Math 161*4 - Fall 2010

Calculus with Analytic Geometry I - Syllabus

Time and place: TR 8:30 – 10:20 in SE 225

Instructor: Tom Zerger

Office: Science West 307

Phone: 989 - 964 - 4334

web address: www.svsu.edu/~zerger

Office Hours: MW 4:30 – 5:20, TR 11:30 - 12:20 (Other times by appointment)

Text: Calculus 6^th ed by James Stewart. Internet resources that accompany this text are available also by clicking on the link then on your book (Calculus 6E)

Material Covered: Chapters 1 - 6 and other topics as time permits.

Course Description: This course focuses on the concepts of limits, continuity, derivatives, and integrals. Many applications of these concepts are discussed.

Additional Help:

The Math Resource Center is located at SE 106 and has individual tutoring available. The hours are 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and some weekend hours - check the website.

· There is also on-line help at http://www.stewartcalculus.com/ . Click on the book (Calculus 6E). In the left column there are many resources. The most useful will be under Web Links, select the appropriate chapter of the text at the top. You will also find calculator help here.

· Complete manuals are available on-line for all TI calculators at http://education.ti.com/us/global/guides.html - You will find your TI calculator under the product drop-down menu.

· There are two CD's that come with your book. The TEC disk has hints for the exercises in red in your book. It also contains helpful practice modules for selected topics. The Interactive Video Skillbuilder has videos of instructors explaining some examples in the text and some practice quizzes and tutorials.

Calculators: It is expected that everyone have at least a scientific calculator with trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential functions. Most students will find it helpful in their daily work to have a graphing calculator to help in visualizing and interpreting graphs of functions, and it is helpful to have a multi-line viewing screen when typing in and calculating complicated expressions. Since calculation of limits, derivatives and integrals is part of the requirement and assessment in this course, which can be performed on these calculators, students with these calculators should expect some limited use of their calculator on some exams or parts of some exams.

Maple software: Maple is a Computer Algebra System (CAS) software, which is available in the computer lab SE 105. It is comparable to other CAS software packages like Derive, Mathematica, and MatLab. Help with this software is available at the Maple-soft website

Academic Integrity: Work that is turned in for an individual grade should be your work. From the SVSU Code of Student Conduct 1.8.1 : "No student shall cheat, plagiarize or facilitate academic dishonesty by another student. Students are responsible for completing all assigned academic work without unauthorized aid of any kind." If you have any questions about what constitutes academic dishonesty, please ask me and/or see the website at http://www.svsu.edu/academicintegrity/

Grading: There will be three exams (200 points each) and a comprehensive final exam (250 points). There will also be an additional 150 “homework” points consisting of homework problems, in-class assignments, take-home assignments, quizzes and computer assignments (Maple). There will be NO make-ups on missed “homework” assignments.

Grading Scale: Total points = 1000. Your grade will be determined by the following percentages.

Grade	Points	Percent
A	930-1000	93 - 100
A-	900-929	90 - <93
B+	870-899	87 - <90
B	830-869	83 - <87
B-	800-829	80 - <83
C+	770-799	77 - <80
C	700-769	70 - <77
D	600-699	60 - <70
F	000-599	00 -<60

Tentative Schedule

August 31	Chapter 1	October (cont) 26	Exam 2: Sections 3.5 – 4.5
September 2	2.1 – 2.2	28	4.6 – 4.7
7	Labor Day	November 2	4.8 – 4.9
9	2.3 – 2.4	4	4.9 - 5.1
14	2.4 – 2.5	9	5.1 – 5.2
16	3.1 – 3.2	11	5.3 – 5.4
21	3.3 – 3.43.4 – 3.43.5, Review	16	5.4 – 5.5
23	3.5, Review	18	6.1, Review
28	Exam 1: Chapter 1, 2.1 – 3.43.5 – 3.6	23	Exam 3: Sections 4.6 – 5.5
30	3.5 – 3.63.7 - 3.8	25	Thanksgiving
October 5	3.7 – 3.83.8 - 3.9	30	6.2 – 6.3
7	3.8 – 3.94.1 – 4.2	December 2	6.3 – 6.4
12	4.1 – 4.24.2 – 4.3	7	6.4 - 6.5
14	4.2 – 4.34.4 – 4.5	9		Review
19	4.4 – 4.54.5, Review	14		Final Exam: (8:30 – 10:20)
21	4.5, Review		Exam schedule

Please note these important dates(other important dates here):

Friday, October 29 Last day to withdraw with "W" grade.

Friday, November 12 Last day to withdraw with "WP" or "WF" grade.

Homework Problems

Homework: These are problems from each section that you should have worked on for the next class period. I will announce in class if homework problems are to be turned in the next class period as part of your "homework" grade. There are both even and odd (solutions to odds are in the back and worked out in the student solutions manual) problems.

The concepts of this course will be looked at in 4 common ways and the homework is selected accordingly:

Descriptively:       Translate mathematical concepts into everyday terms and vice-versa.

Algebraically:       Use algebraic and/or symbolic manipulation.

Numerically:        Work with numerical data or provide numerical approximation.

Graphically:         Provide or receive information presented in the form of a graph.

Guidelines to Homework

You are encouraged to work with and discuss the exercises with your classmates outside of the classroom. Doing this will greatly increase your understanding of the material. Do NOT copy answers from each other though. Write solutions individually to be sure you understand.
Be neat and write details down: You will then be able to tell what you did and why when you go back to study for quizzes and exams. Your homework grade will improve as you will most likely get more partial credit if you show and explain what you are trying to do.
It is helpful to read the text and your class notes before beginning homework problems.
Use the even problems to help build confidence in your solutions where "the answer" is not known (such as on your exams). If you are not confident in what you are doing, select an odd numbered problem of the same type so you can check your reasoning. You can also look at the red problems that have hints on the CD.
It is OK if you cannot solve all the problems the first time!! For problems you are not able to solve, determine what it is you do not understand and ask in class.
Each class will begin with an opportunity to ask questions about the homework. If homework problems are due to turn in, then I won't work these problems out for you, but I will help in understanding the problem and giving direction.
If an assignment is due for a grade and you are stuck

See me during office hours or make an appointment.
Use the Math Resource Center (SE 106) – find problems similar to the assignment problems in the book and have them help you on those. Then, work the problems to turn in on your own.

Homework List

Section	Page	Problems
Chapter 1
1.1	20	2, 5, 7, 15,18,21,23,27,32,39,43,47,49,57,58,61,63,67
1.2	34	4,9,15,19
1.3	43	1,5,6,11,13,17,23,26,29,35,39,45,50,51,54,55,57,61
1.4	51	15,25
Chapter 2
2.1	65	1, 4, 6,9
2.2	74	1,3,5,7,9,15,19,21,25,31,37
2.3	84	1,5,10,13,17,21,25,29,35,37,41,47,49,55,57
2.4	95	1,3,8,11,13,15,20,29,41
2.5	105	3,6,7,9,11,19,23,29,31,35,37,41,43,45,47,60,63
Chapter 3
3.1	119	1,3,5,9,11,13,16,17,21,25,27,31,41,45,51
3.2	131	1,3,9,13,19,23,25,31,33,35,41,43,51,53
3.3	144	2,5,7,11,15,17,19,23,27,31,37,39,51,55,59,61,63,67,70,71,75,85,91,99
3.4	154	3,7,11,15,19,23,27,32,35,37,38,41,45
3.5	161	3,5,9,13,17,21,23,31,35,39,45,47,55,59,61,63,65,71,76,87
3.6	169	1,7,13,17,21,23,25,29,31,35,47,51
3.7	179	1,3,5,7,9,11,19,21,23a,31
3.8	186	1,3,5,9,11,13,17,23,25,29,33,37,41
3.9	193	1,7,11,17,21,25,31,35,41
Chapter 4
4.1	211	3,5,9,13,15,19,21,,27,31,39,47,51,55,59,63,64,69
4.2	219	1,5,7,9,13,17,21,23,27,32,33
4.3	227	1,5,7,9,13,15,19,21,27,31,37,39,41,43,5152,59,65
4.4	240	2,3,5,11,17,19,22,23,25,29,31,35,39,49,53,55,59,67
4.5	248	3,5,11,17,27,31,37,41,43,51
4.6	255	3,5,7,11,17,23
4.7	262	1,5,9,13,16,17,23,30,33,35,41,46,66
4.8	272	1,4,5,13,17,29
4.9	279	1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,39,43,45,51,55,61,67
Chapter 5
5.1	298	1,5,11,13,15,19,21
5.2	310	1,5,7,9,17,23,33,35,39,47,49,53,57,59
5.3	321	3,7,11,13,17,19,25,29,31,33,35,37,47,51,55
5.4	329	3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39,45,47,49,53,57,60
5.5	338	1,3,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,31,37,41,47,49,53,55,61
Chapter 6
6.1	352	1,3,5,7,11,19,21,23,29,43,45,49
6.2	362	3,5,9,15,17,21,25,29,31,35,41,47,51,63
6.3	368	1,3,5,11,17,19,21,25,29,37,39,43
6.4	373	1,5,9,11,15,19,21
6.5	777	1,5,9,15,17