not be tolerated in this course.  Cheating is defined in Webster’s College Dictionary as “taking an examination in a dishonest way, as by having improper access to answers.”  Improper access includes, but is not limited to, copying from another student’s paper and using unauthorized sources of information while taking a test.  “Each student must fully understand that if the student cheats, or attempts to cheat on any test the student will receive an automatic “F” in the course.  This grade will go on the student’s permanent transcript and cannot be removed.  Cheating includes, but is not limited to:  the illegal use of books, notes, cell phones, and the use of cell phone calculators, copying or leaving the classroom with a test or questions from a test.  Cheating also includes helping, or attempting to help, other students to cheat on a test.”  If we see your cell phone out at any time, for any reason, during the exam, the student will receive an “F” for the course!  Further action at a higher level may be sought if necessary.  Scholastic dishonesty is clearly defined in the Student Rights and Responsibilities.

BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS/CLASSROOM GROUND RULES: Students are expected to behave in the classroom in a manner that is supportive of the learning environment.  Behaviors that are not supportive include but are not limited to:  tardiness/leaving early, electronic device noises, texting, talking during lecture, abusive, offensive, or disrespectful language and/or demeanor toward AC faculty, staff, students and/or property. 

In order to receive credit for a course, all material listed on the syllabus must be covered.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board sets the topics that must be covered and the instructor sets the pace to meet these requirements.  Complaining about the pace will not result in less material being covered.  Any student having trouble maintaining the pace should seek extra help from the instructor and/or a tutor.

Students who fail to comply with the standards outlined in the syllabus and/or “Student Rights & Responsibilities” will be subject to disciplinary action which may include but is not limited to:  removal from the classroom, consultation with department chair and/or other AC authority, withdrawal from the course and/or the college.

ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS:

  1. BE ON TIME: Students need to be on time to every class meeting.  It is distracting and disrespectful to the class when you arrive late.  If you must be late, please take the seat nearest to the door.  If you are more than 10 minutes late, you will be counted absent.   
  2. BE PREPARED: Students need to have all homework completed and ready to discuss when class begins. 
  3. NO DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR will be tolerated.  Disruptive behavior includes, but is not limited to the following:  cell phones (ringing or text messaging) and beepers, abusive language and/or behavior, talking while instructor is lecturing, sleeping, leaving class early, arriving late, and getting up during lecture to go to the trash can or restroom.
  4. SUBSTITUTE BEHAVIOR:  If a substitute should come in to teach the class, you are expected to be on your best behavior and treat him/her with the highest respect.    I would not send anyone in to teach who is not fully capable of doing so.

Grading Criteria

 Daily Homework: Expect to have homework every day in this course!  Homework will be assigned from the book and will be graded on a point scale.  Your daily homework score is determined by the number of problems you attempted to work following the guidelines outlined below, not the number of problems you worked correctly.  At the end of the semester, I will drop your two lowest homework grades.  Turning in all your homework is one of the best things you can do to improve your grade!

 

Written Lab Assignments:  Labs will consist of completing Written Lab Assignments covering the concepts we have discussed in lecture.  These assignments will be completed before you leave lab or will be due at the beginning of the next lecture.  Usually, these problems require a deeper understanding of the concepts and are modeled after problems that will appear on the exams.  You are allowed to work in groups, but you must understand everything you turn in.  Attendance in lab is MANDATORY!  If you are not present in lab and working on calculus the entire time, you will receive a 0 for the assignment.  Written assignments will be submitted in class and graded by the instructor.  Detailed instructions on format for written assignments will be given in class.  Assignment deadlines will be announced as material is covered.  At the end of the semester, I will drop your one lowest lab assignment grade.  I do not accept late lab assignments. 

 

Exams: Four(4) major exams and a mandatory comprehensive final will be given during the semester.  Make-up tests will not be given.  If an exam is missed, the grade will be replaced with the score you make on the final exam.  This policy applies to one exam only.  If you miss more than one exam, a grade of zero will be averaged for the other missed exams.  If you do not miss any exam during the semester, the grade on the mandatory final exam, if higher, will replace the lowest exam grade. 

If you know ahead of time that you will be missing an exam, you may schedule to take the exam early.  Only under extenuating, verifiable circumstances and at the discretion of the instructor will an exam be given early.

In accordance with Mathematics Department policy and in an effort to increase retention, any student who scores below a 70 on any test must come to the instructor's office and go over the exam and spend a minimum of 1 hour in the Outreach Center (Durrett 104) correcting your exam, working on your homework and/or the labs.  Time spent in the Outreach Center will be monitored by the instructor and must be completed in order to take any subsequent exams. 

Final Examination: The comprehensive final will be given on Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7:30 am.

Grading Criteria/Scale:

Written Homework, drop 2 lowest assignments,           10%

Written Lab Assignments, drop 1 lowest assignment,  10%

Major Exams,                                                                60%

Comprehensive Final Exam,                                         20%

Your course average (A  100-90,  B  89-80,  C  79-70,  D  69-60,  F  Below 60)  will be calculated using the above scale.

I do not give extra credit work.

Attendance

Regular attendance is essential in a math class.  It is during class that questions about homework, new assignments & announcements, and course content will be covered.  Daily attendance is required in both lecture and lab.  It is the responsibility of the student to sign the attendance sheet daily.  If an absence occurs, THE STUDENT is responsible for obtaining the information that was covered and any assignments that were given. Please remember the deadline for dropping a class at AC is Thursday, April 23, 2015. If you stop attending class and your average drops below a 60 due to missed assignments and you do not officially drop the course by this deadline, you will receive an F for the course.

Calendar

  The following schedule is subject to change by the instructor at any time.
Week 1 Orientation, Algebra and Trigonometry Review
Week 2 Sections 2.2, 2.3
Week 3 Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
Week 4 Section 3.1, Exam 1 (2.2 – 2.6)
Week 5 Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Week 6 Sections 3.5, 3.6
Week 7 Sections 3.7, 3.8, 3.9
Week 8 Section 4.1, Exam 2 (3.1 – 3.9)
Week 9 Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Week 10 Sections 4.5, 4.6, 4.9
Week 11 Section 5.1, Exam 3 (4.1 – 4.6)
Week 12 Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Week 13 Section 5.5, 6.2
Week 14 Section 6.3, Exam 4 (4.9, 5.1 – 5.5)
Week 15 Sections 6.4, 6.5
Week 16 Final, Monday, May 11, 2015, 7:30 am

Additional Information

HOMEWORK/LAB REQUIREMENTS AGREEMENT FORM:

  1. Expect to have homework/labs assigned each day.  It must be turned in at the beginning of the next class period.  Late homework/labs will not be accepted.  Late is defined to be anything turned in after the start of the class period.
  2. Homework/labs must be done in pencil.  Anything that is wrong or needs to be corrected must be clearly erased.  Don’t write, doodle, or perform mathematical calculations in the margins.  Homework/labs must be neat and legible.  I will be the judge as to what is neat.  Just because you can read it doesn’t mean that I can interpret it.
  3. Do not tear your paper out of a spiral and leave jagged edges.  Any assignment with jagged edges will not be accepted and will be recorded with a grade of zero.
  4. If you have more than one page to turn in, the pages must be stapled together in the top left corner.  Multiple pages that are not stapled or held together by a paperclip, folded corner, etc. will not be accepted and will be recorded with a grade of zero.  You must staple multiple pages together.
  5. Homework/labs must be presented in an orderly manner with the problem running a single column down the left half of the page.  You may use the right half of the page for graphs and drawings.  Any problem (excluding graphs) with work presented in anything except the first column will not receive credit.  All final answers must be boxed or circled to receive credit.  Any problem with the answer not circled or boxed in will not be graded.
  6. You will place your name in the top right corner of each page.  Under your name place the course name, number, and section.  In the top left corner of each page list the appropriate section of the homework assignment (for example Section 2.1) and place the due date underneath.  Notice that “Section” is not abbreviated and the date must be in a standard format.  Any assignment without the proper heading will not be accepted and will be recorded with a grade of zero.

If you are absent, it is your responsibility to contact another student to find out the homework assignment for the following class.  You may call and leave a message on my phone, 371-5901, or e-mail me at padavies@actx.edu (mailto:padavies@actx.edu), but you take the chance that I may not retrieve the message before the due date.

And remember, LATE HOMEWORK/LABS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

Prerequisite Correction:  The prerequisite for this class is Math 1414 and Math 1316.  There is an error listed above when it said that Math 1314 and Math 1316 were prerequisites.

Food/Drink:  Food and drink are allowed during the lecture and lab.

Phone/Pagers: Cell phones and pagers must be turned off or in silent mode and OUT OF SIGHT during the lecture and lab.

FREE HELP: If you feel yourself getting behind in class or having problems with certain concepts covered, get help immediately.  It is YOUR responsibility to get help outside of class.  The following are a few ways to get FREE help outside of class:

  1. Contact your instructor during office hours or make an appointment.
  2. Get free tutoring from the Outreach Center (Durrett Rm 104)
  3. Get free tutoring from Student Support Services (Rm 305 of library; 371-5420)
  4. Get free tutoring 24/7 from Smarthinking Online Tutoring.  Available on the AC Online homepage.    

Additional Contacts:  

Collin Witherspoon, Department Chair, 371-5142, Samantha Jewett, Mathematics Department Staff Assistant, 371-5326,

Note from the Instructor:  As you already know, success in a math class takes work, commitment, and perseverance.  As your instructor, I am here to facilitate your efforts to reach your educational goals.  I am looking forward to working with each and every one of you this semester.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need help.

Syllabus Created on:

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Last Edited on:

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