MATH 140: Calculus with Analytic Geometry I Fall 2014 Syllabus MWF 2:30-3:20 p.m. 315E Olmsted T 2:30-3:20 p.m. 338W Olmsted General Course Information Contact Info Instructor: Justin Keller Office: W255M Email: jck26@psu.edu Office Hours: TBA Course Description Functions, limits; analytic geometry; derivatives, differentials, applications; integrals, applications. Webpage Course information, announcements, assignments, and resources will be posted at http://hbgsagemath.hbg.psu.edu/courses/1. Grades will be available through ANGEL. Prerequisites Math 022, Math 026; or Math 040 or Math 041. Text University Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 2nd edition; by Joel Hass, et al. Attendance Regular attendance is expected and is vital to success in this course. Calculators By departmental policy, calculators and other electronics like cell phones, laptops, etc. are not allowed during tests and quizzes. A graphing calculator will be useful for homework, but there are many free online tools that can be substituted. Evaluation and Grading Grades will be calculated on a scale of 400 points, and converted to a letter grade as follows: Pts. % WeBWorK 80 20.0 Quizzes 80 20.0 Worksheets 20 5.0 Midterm 1 50 12.5 Midterm 2 50 12.5 Midterm 3 50 12.5 Final Exam 70 17.5 Total 400 100 Point range % range Final Grade 372-400 93-100 A 360-371 90-93 A- 348-359 87-90 B+ 332-347 83-87 B 320-331 80-83 B- 308-319 77-80 C+ 280-307 73-77 C 240-279 60-70 D 0-239 0-60 F WeBWorK This component consists of online homework assignments. Its purpose is to provide you with instant feedback about your progress in mastering certain concepts or techniques. You can attempt each problem an unlimitted number of times, and you are not penalized for wrong answers. As long as you eventually get a problem correct (before the due date) you will recieve full credit for that problem. If you get stuck, don t hesitate to ask for help right away.
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Aug 2 1.1 Functions 1.3 Exponential functions 27th 1.5 Trig functions 1.6 Inverse functions Sep 1st Labor Day 2nd Quiz 1 2.1 Rates of change and tangents 2.2 Limit of a function 2.2 cont. 9th Quiz 2 2.4 One-sided limits 2.5 Continuity 1 2.6 Limits at infinity and infinite limits 16th Midterm 1 1.1-2.5 19th 3.1 Tangents & the derivative at a point 22nd 3.2 The derivative function 2 Quiz 3 3.2 cont. 3.3 Differentiation rules 3.4 Derivative as a rate of change 30th Quiz 4 Oct 1st 3.5 Derivatives of trig functions 3.6 The chain rule 6th 3.6 cont. 7th Quiz 5 3.7 Implicit Differentiation 3.8 Derivatives of inverse functions and logarithms 13th 3.9 Derivatives of inverse trig functions 14th 1 Midterm 2 2.6-3.8 3.10 Related rates 20th 3.10 cont. 21st Quiz 6 22nd 4.1 Maximum and minimum values 4.1 cont. 4
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday 2 Quiz 7 27th 4.2 The Mean value theorem 4.3 Monotonicity and the 1st derivative test 31st 4.4 Concavity and the 2nd derivative test Nov 4.4 cont. 4th Quiz 8 4.5 Intermediate forms and L Hopital s rule 7th 4.5 cont. 4.6 Optimization 11th Midterm 3 3.9-4.5 14th 4.6 cont. 4.8 Antiderivatives 1 Quiz 9 19th 5.1 Estimating Area 21st 5.2 Sigma notation and Riemann sums 2 2 Dec 1st 5.3 The definite integral 2nd Quiz 10 5.4 The fundamental theorem of calculus 5.4 cont. 5.5 Substitution for indefinite integrals 9th 5.6 Substitution for definite integrals Note: This schedule is tentative and subject to change. 5