MATH 2413 SYLLABUS FALL 2017

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1 SECTION: MATH LECTURE: MWF, 9:00-9:50, RH 343 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION RECITATIONS: TR, 8:00-8:50, RH 243 NAME: Slavka Bodjanova TUTORING AVAILABLE: PAAC (2 nd Floor Library) RANK: Professor MATH OFFICE PHONE: (361) OFFICE: RH 235 MATH OFFICE FAX: (361) PHONE: (361) OFFICE HOURS: MWF 7:50-8:50 am, TR 10:50 11:50 am ( or by appointment) RESOURCES COURSE DESCRIPTION WebAssing Class Key: tamuk TEXTBOOK Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 8th Ed., Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning (2016), ISBN TAMUK bookstore price $ A student of this institution is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from a universityaffiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. Web based homework and e-book: WebAssing You are not required to purchase the hard copy of the text but will need immediate access to the website This is the site through which homework will be submitted. E-book is included. Access to WebAssing is required. It is possible to purchase access code directly over the Internet using a credit card. Cost: (1) $100 for single term access; (2) $125 for lifetime edition 8; (3) students will have free access to WebAssig for the first week of the semester. PREREQUISITE Math 1348 (Analytic Geometry/Precalculus Foundational Component Area: This course satisfies the (3 hr.) general education Mathematics curriculum requirement. Courses in this category focus on quantitative literacy in logic, patterns, and relationships. Courses involve the understanding of key mathematical concepts and the application of appropriate quantitative tools to everyday experience. Core Objectives: This course will meet the following General Education Core Objectives: 1. Critical Thinking: Translate an applications problem into appropriate mathematical language. 2. Communication: Create a graph or diagram appropriate to the mathematical situation. 3. Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Solve a selected applications problem, and justify the solution. CATALOG DESCRIPTION Limits and continuity. Definition of the derivative of a function and techniques of differentiation. Derivatives of various functions, to include rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric and their inverses. Application of the derivative to maximizing or minimizing a function, curve sketching, and rate of change problems. L Hospital s rule. Introduction to integration, the fundamental theorem of calculus, application to areas; introduction to numerical integration. Prerequisite: MATH COURSE OBJECTIVES: The course develops tools to interpret and solve problems using differential calculus, i.e., have an intuitive understanding of and appreciation for the limit concept; be able to investigate limits analytically, numerically, and graphically; understand the concept of derivative as a rate of change, and be able to express problems involving rates of change in terms of derivatives; understand, and be able to carry out, some of the rules of differentiation; be able to form the derivative of elementary functions; be able to apply the notion of derivative to problems of optimization and local approximation; be able to relate the behavior of the derivative of a function to the graph of the function; understand the concept of definite integral as a limit of sums; understand the concept of integral as antiderivative; be able to carry out some simple techniques of integration; be able to perform some basic numerical integrations.

2 The student should demonstrate these exemplary Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board general education mathematics objectives: Proficiency in applying mathematical models and using statistical information to solve real-world problems; Competence in conveying and evaluating basic mathematical information; Proficiency in using mathematical reasoning skills and logic to develop convincing arguments; Proficiency in using appropriate mathematical thinking to judge the reasonableness of results when applying technology to solve problems; Competence in interpreting and drawing inferences from mathematical models formulas, graphs, tables, etc.; Recognize the limitations of mathematical and statistical models; Understand that mathematics is interrelated with human culture and connected to other disciplines STUDENT LEARNER OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: determine analytically the limit of various expressions; estimate limits using numerical and graphical data; illustrate rules for differentiation by applying them to various functions; determine whether function is continuous or not; set up and solve various optimization problems using ideas from calculus; analyze graphs using ideas from calculus; evaluate definite integrals using basic integration formulas, substitution method and the fundamental theorem of calculus. ATTENDANCE Successful performance in this class requires that you attend the class. If a student has six or more unexcused missed attendance hours, either lecture or recitation, instructor may initiate drop procedures and the student may be dropped from the course. RECITATIONS These meet twice weekly and allow the students to review and expand material presented in class. Participation and performance in in-class activities (mostly in groups), short quizzes and projects is incorporated in the final grade. CALCULATORS It is assumed that student has a graphing calculator. COURSE GRADING Tests (on paper, in class) 40% Comprehensive Final Exam 30% Homework (in WebAssing ) 20% Quizzes, projects and work in recitation 10% A = , B = 80-89, C = 70-79, D = 60-69, F = less than 60 HOMEWORK You are expected to read and study the text of each section we cover in class. Homework will be submitted on the computer through WebAssign. You will need immediately to create your account in See the handout attached to this syllabus. In general, homework is assigned after each class meeting. The homework is due on the dates noted in WebAssingn. You are responsible for tracking the due dates and assignments. There will be no late homework. WebAssign provides e-book and practice exercises as well, and it is to your benefit to work as many practice problems as necessary to make sure you understand the concepts. Grading for homework: WebAssign automatically grades each assignment. Arrangements for homework missed due to emergencies may be made with the instructor if circumstances warrant and suitable written documentation is provided.

3 TESTS Anticipate 3 tests. No tests are dropped. All tests must be taken at the scheduled time. Tests may be taken early due to planned excused absences if you notify your instructor at least one week before the test. If you take all three tests and you earn a score on the final exam that is higher than any of the three test scores, the final exam score will replace the lowest score. There will be no make-up tests. If you miss an exam due to emergencies, your grade on the final exam will be used to replace your missing test grade if circumstances warrant and suitable written documentation is provided. FINAL EXAM Final exam is comprehensive and must be taken according to the university final schedule. DATE: Monday, December 11, 4:00 pm 6:30 pm CELL PHONES Students must turn off their cell phones during class. Cell phone use in any form (calling, texting, browsing, gaming, etc) is disruptive and it is to be avoided except in truly emergency situations, upon an approval from your instructor. SCHEDULE This schedule is tentative and may vary according to the pace and the needs of students in the class. Changes will be announced in class. You are responsible for knowing about any changes to this schedule. Tentative schedule, Fall 2017 Week Monday Wednesday Friday W1 August 23 Introduction August , 1.3 W2 August August September W3 September 4 Labor Day September September W4 September , 2.4 September September W5 September September 20 September 22 Test #1, Ch 1, W6 September September September W7 October 2 3.3, 3.4 October October W8 October October October W9 October October 18 October 20 Test #2, Ch W10 October , 3.11 October October W11 October November November W12 November November November W13 November November 15 November 17 Test #3, Ch W14 November November November 24 Thanksgiving W15 November November December W 16 December 4 December 6

4 Final Exam Monday, December 11, 4:00-6:30 pm November 1: Last day to drop a course or withdraw from the university. Course dropped will receive a grade of Q. TOPICS Chapter 1. Functions and Models: 1.1 Four ways to represent a function, 1.3 New functions from old functions. Chapter 2. Limits and Derivatives: 2.1 The tangent and velocity problems, 2.2 The limit of a function, 2.3 Calculating limits using the limit law, 2.4 The precise definition of a limit, 2.5 Continuity, 2.6 Limits at infinity, horizontal asymptotes, 2.7 Derivatives and rates of change, 2.8 The derivatives of a function. Chapter 3. Differentiation Rules: 3.1 Derivatives of polynomial and exponential functions, 3.2 The product and quotient rules, 3.3 Derivatives of trigonometric functions, 3.4 The Chain rule, 3.5 The implicit differentiation, 3.6 Derivatives of logarithmic functions, 3.7 Rates of change in natural and social sciences, 3.8 Exponential growth and decay, 3.9 Related rates, 3.10 Linear approximation and differentiation, 3.11 Hyperbolic functions. Chapter 4. Applications of Differentiation: 4.1 Maximum and minimum values, 4.2 The mean value theorem, 4.3 How derivatives affect the shape of a graph, 4.4 Indeterminate forms and l Hospita s rule, 4.5 Summary of curve sketching, 4.7 Optimization problems, 4.8 Newton s method, 4.9 Antiderivatives. Chapter 5. Integrals: 5.1 Areas and distances, 5.2 The definite integral, 5.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, 5.4 Indefinite integrals and the Net Change Theorem, 5.5 The substitution rule UNIVERSITY POLICIES Six Drop Policy: The following provision does not apply to students with Texas public college or university credits prior to Fall The Texas Senate Bill 1231 specifies the number of course drops allowed to a student without penalty. After a student has dropped six courses, a grade of QF will normally be recorded for each subsequent drop. Additional information on Senate Bill 1231 is available at the Registrar s Office at (361) and at Students with Disabilities: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disability. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation please contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) as early as possible in the term at (361) DRC is located in the Life Service and Wellness building at 1210 Retama Drive. Classroom Conduct Expectations: Students are referred to the Student Code of Conduct section of the Student Handbook Students are expected to assume individual responsibility for maintaining a productive learning environment and conduct themselves with the highest regard for respect and consideration of others. Ongoing or single behaviors considered distracting will be addressed by the faculty member initially, but if the behavior becomes excessive and the student refuses to respond to the faculty member s efforts, the issue will be referred to the Dean of Students. In the case of serious disruptive behavior in a classroom, the instructor will first request compliance from the student and if the student fails to comply, the instructor has the authority to ask the student to leave the classroom. The student is expected to comply with the instructor s request and may subsequently contest this action using procedures established by the department. If the student fails to leave after being directed to do so, assistance may be obtained from other university personnel, including the University Police Department. The incident shall be handled as an academic misconduct matter using established departmental procedures for academic misconduct to determine if the student should be allowed to return to the classroom. Academic Misconduct: Students are expected to adhere to the highest academic standards of behavior and personal conduct in this course and all other courses. Students who engage in academic misconduct are subject to University disciplinary procedures. Students are expected to be familiar with the current Student Handbook, especially the section on academic misconduct, which discusses conduct expectations and academic dishonesty rules. Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to: 1. Cheating: deception in which the student misrepresents that he/she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he/she has not mastered; giving or receiving aid unauthorized by the professor on assignments or examinations.

5 2. Aid of academic dishonesty: Intentionally facilitating any act of academic dishonesty. Tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of a scheduled test. 3. Fabrication: use of invented information or falsified research. 4. Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation, and/or paraphrase of someone else s work, ideas, or data as one s own in work submitted for credit. Failure to identify information or essays from the Internet and submitting them as one s own work also constitutes plagiarism. Please be aware that the University subscribes to the Turnitin plagiarism detection service. Your paper may be submitted to this service at the discretion of the instructor. 5. Lying: deliberate falsification with the intent to deceive in written or verbal form as it applies to an academic submission. 6. Bribery: providing, offering or taking rewards in exchange for a grade, an assignment, or the aid of academic dishonesty. 7. Threat: an attempt to intimidate a student, staff or faculty member for the purpose of receiving an unearned grade or in an effort to prevent reporting of an Honor Code violation. Other forms of academic misconduct include but are not limited to: 1. Failure to follow published departmental guidelines, professor s syllabi, and other posted academic policies in place for the orderly and efficient instruction of classes, including laboratories, and use of academic resources or equipment. 2. Unauthorized possession of examinations, reserved library materials, laboratory materials or other course related materials. 3. Failure to follow the instructor or proctor s test-taking instructions, including but not limited to not setting aside notes, books or study guides while the test is in progress, failing to sit in designated locations and/or leaving the classroom/ test site without permission during a test. 4. Prevention of the convening, continuation or orderly conduct of any class, lab or class activity. Engaging in conduct that interferes with or disrupts university teaching, research or class activities such as making loud and distracting noises, repeatedly answering cell phones/text messaging or allowing pagers to beep, exhibiting erratic or irrational behavior, persisting in speaking without being recognized, repeatedly leaving and entering the classroom or test site without authorization, and making physical threats or verbal insults to the faculty member, or other students and staff. 5. Falsification of student transcript or other academic records; or unauthorized access to academic computer records. 6. Nondisclosure or misrepresentation in filling out applications or other university records. 7. Any action, which may be deemed as unprofessional or inappropriate in the professional community of the discipline being studied. Harassment/Discrimination: Texas A&M University-Kingsville does not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation (or any other illegal basis) and will investigate all complaints that indicate sexual harassment, harassment, or discrimination may have occurred. Sexual harassment and sexual assault are types of sex discrimination. Such sexual misconduct is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Any member of the university community violating this policy will be subject to disciplinary action. A person who believes he/she has been the victim of sexual harassment or unlawful discrimination may pursue either the informal or the formal complaint resolution procedure. A complaint may be initially made to the Office of Compliance at (361) , complainant s immediate supervisor, a department head, a supervisory employee, or the Dean of Students at (361) or the Office of Compliance at (361) Regardless of whom the complaint is filed with, the Compliance Office will be notified of the complaint so it can be investigated.

Texas A&M University-Kingsville Department of Language and Literature Summer 2017: English 1302: Rhetoric & Composition I, 3 Credit Hours

Meyer 1 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Department of Language and Literature Summer 2017: English 1302: Rhetoric & Composition I, 3 Credit Hours Professor: Dr. Craig A. Meyer Office: Fore Hall 103C Office