Section 2: Mo, We, Fr  9:00-9:50  CA203 (occasionally in the PC lab CA 215)

P. Greim
Capers 221 C, Tel. 953­5035, peter.greim@citadel.edu;http://macs.citadel.edu/~greimp

Office hours  are posted at my door and at my class schedule  web page. You can read it as long as you are using a Citadel terminal. The class schedule will give you an idea which times might be available if you need to make an appointment.

Text Calculus Concepts
by D.R. LaTorre, J.W. Kenelly, and I.B. Fetta
First (Complete) Edition
Houghton-Mifflin, 1998 (ISBN 0-669-45125-8)

Covered material see syllabus

Goals
This is neither a "theoretical" calculus course nor a technical skills course. The main goal is to help you understand, and apply to situations in business and in the life and social sciences, some of the concepts of calculus.

You will learn to recognize situations with problems that can be described and analyzed in the language of calculus, and you will learn how to solve them.

To this end you need to be able to do algebraic manipulations as you've done in high school, and you will develop some routines, learn some formulas in calculus. The emphasis, however, is on the concepts.

Description and solution of the problems will involve numerical data. You will learn to use a spreadsheet to manipulate and graph these data, and a computer algebra system for graphing, algebraic manipulations, and some of the calculus routines.

Expectations

You will be expected to

- translate verbally expressed relationships into mathematical language (equations, graphs) and vice versa
- understand the concepts of slope, rate of change, extreme values, concavity
- determine the equations of tangents to curves
- understand the relation between the graph of a function and its derivative
- recognize exponential and logarithmic functions and model situations using these functions
- understand the interpretations of integrals as areas and as averages
- be able to use the relation between integration and differentiation to compute integrals
- find appropriate function models to describe and solve real-world problems with discrete data sets

Technology

IIt is useful to have a scientific calculator. Graphing calculators are nice, but not necessary. For some test questions I may not permit the use of graphing calculators. We will use MS Excel (on all PCs in the labs) and DERIVE (on the Novell Network at a location yet to be announced). There are several PC Labs in Bond Hall and two in CAPERS (215 and 313).

Grades

are based on the final, 3 tests, and homework (resp. quizzes). Each test counts 100 points, the combined homework and the final exam count 150 points each. You'll receive 4, resp. 10, points extra credit for each correctly solved problem of the week or problem of the month. (See Prof. Trautman's webpage http://155.225.10.64/#POTW, and look out for weekly, resp. monthly, announcements on the classroom bulletin boards.) I will follow the usual 10% per grade scheme and not grade "on a curve". However, if after grading a test the statistics show a particularly bad performance of the whole class at one problem, I may adjust that problem's weight within the whole test.

Missing a test unexcused will result in a score of zero. I will not allow you to miss a test because of a lack of preparation. If your absence is excused, I may choose to drop it and prorate the other test and homework scores, or give you a make­up test.

You can check your standing in the course in a file on the Novell network, under CitNov Files:
\Groups\Departments\Macs\Private\Greim\your score\106\106scores-(date).xls .
You'll need to know your code number to identify your record. It will be on your first test.

Missing a test

unexcused will result in a score of zero. I will not allow you to miss a test because of lack of preparation. If your absence is excused, I may choose to drop it and prorate the other test and homework scores, or give you a make­up test. To be excused from a test you need to give me advance notice - if possible at or before the class period preceding the test.

Missing class

excessively is not a good idea either. Read the section "Class Attendance Policy" on page 27/28 of the 1995-1997 catalog. I consider sleeping in class as absence from class. If you have to miss a class or if you can't stay awake, talk to me.

Homework

Since its total weight is only 25%, you can ignore the homework and still make a "C" in the course, right?

Wrong. You don't even have a remote chance to pass the course without doing the homework. Not only will it enable you to test your understanding of the material you saw in class - you will understand Calculus through trying, failing, and eventually succeeding in solving the problems.

After each class period, try to do the problems listed in the syllabus for that day. Identify the ones that you can't do on your own. Tell me at the beginning of the next class period which they are; we will discuss some of them. On that day I'll tell you which problems of that set you are to turn in at the beginning of the following class period. Instead of collecting the homework, I may quiz you on it.

Late homework will not be accepted. If you miss a class period, get the homework assignment from me or somebody in the class, or look it up on the web page (updates are posted by midnight). You will still have to turn it in at the due date. If you can't do it, come and see me.

When you work problems, first try to do them by yourself. After that, whether you succeed or not, you may discuss them with others. You will learn from talking about mathematics. However, do not copy homework from others. I want you to understand a problem solution (either through own research or discussion) and then formulate it in your own words. Discussing a problem solution with a classmate, understanding it, and then formulating it in your own words is allowed. Copying a solution from others is not. When I give you group projects, they'll be clearly identified as such. The group has to turn in only one solution, but each group member must be able to present it.

Homework format: Put your name and the date in the top right corner, the textbook page in the left corner. Draw a horizontal line across the page after each problem. (The easier you make grading for me, the more I can grade.)

Some homework will have to be turned in as a spreadsheet or DERIVE file. In that case you'll have to name the file according to instructions, but the name will always end in your full last name (plus extension xls or mth). You will then have to (drag and) drop the file into the 106 drop box on CitNov1 (Files):           ..\Macs\Private\Greim\DropBox\106.
Once you've dropped the file, you won't be able to overwrite it.  If you want to submit a correction, you'll need to modify the name: attach a 2 to your last name.

Occasionally I may let you do or redo part of a test as take-home. In that case you are completely on your own - almost. I am the only person with whom you may discuss a test problem before turning it in.

Legitimate help

is available: you may work with other students, see me after class, during office hours, or make an appointment (or just drop by my office, taking a chance that I may be busy). There is also the Math Lab (Capers 207) with cadet tutors. Its operating hours are 19:00-22:00 each night except Friday and Saturday. . There is also individual tutoring (at no cost) by a graduate assistant (times posted at Capers 207 - sign in there) and by some faculty members (sign in at the department office).

One last advice: when you are getting behind (or can't even get started right) - let me know right away. I'll go out of my way to help you if you try. Your grade will be based on your success - not on your effort. However, your effort will determine how much I help.

Syllabus

A syllabus is posted on my web page: http://macs.citadel.edu/~greimp/106calendar.htm . However, I want to be flexible and base decisions about the following class periods on the way the class progresses. The posted syllabus may therefore change slightly during the semester. Homework assignments are given in class and on the web page. Check regularly for new homework assignments!