Course Syllabus for Calculus I (Summer 2017)

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1 Course Syllabus for Calculus I (Summer 2017) Instructor: Mostafa Rezapour Meeting: MTWTHF 10:30-11:30, ADBF 1002 Office: Neil Hall 320 Office Hours: Monday 11:45 am- 2:45 pm (MLC) and by appointment mrezapour@math.wsu.edu Text: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 2nd edition, by Briggs, Cochran and Gillett. Course Prerequisite: MATH 106 with a C or better and MATH 108 with a C or better, or a minimum ALEKS math placement score of 83%. Enrollment not allowed if credit already earned for MATH 140, 202, or 206. Calculator: No calculator is required for this class. Calculators are not allowed on tests. Course topics: We will cover the topics of limits, continuity, derivatives, applications of derivatives and an introduction to definite and indefinite integrals. Exams: Make-up exams will be given only in rare cases and only if youve made every effort to notify me of the problem as soon as was possible. Otherwise, youll take a zero on the exam. Final can NOT be taken early. All exams are closed book, no calculator. Bring photo ID to each exam. Quizzes: Your TA will give you six quizzes in tutorial. Written s : Written s will be assigned, worked on, and collected during tutorial. Assignments or projects in Lab: Periodically during lab youll be doing s or projects. There will be 7 graded s or projects dur- 1

2 ing the semester. Your TA will keep and manage your scores, which will be recorded in Blackboard. Grading: (Total 1000pts) - 8 Written s (20 each) ( you are supposed to do these s at home) 160 pts. - 6 Tutorial Quizzes (20 each) 120 pts. - 7 written s or Projects in lab (10 each)( you are supposed to do these s in Lab) 70 pts. - 3 midterm exams (150 each) 450 pts. - Final exam 200 pts. Exam Chapters Date Mid-term Chapter 2 June 19 Exam 1 Mid-term Chapter 3 July 3 Exam 2 Mid-term Chapter 4 July 17 Exam 3 Final Chapter 2, 3, 4 and 5 TBD 2

3 Week 1 Chapters: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 Week 2 Chapters: 2.5, 2.6, 3.1 Week 3 Chapters: 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 Week 4 Chapters: 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, Written 1: 2.2.7, , , , , , , , , Written 2: , , , , , , , , , Written 3: , , , , , , , , , Written 4: , , , , 3.8.5, , , , , , 1): First lab of week2 2): Before mid-term exam 1 3): First lab of week 4 4): Before mid-term exam 2 3

4 week 5 Chapters: 4.1, 4.2, Written 4.4 5: , , , , , , , 4.4.7, , Week 6 Chapters: 4.5,4.6, Written 4.7 6: , , , , , , , , Week 7 Chapters: 5.2, 5.3 Written 7: , , , , , , , , , Week 8 Chapters: 5.4, 5.5 Written 8: , , , , , , , , , ): First lab of week 6 6): Before mid-term exam 3 7): First lab of week 8 8): Before final exam Turn in your Written Homework to your TA. Math Learning Center: Successful students make use of available resources, so dont struggle when help is just a few steps away! We want you to succeed, we are here for you, and we have FREE tutoring available in the Math Learning Center (Cleveland 130) and the computing lab, Thompson Hall (Room 1). Most of your TAs will hold office hours at the MLC. MLC 4

5 web page: Academic Integrity: Academic integrity is the cornerstone of higher education. As such, all members of the university community share responsibility for maintaining and promoting the principles of integrity in all activities, including academic integrity and honest scholarship. Academic integrity will be strongly enforced in this course. Students who violate WSUs Academic Integrity Policy (identified in Washington Administrative Code (WAC) (3) and -404) will receive a zero grade on the or exam in question, will not have the option to withdraw from the course pending an appeal, and will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration as defined in the Standards of Conduct for Students, WAC (3). You need to read and understand all of the definitions of cheating: If you have any questions about what is and is not allowed in this course, you should ask course instructors before proceeding. If you wish to appeal a faculty members decision relating to academic integrity, please use the form available at Students with Disabilities: Reasonable accomodations are available for students with a documented disability. If you have a disability and need accomodations to fully participate in this class, please either visit or call the Access Center (Washington Building 217; ) to schedule an appointment with an Access Adviser. All accomodations MUST be approved through the Access Center. Classroom Safety Information: Classroom and campus safety are of paramount importance at Washington State University, and are the shared responsibility of the entire campus population. WSU urges students to follow the Alert, Assess, Act, protocol for all types of emergencies and the Run, Hide, Fight response for an active shooter incident (url below). Remain ALERT (through direct observation or emergency notification), ASSESS your specific situation, and ACT in the most appropriate way to assure your own safety (and the safety of others if you are able). Please sign up for emergency alerts on your account at MyWSU. For more information on this subject, campus safety, and related topics, please view the FBIs Run, Hide, Fight video 5

6 ( and visit the WSU safety portal ( Tutorial TAs, meeting times and places: Lab Section TA Time Room 1 Caylan Kolste W,F8-10 NEIL 101 W 2 Damilola Olabode TU,TH15-17 NEIL 101 W 6

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