Syllabus Math 141 Section 2 Fall 2017 Instructor: Elizabeth J. Dempster Office: Sas 3240 Office Hours : Monday 10:30-11:30am Thursday 1:30-2:30pm

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1 Syllabus Math 141 Section 2 Fall 2017 Instructor: Elizabeth J. Dempster Office: Sas 3240 Office Hours : Monday 10:30-11:30am day 1:30-2:30pm day 10:30-11:30am ejdempst@ncsu.edu Please sign your s with your name and class section; I will read all s and respond as quickly as I can either by or in class if it s a general question. Course Description: First of three semesters in a calculus sequence for science and engineering majors. Functions, graphs, limits, derivatives, rules of differentiation, definite integrals, fundamental theorem of calculus, applications of derivatives and integrals. Use of computation tools. Text: Calculus for Engineers and Scientists, Volume I by J.Franke,J.Griggs and L.Norris. It is an online text which you can find under your resources tab in Webassign. You purchase the book and homework assignments together in Webassign. Homework: Your homework will be submitted online. You must purchase access to the homework and the text for this course at I highly recommend you print off the assignments and work them with paper and pencil before submitting. You will work out your problems on the tests and this is good practice. You ll also want hand written copies of your work for when you study for the tests. Maple: Maple projects will be assigned throughout the semester. The due dates are on the calendar below. Please see the maple website which is included under the math website. Summary of Course Components and Grading Percentages Webassign H/W 5% Maple 5% Tests (4 tests) 60% Exam 30% Calculator Policy: No Graphing Calculators are allowed on tests or exams. You may bring in a simple NON- graphing calculator if you d like one to aid in calculations. Blue Books: Each student is to turn in 5 blue books(4 small ones and 1 large one) by Wednesday, September 6 th. DO NOT WRITE ON THEM ANYWHERE! Please give them to the teaching assistant and have them check off your name that you ve turned in a set. Getting this done on or before Sept. 6 th will earn you 2 points extra credit on the first test. Tests and Exam Dates: Test #1 day, September 8 th Test #2 Monday, October 2 nd Test #3 day, October 27 th Test #4 Monday, November 20 th Exam Date Wednesday, December 13 th 8am 11am SAS 1102

2 Please note these dates now! You can only change an exam if you have three within 24 hours and approval through the registrations office and the math department. This must be done early so we can get approval so please check your exam schedule NOW. Travel plans for leaving must be made according to your exam schedule so if you are purchasing plane tickets or making other arrangements for travel, make sure you check the official time of your exams. Here is the link to the NCSU official exam schedule (Fall 17) so you can check it right away. Make Up Test Policy: If you miss a regular test and qualify to take a make up test, then that make up test will be given during the last week of classes or you can opt to let your exam score replace the test score BUT you must meet the following requirements to qualify for taking a make up. I follow the University policy ( that all anticipated absences must be excused in advance of the test date; these include University duties or trips certified by appropriate faculty or staff member. Emergency absences must be reported within one week of the event and can be documented by the Parent and Family Services ( ). Make- ups for oversleeping, car trouble, sickness can only be given on the day of the test so or have someone or call for you! Getting Help: Students must take responsibility for their learning and seek help when needed. Communication with the instructor and lecture assistant is essential to your success. We want to help. The Multi- media center (Sas 2105) has tutoring on a first come first served basis; Also there is tutoring available through the Undergraduate Tutorial Center; Students with disabilities: Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, students must register with Disability Services for Students; Code of student conduct: Documentation will be submitted to the Office of Student Conduct for students who violate the University Regulations on academic integrity. There can be no graphing calculators used on the tests. No help from any other sources than your own head is allowed during tests (hopefully this is obvious you are expected to show all your work on your tests papers). Goals for the class organization The lecture days for our class are Monday, Wednesday, day and day. The recitation day is Tuesday. I highly value the recitation meeting day it allows you to meet in a smaller group with our teaching assistant. Attendance Policy: For each class meeting and recitation day, attendance is taken and considered mandatory for the class. If you are more than 5 minutes late, leave early, are distracted, sleeping etc, you are marked absent for the day. There will be a bonus put onto your webassign average, based on your attendance. After the first test, some days will be considered optional, meaning we will not take roll or might just meet online in a collaborate session. I will let you know through the moodle site at the beginning of the week if one of the days is an optional meeting day.

3 Day by Day Schedule Date Day Text Section Topic Aug 16 Wed 0.1,.2,.3 Into to course; Precalculus overview Exponential & Logarithmic Functions ; ( Inverse functions in general and in specific with these) 0.2 Conic Sections; geometric definitions of parabolas, ellipses, circles and hyperbolas Aug 21 Mon 0.4 Parametric Functions Wed 1.1 Limit (Idea of the limit geometrically and visually) (1.1) 1.2 Rigorous Definition of Limit (epsilon- delta) (1.2) Continue with definition and properties of limits Aug 28 Mon 1.3 Continuity revisited; Intermediate Value Theorem Wed 1.4 Instantaneous Velocity Problem (1.3, 1.4) 2.1 The Definition of the Derivative Sep.4 Mon NO Class Labor Day Wed (2.1) Continue with definition of the derivative for Test #1 Sep.8 Test #1 Sep11 Mon 2.2 Rules of Derivatives Wed 2.3 Product & Quotient Rules - Start Maple #0 and #1 (2.2,2.3) Practice with the rules thus far 2.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions Sept18 Mon 2.5 The Chain Rule (review composite functions) Wed (2.5) Continue Chain Rule 2.6 Implicit Differentiation (2.6) Inverse Trig Functions; Exp & Log Functions; General Power Rule - Maple #0 and #1 due

4 Sept25 Mon 2.7 Related Rates Wed (2.7) Continue Related Rates Continue with implicit differentiation and related rates all of Oct 2 Mon Test #2 Wed 3.1 Linear Approximation Fall Break no class Fall Break no class Oct 9 Mon (3.1) Newton s Method, Simple Pendulum Problem Wed 3.2 Extreme Values;( Abs max & mins ; Local max & mins; Mean Value Theorem) Start Maple #2 (3.2) 3.3 Shape of a Curve (1 st derivative test; concavity and 2 nd derivative test) Oct 16 Mon 3.4 Optimization Wed (3.4) Optimization continued 3.5 Indeterminate forms and L Hopital s rule (3.5) Maple #2 Due Oct 23 Mon 3.6 Differentials and Antiderivatives Wed (3.6) Oct 27 Test #3 Oct. 30 Mon 4.1 Areas & Riemann Sums Wed (4.1)4.2 Areas, Riemann Sum and The Definite Integral - start Maple #3 4.2 The Definite Integral 4.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus(Part I) Nov 6 Mon (4.3) Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Part II)

5 Wed 4.4 Substitution Method (4.4) Continue Substitution method 4.5 Integration by Parts - Maple #3 due Nov13 Mon (4.5) Integration by parts Wed 5.1 Volumes of revolutions (disk and washers) (5.1) Volumes all of Chapter 4 and 5 material Nov20 Mon Test #4 Wed Thanksgiving- no class Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving no class Nov27 Mon Volumes of Revolution (shells method) Dec 4-14 Wed Mon Go over more problems with both types of volumes methods Exam weeks Goals for the class: I will post on our moodle site lots of things to help with your learning extra exercises, outlines of class notes, old tests, Usually I post an outline of problems and ideas I d like to cover before class so you ll know my goals for the day. Please read over the text section before the class lecture day. As with everything, the more you put into it (working before and after each class), the more you ll get out of the lecture classes. I hope you ll enjoy and get a lot out of this class. I want you to be engaged during class. Please turn off your cell phones and computers during class time so you can focus on the material being covered. I truly want you to be present with me, with the teaching assistant and with your peers during the class time. Looking forward to a great semester! Elizabeth Dempster

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