Calculus I

MATH 131-08 – Fall 2015

Class Time:MWF 12:00pm-12:50pm in MECC-220

T 10:50am-12:05pm in LSC 136

Instructor: Allie Ray

Office hours: MECC 235; MWF 10-10:45am, MW 2-4pm, Tu 9-10:30am or by appointment

Phone: (860) 297-4108

Email:

Textbook: Calculus by Laura Taalman and Peter Kohn; with WebAssign access (Required)

ISBN 9781464167744

Prerequisite: A satisfactory score on the Mathematics Placement Examination.

See for test details.

Distribution Requirement:Meets Numerical & Symbolic Reasoning Requirement

Grading components:

Exams 1-3: 50%

(15% each for two lowest grades and 20% for the highest grade)

Thurs. Oct. 8, 7:00-8:30pm

Thurs. Nov. 5, 7:00-8:30pm

Thurs. Dec. 3, 7:00-8:30pm

Final Exam (Fri. December 18, 3:00-5:30pm)25%

WebAssign Online Homework10%

Quizzes, Projects, Group Work10%

Class Attendance and Participation5%

Online Homework: A student must have access to WebAssign for this course as part of your grade will be based on online homework. The weekly homework assignments will be due each Wednesday at 11:59pm. They will consist of both problems similar to those found in the book as well as similar to exam questions. I will drop at least 1 homework grade.

Quizzes, Projects, Group Work: During class (mainly on Tuesdays), we may do a variety of activities for a grade. Quizzes will be 1-3 questions about material covered the prior week and will be similar to questions that might appear on an exam. You may or may not have warning that a quiz is going to be given. We will also be doing group work and projects that are intended to be more in-depth than homework problems. Groups should consist of 2-3 people (no more, no less) and one assignment should be turned in for the group with everyone’s name on it. Depending on the type of assignment, these might be due at the end of class that day or at a later date. I will drop at least 1 grade from this category. Note: If you are absent the day of an in class assignment or quiz, you will receive a zero on the assignment.

Attendance/Participation: You will begin with 10 points. Each unexcused absence will reduce this by 1 point. Participation in class discussions will then determine how many of the remaining points you retain. If you are more than 15 minutes late or if you leave class early, you will also be considered absent.

Exams and Final: Exams 1-3 are cumulative in nature since calculus builds on previous material but will be focused on new material. The final exam (Dec. 18) will be a 2.5-hour exam and will be cumulative.

Makeup Policy: Makeups for homework/in class work will only be given for university activities such as athletics or illness with a coach/doctor’s note. If you have a conflict with any exam or final, you must contact me no later than Sept. 30th, by emailing me and attaching necessary documentation. If a conflict arises after September 30th, contact me immediately. Delays in submitting a make-up request may mean that your request cannot be approved.

Calculator Policy: You may NOT use any calculator with the following capabilities: equation solving, differentiation, integration, QWERTY keyboard, and any device that has internet or email capabilities (This means NO Cell phones). If you are not sure your calculator fits this description, you must get it approved by me before the exam date.

Accommodation Services: Trinity College strives to ensure that students with disabilities will have the same opportunities to thrive academically and personally in their Trinity experience. Trinity is committed to providing reasonable accommodationsto students who are substantially limited by a diagnosed disability.Students with physical and/or learning disabilities have met the same requirements for admission as all other Trinity students. Once admitted, students may request support services in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992.

If you require an accommodation based on disability, I would like to meet with you in the privacy of my office, during the first week of the semester, to make sure you are appropriately accommodated.

Academic Dishonesty:Academic integrity is an important component of intellectual life and I treat cases of academic dishonesty very seriously. You are expected to uphold the principles in the Student Integrity Contract, to read and abide by the College policies on intellectual honesty in the Student Handbook, and to abide by any specific policies I establish. You will receive these policies in writing. If you have any questions you should bring them to me; when in doubt err on the side of caution and avoid even the appearance of academic dishonesty. The minimum penalty for academic dishonesty is a 0 on the given assignment. All cases of academic dishonesty will be referred to the Academic Honor Council.

Proposed Schedule for the Class (Note: All dates and content of exams might change slightly depending on pace of the class.):

Date / Topics / Section in Text
Week 1 / Wednesday, Sept 9 / Syllabus, Functions & Transformations / 0.1, 0.2
Friday, Sept. 11 / Algebraic and Exponential Functions / 0.3, 0.4
Week 2 / Monday, Sept 14 / Trig Functions / 0.5
Wednesday, Sept 16 / Logic and Proofs / 0.5
Friday, Sept 18 / Intuitive Limits / 1.1
Week 3 / Monday, Sept 21 / Intuitive Limits cont. / 1.1
Wednesday, Sept 23 / Definition of Limit / 1.2
Friday, Sept 25 / Limit Rules / 1.5
Week 4 / Monday, Sept 28 / Continuity / 1.4
Wednesday, Sept 30 / Continuity cont. / 1.4
Friday, Oct. 2 / Continuity cont. / 1.4
Week 5 / Monday, Oct. 5 / Indeterminate Limits / 1.6
Wednesday, Oct 7 / Exam Review
Thursday, Oct. 8 / Exam 1 (7-8:30pm)
Friday, Oct 9 / Intuitive Derivatives / 2.1
Week 6 / Monday Oct 12 / Trinity Days (No Class)
Wednesday, Oct 14 / Intuitive Derivatives , Definition of Derivative / 2.1, 2.2
Friday, Oct 15 / Definition of Derivative cont. / 2.2
Week 7 / Monday, Oct 18 / Derivative Rules / 2.3
Wednesday, Oct 20 / Derivative Rules cont. / 2.3
Friday, Oct 22 / Chain Rule and Implicit Differentiation / 2.4
Week 8 / Monday, Oct 25 / Derivatives of Exponential & Logarithm Functions / 2.5
Wednesday, Oct 27 / Limits and Continuity with Logarithmic Functions / 1.5
Friday, Oct 29 / Interlude 1– Modeling with DEs, Exponential Growth
Week 9 / Monday, Nov. 1 / Trigonometric Derivatives / 2.6
Wednesday, Nov. 3 / Exam Review
Thursday, Nov. 4 / Exam 2 (7-8:30pm)
Friday, Nov. 5 / Interlude 2: Newton’s Method
Week 10 / Monday, Nov. 8 / Mean Value Theorem / 3.1
Wednesday, Nov. 10 / Mean Value Theorem cont. / 3.1
Friday, Nov. 12 / Interlude 3: Slope Fields
Week 11 / Monday, Nov. 15 / First Derivative and Curve Sketching / 3.2
Wednesday, Nov. 17 / Second Derivative and Curve Sketching / 3.3
Friday, Nov. 19 / Curve Sketching cont. / 3.2, 3.3
Week 12 / Monday, Nov. 23 / Interlude 4 - DEs, slope fields
Wednesday, Nov. 25 / Thanksgiving Break (No Class)
Friday Nov. 27
Week 13 / Monday, Nov. 30 / Interlude 5 - Euler’s method
Wednesday, Dec. 2 / Exam Review and Optimization / 3.4
Thursday, Dec. 3 / Exam 3 (7-8:30pm) does not include optimization
Friday, Dec. 4 / Optimization / 3.4
Week 14 / Monday, Dec. 7 / Related Rates / 3.5
Wednesday, Dec. 9 / Related Rates cont. / 3.5
Friday, Dec. 11 / L’Hopital’s Rule / 3.6
Week 15 / Monday, Dec. 14 / L’Hopital’s Rule & Exam Review
(Last day of classes) / 3.6
Wednesday, Dec. 16
Friday, Dec. 18 / Final Exam (3-5:30pm)