Summer 2016
Math 130: Survey of Calculus
Brief Syllabus and Class Policies
1.
Regular
attendance is necessary. This is an intense
and fast course, and if you miss even a single class, it may be difficult
to catch up. Note that each class meeting will cover almost 5% of the course
material.
2. The textbook: Bittinger, Ellenbogen,
Surgent: Calculus and Its Applications. Eleventh Edition, Pearson.
Assigned sections of the textbook should be read in advance.
3.
Office hours: Mondays and Tuesdays,
2:45 - 3:45, Thursdays, 12 - 1 (Serra 149, ext. 4035). I will try to
schedule additional office hours, later in the day, if you can’t make the
regular times. The best way to contact me is by e-mail (pruski@sandiego.edu or lukaszpruski@gmail.com). I am on e-mail most of
the time.
4.
The course
website is: http://home.sandiego.edu/~pruski/m130su16.html . You should check the website daily for assignments,
announcements, hints, etc.
5. Course
Learning Outcomes:
·
Students will
demonstrate a working knowledge of basic
calculus topics. This includes knowledge of definitions and theorems
with complete assumptions.
·
Students will
demonstrate the ability to use methods
of basic calculus and perform
computations accurately and efficiently.
·
Students will
demonstrate the ability to solve problems,
including applications outside of
mathematics.
·
Students will
demonstrate the ability to communicate
mathematical ideas clearly.
6.
The course
topics and tentative schedule:
·
Pre-calculus
Review (Chapter R)
·
Limits,
Continuity, and Differentiation (Chapter
1)
·
Applications of
Differentiation (Chapter 2)
·
Exponential and
Logarithmic Functions (Chapter 3; this material is mostly review)
·
Integration and
its Applications (Chapter 4, Sections
5.1, 5.2)
The
detailed schedule is available on the course website:
http://home.sandiego.edu/~pruski/m130su16schedule.html .
7.
Homework will be assigned during each class meeting. It is due
at the beginning of the next class meeting. Late homework assignments will be
accepted ONLY if you arrange it with me BEFORE they are due. The
homework assignments will be graded mainly on effort, as the main
purpose is to give you an opportunity to practice the material you study in
class and at home.
8.
There will be a
short (5-10 minutes) quiz at the beginning of each class (except
for the first class and the days of the exams – the total of 20 quizzes). The
quiz exercise(s) will be mostly on the material covered during the previous
class. Three lowest quiz scores will be dropped. An absence on a quiz will
result in the score of 0, unless a make-up has been arranged with me PRIOR
to missing the quiz.
9.
There will be two
tests (40-minute exams) – Thursday, June 16, and Thursday, June
30. Tests cannot be made up, unless a certifiable case of emergency occurs.
In such a case, you need to let me know BEFORE the test day and obtain
my approval.
10. The cumulative final exam will be held on the
last class day – Thursday, July 14.
11. No
electronic devices of any kind (this
includes calculators) are allowed on quizzes and exams.
12. The course grade will be based on homework,
quizzes, tests, and final exam scores:
·
The homework and
quizzes scores count for 20% of the course grade each,
·
The average of
test scores counts for 30% of the course grade.
·
The final exam
score counts for 30% of the course grade.
The
grade ranges (I generally do not use “curve”) are:
· Between 90 and 100% -- A
·
Between 80 and
90% -- B
·
Between 60 and
80% -- C
·
Between 50 and
60% -- D
(Of course, “pluses” and “minuses” will be assigned,
when the percentages are near the endpoints of the ranges.)
13. The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
strongly promotes academic integrity. Consequences of violations of
academic integrity policy are severe.