COURSE: MATH 1910-003 Call # 31277
TIME AND PLACE: 9:20-10:15 MWF and 8:40-9:35 T in Sam Wilson 202
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Robert Gardner OFFICE HOURS: 10:25-11:20 MWF
OFFICE: Room 308G of Gilbreath Hall
PHONE: 439-6977 (308G Gilbreath), Math Department Office 439-4349
E-MAIL:
gardnerr@etsu.edu
WEBPAGE:
www.etsu.edu/math/gardner/gardner.htm (see my webpage for a copy of this course syllabus and updates for the course).
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Clayton Clark
OFFICE: Warf-Pickle, rooms 308 and 309 (Math Lab)
OFFICE HOURS: Monday & Wednesday from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, and Tuesday & Thursday from 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
PHONE: 439-7611
TEXT: Thomas' Calculus, 10th edition, by G. Thomas, R. Finney, M. Weir, and F. Giordano.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Instructor's Solution's Manual by M. Weir, contains worked-out solutions for all exercises in the text. Answer Book contains short answers to most exercises in the text. Student Study Guide by M. Weir, gives study tips and additional practice. Student Solutions Manual by M. Weir contains worked-out solutions to all odd-numbered exercises in the text. A copy of each of these additional resources will be on reserve in the library.
CLASS NOTES: We will use overheads for the bulk of the in-class lectures. Copies of the overheads are available on the web in both PostScript and PDF formats. For details see:
PREREQUISITES: As the ETSU catalog states, the prerequisites for this class are either two years of high school algebra and one year of plane geometry or Precalculus (MATH 1720). You must be familiar with the behavior of functions, their domains, their compositions, and piecewise defined functions. If your background on these topics is weak, you definitely should consider another course!!!
GRAPHING CALCULATORS: "The designated calculator for Calculus I, II, and III will be the TI89. The TI92 is also suitable'"[Schedule of Classes Bulletin, Fall 2001, ETSU, p. 67].
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GRADING: Your grade will be determined by the average on four tests (T1 - T4) and the final (F). Your average is determined by
THE FINAL: We will have a comprehensive final on Monday, December 9 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
GATEWAY EXAM: You must pass a "Gateway Exam" to complete this course. I quote from the "Calculus 1 Gateway Exam" webpage ( math.etsu.edu/calculus/gate1ann.htm): "You cannot pass Calculus I, [MATH 1910] until you pass the Gateway exam.
Because we now require the powerful TI-89 calculator and encourage its use throughout calculus, Gateway exams in calculus have been established to insure that students are still developing pencil and paper computational skills.
In Calculus I, [MATH 1910], the gateway exam covers limits and derivatives of polynomials, algebraic functions and trigonometric functions. Once implicit differentiation has been covered in Calculus I, you may take the gateway exam 1 time each week until the next to last week of class.
Gateway Exams can be taken the last week of class only by permission of the Calculus coordinator. Now gateway testing will be offered in the math lab during the last week of class.
The examination consists of 10 multiple choice questions and has a 30-minute time limit. A score of 7 out of 10 is required for completion of the course. The purpose of the examination will be to assess each student's acquisition of the basic skills in Calculus. Therefore, NO CALCULATORS OF ANY KIND MAY BE USED DURING THE EXAMINATION.
NOTE: Passing the gateway examination does not guarantee a passing grade for the course."
This exam will be administered in the Math Lab. A sample Gateway Exam can be found on the internet at: math.etsu.edu/calculus/gate1htm.htm. If you take the Gateway Exam before the second in-class test, then I will give you your score on the Gateway Exam as bonus points on Test 2.
MATH LAB: The Mathematics Laboratory is located in Rooms 308 and 309 of Warf-Pickle Hall. It is staffed by graduate students and upper level undergraduates. They are there to help you! Hours of operation are Monday-Thursday 11:00-7:00, Sunday 1:00-5:00. The phone number is 439-7611. The Math Hotline is 439-7887 (for short questions).
ONLINE HELP: The Addison Wesley Longman Math Tutor Center is available online at www.awl.com/tutorcenter. It provides assistance to students who take calculus and purchase a mathematics textbook published by Addison Wesley Longman. Help is provided via phone, fax, and e-mail. Students who use the service will be helped by tutors who are qualified mathematics instructors.
CD-ROM AND WEB SITE: The CD-ROM included with the text has several interactive features and tutorials. It includes video clips of real-world situations which provide motivation for learning and applying calculus. The text web site (www.awl.com/thomas) has the "Just-in-Time" Online Algebra and Trigonometry web-based testing and tutorial system which allows students to practice the algebra and trigonometry skills critical to mastering calculus. The Interactive Calculus Tutorial is an online tutorial which lets students review textbook-specific material by chapter through practice quizzes and diagnostic feedback on their performance. The Skill Mastery Quizzes are a collection of chapter-by-chapter quizzes on the web site which can be administered and graded online for skills-based mastery assessment.
The SI program targets traditionally difficult academic courses - those that have high percentages of D, F and W.
The SI leader is a student who has de
The SI leader attends all class meetings, reads assignments, takes notes, and conducts three, one-hour study sessions each week for class members. The SI leader prepares informal quizzes and learning aids for the SI sessions.
SI sessions are open to all students in the course and attendance is on a voluntary basis. It is viewed as enhancement rather than remedial.
Typically, students attend only one session per week, although some students attend more often." (Supplemental Instruction brochure from Student Support Services, TBR 260-045-96 1M)
SYLLABUS ATTACHMENT: You can find an on-line version of the university's syllabus attachment (which contains general information concerning advisement, honor codes, dropping, etc.) at:
BLACKBOARD (ONLINE TUTORING): Student Support Services will be providing online tutoring through Blackboard. The tutoring sites include: class handouts, practice quizzes, study tips, chat rooms for online tutoring, and discussion boards to post questions. To access Blackboard see:
NOTE: Calculus is the "mathematics of motion." We will see many applications of the Calculus 1 material which involve motion and dynamics. Because of this connection with the physical sciences, calculus is one of the most applicable areas of mathematics. You will see many of the concepts in this class again if you take the Technical Physics sequence. This material is certainly not easy, though! You should plan on investing a great deal of time in this class. If you allot an appropriate amount of time for your studies (at least 2 hours outside of class for each hour spent in class) then I think this can be a pleasant and rewarding (intellectually and gradewise) experience! I will post test solutions outside of my office door (in Gilbreath) after each test. As a result, I will only consider questions about how your test was graded during the week following a test.
IMPORTANT DATES:
We will follow this tentative outline. "EOO" means Every Other Odd (that is, 1, 5, 9, 13, etc.). Notice that, on average, we spend more time on the sections of the first two chapters (since this is where many fundamentally new concepts are introduced). Also notice that each test is scheduled on a Tuesday. On test days, class will start at 8:15 so that you may have extra time (if needed) to work on the test.
| MON 8/26 | 1.1 = Rates of Change and Limits | 1.1 = 1-45 (EOO) |
| TUE 8/27 | 1.1 (cont.), 1.2 = Finding Limits and One-Sided Limits | 1.2 = 1-41 (EOO) |
| WED 8/28 | 1.2 (cont.) | |
| FRI 8/30 | 1.3 = Limits Involving Infinity | 1.3 = 1-45 (EOO) |
| MON 9/2 | Labor Day Holiday (no class) | |
| TUE 9/3 | Study Session | |
| WED 9/4 | 1.3 (cont.), 1.4 = Continuity | 1.4 = 1-37 (EOO) |
| FRI 9/6 | 1.4 (cont.) | |
| MON 9/9 | 1.5 = Tangent Lines | 1.5 = 1-41 (EOO) |
| TUE 9/10 | Study Session | |
| WED 9/11 | 1.5 (cont.), 2.1 = Derivative | 2.1 = 1-37 (EOO) |
| FRI 9/13 | 2.1 (cont.) | |
| MON 9/16 | Review for Test 1 | |
| TUE 9/17 | Test 1 = 1.1-1.5 | |
| WED 9/18 | 2.2 = Rate of Change | 2.2 = 1-29 (EOO) |
| FRI 9/20 | 2.3 = Products, Quotients, Negative Powers | 2.3 = 1-29 (EOO) |
| MON 9/23 | 2.3 (cont.), 2.4 Trigonometric Functions | 2.4 = 1-41 (EOO) |
| TUE 9/24 | Study Session | |
| WED 9/25 | 2.4 (cont.), 2.5 = Chain Rule, Parametric Equations | 2.5 = 1-65 (EOO) |
| FRI 9/27 | 2.5 (cont.) | |
| MON 9/30 | 2.6 = Implicit Differentiation | 2.6 = 1-57 EOO) |
| You are now prepared to take the Gateway Exam!!! | ||
| TUE 10/1 | Study Session | |
| WED 10/2 | 2.6 (cont.), 2.7 = Related Rates | 2.7 = 1-37 (EOO) |
| FRI 10/4 | 2.7 (cont.) | |
| MON 10/7 | Review for Test 2 | |
| TUE 10/8 | Test 2 = 2.1-2.7 | |
| WED 10/9 | 3.1 = Extrema of Functions | 3.1 = 1-53 (EOO) |
| FRI 10/11 | 3.1 (cont.), 3.2 = Mean Value Theorem and DEs | 3.2 = 1-45 (EOO) |
| MON 10/14 | 3.2 (cont.) | |
| TUE 10/15 | Study Session | |
| WED 10/16 | 3.3 = Shape of a Graph | 3.3 = 1-61 (EOO) |
| FRI 10/18 | 3.3 (cont.), 3.4 = Solving DEs Graphically | 3.4 = 1-17 (EOO) |
| MON 10/21 | 3.4 (cont.) | |
| TUE 10/22 | Study Session | |
| WED 10/23 | 3.5 = Optimization | 3.5 = 1-57 (EOO) |
| FRI 10/25 | Fall Break (no class) | |
| MON 10/28 | 3.5 (cont.) | 3.5 = 1-57 (EOO) |
| TUE 10/29 | Study Session | |
| WED 10/30 | 3.6 = Linearizations and Differentials | 3.6 = 1-41 (EOO) |
| FRI 11/1 | 3.7 = Newton's Method | 3.7 = 1-29 (EOO) |
| MON 11/4 | Review for Test 3 | |
| TUE 11/5 | Test 3 (3.1-3.7) | |
| WED 11/6 | 4.1 = Indefinite Integrals and DEs | 4.1 = 1-65 (EOO) |
| FRI 11/8 | 4.2 u-Substitution | 4.2 = 1-45 (EOO) |
| MON 11/11 | 4.3 = Finite Sums | 4.3 = 1-21 (EOO) |
| TUE 11/12 | Study Session | |
| WED 11/13 | 4.4 = Riemann Sums, Definite Integrals | 4.4 = 1-37 (EOO) |
| FRI 11/15 | 4.5 = Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | 4.5 = 1-49 (EOO) |
| MON 11/18 | 4.6 = u-Substitution in Definite Integrals | 4.6 = 1-41 (EOO) |
| TUE 11/19 | Study Session | |
| WED 11/20 | 4.7 = Numerical Integration | 4.7 = 1-21 (EOO) |
| FRI 11/22 | 5.1 = Volumes by Slicing | 5.1 = 1-57 (EOO) |
| MON 11/25 | Review for Test 4 | |
| TUE 11/26 | Test 4 (4.1 - 4.7) | |
| WED 11/27 | 5.2 = Volumes by Shells | 5.2 = 1-33 (EOO) |
| FRI 11/29 | 5.2 (cont.)/Thanksgiving | |
| MON 12/2 | 5.3 = Lengths of Curves | 5.3 = 1-29 (EOO) |
| TUE 12/3 | Study Session | |
| WED 12/4 | Review for Final | |
| FRI 12/6 | Review for Final | |
| MON 12/9 | Final, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | |
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