| Instructor: | Jonathan White |
| E-Mail: | JWhite@Coe.Edu |
| Web Page: | http://www.coe.edu/~jwhite/ |
| Office: | Hickok 206A |
| Office Hours: | 10-10:50 MWF, 3:00-3:50 MTW, and by appointment |
| Office Phone: | 399-8280 |
| Home Phone: | 841-5111 (between 7am and 11pm) |
| Text: | Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 4th Edition, by James Stewart, Brooks/Cole. |
| Problem Sets and Quizzes: | Assorted Problem Sets will be given throughout the term to supplement class work. Many of these will benefit from the use of the software package Maple, which is available on the computers in the labs throughout campus. Quizzes will also be given frequently. Combined these will be worth 200 points (25% of the final grade). |
| Exams: | There will be four exams during the course of the semester, administered
during class time. The dates of these are indicated in the schedule on
the back side of this sheet. These exams will be worth 100 points (12.5%
of the final grade) each.
The final exam will be given Monday, December 9th at 1pm, and will be worth 200 points (25% of the final grade). |
| Grading: | Grading will approximately follow a 90% A, 80% B, 70% C, 60% D scale. |
In addition to regular exams, all students must successfully complete
a computer-administered gateway exam over computing derivatives in order
to pass this course.
Calculus is a demanding course in many ways. It requires both a level of computational proficiency and also a level of conceptual understanding beyond any prior mathematics course. Yet because of or despite these difficulties, students who have previously found math classes easy because of an aptitude for moving symbols around might find that there is more to this class than they expect, and students who have in the past felt they weren't good at math might find this class more suited to them. In either case, this class might not be quite what you're used to, and it might be unsettling at first. Give it some time, and feel free to take advantage of my office hours to help past the rough spots.
Tentative Schedule
| Monday, August 26th
§1.1 Functions |
Tuesday, August 27th
§1.2 Models |
Wednesday, August 28th
§1.3 Tweaking Functions |
Friday, August 30th
§1.4 Technology |
| Monday, September 2nd
No Class -- Labor Day |
Tuesday, September 3rd
§1.5 ax |
Wednesday, Sept. 4th
§1.6 Inverse Functions |
Friday, September 6th
§2.1 Tangents & Velocity |
| Monday, September 9th
§2.2 Limits |
Tuesday, September 10th
§2.3-4 More Limits |
Wednesday, Sept. 11th
§2.5 Continuity |
Friday, September 13th
§2.6 Limits at Infinity |
| Monday, September 16th
§2.7 Rates of Change |
Tuesday, September 17th
§2.8-9 Derivatives |
Wednesday, Sept. 18th
Review for Exam |
Friday, September 20th
Exam 1 |
| Monday, September 23rd
§3.1 Derivative Rules |
Tuesday, September 24th
§3.2 Products&Quotients |
Wednesday, Sept. 25th
§3.3 Applications |
Friday, September 27th
§3.4 Trig. Derivatives |
| Monday, September 30th
§3.5 The Chain Rule |
Tuesday, October 1st
§3.6 Implicit Diff. |
Wednesday, October 2nd
§3.7 Higher Derivatives |
Friday, October 4th
§3.8 Log Derivatives |
| Monday, October 7th
§3.10 Related Rates |
Tuesday, October 8th
§3.9 Hyp. Derivatives |
Wednesday, October 9th
Review for Exam |
Friday, October 11th
Exam 2 |
| Monday, October 14th
No Class -- Fall Break |
Tuesday, October 15th
No Class -- Fall Break |
Wednesday, October 16th
§4.1 Optimization |
Friday, October 18th
§4.1 Optimization |
| Monday, October 21st
§4.2 Mean Value Thm. |
Tuesday, October 22nd
§4.3 Derivatives&Graphs |
Wednesday, October 23rd
§4.4 L'Hôpital's Rule |
Friday, October 25th
§4.5 Curve Sketching |
| Monday, October 28th
§4.6 Curve Sketching |
Tuesday, October 29th
§4.7 Applications |
Wednesday, October 30th
§4.8 Applications |
Friday, November 1st
§4.9 Newton's Method |
| Monday, November 4th
§4.10 Antiderivatives |
Tuesday, November 5th
§4.10 Antiderivatives |
Wednesday, Nov. 6th
Review for Exam |
Friday, November 8th
Exam 3 |
| Monday, November 11th
§5.1 Areas & Totals |
Tuesday, November 12th
§5.2 Definite Integrals |
Wednesday, Nov. 13th
No Class -- Registration |
Friday, November 15th
§5.3 Fun. Thm. of Calc. |
| Monday, November 18th
§5.4 Indefinite Integrals |
Tuesday, November 19th
§5.5 u-Substitution |
Wednesday, Nov. 20th
§5.6 Logs as Integrals |
Friday, November 22nd
§6.1 Area b. Curves |
| Monday, November 25th
§6.2 Volumes |
Tuesday, November 26th
§6.2 Volumes |
Wednesday, Nov. 27th
No Class--Thanksgiving |
Friday, November 29th
No Class--Thanksgiving |
| Monday, December 2nd
§6.3 Cylindrical Shells |
Tuesday, December 3rd
Review for Exam |
Wednesday, Dec. 4th
Exam 4 |
Friday, December 6th
Review for Final |
| Monday, December 9th, 1pm
Final Exam |
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Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so that we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational opportunities.