Math 241, Section 6, Calculus I
William A. Lampe
- Text
- James Stewart,
Calculus, Early Vectors, Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, 1999.
Material covered: Chapters 1 through 3 and 5 through 7
- on Chapter 1, 2 and Sections 3.1 and 3.2 - theory
- on Chapter 3 and the first part of Chapter 5
- on Tuesday, April 22 - the rest of chapter 5 and integration
It is
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comprehensive, but with some extra emphasis on chapters 6 and 7;
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on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 from Noon to 2:00 PM (Room TBA)
A quiz will be given most Wednesdays.
Quizzes may be given at any time without further announcement.
You will take the Gateway Exam on differentiation.
You must pass this Gateway exam to earn a "C-" in the
course. No partial credit is given during the grading of the Gateway
Exam. Passing is a score of 5 out of 6.
You may take the Gateway Exam more than once.
You will be able to take this Gateway Exam once
each day it is given, and, once it starts, the Gateway Exam will be given
two days a week.
The exam will be offered during dates to be specified later.
You are expected to be in class each day, and you are required
to be present at each test and examination. Poor attendance may affect
your grade.
You are expected to take notes in class. We will cover some material
in class that is not in the book. We will sometimes present the
material in class in a different way than is in the book. You are
responsible for the material presented in class as well as the
material in the text.
Makeup exams will not be given unless the absence is
due to verifiable circumstances beyond the student's control.
If a scheduled examination is disrupted by a bomb threat, we will meet
on the lawn at the Diamondhead end of Keller Hall, and then go to an
alternate site for the exam.
Quizzes, labs, and homework will count 15% of your grade.
The remaining
part will be the Test Average. The Test Average will be a weighted
average of your test grades.
Each midterm will count as 21% of the Test Average.
The final will count as 37% of the Test Average.
Good attendance and a record of improving test scores may help
the grades of people in borderline situations.
In addition to your test, quiz, and lab average being high enough,
to earn a "C-" or
better in this course, you must pass the Gateway Exam on
differentiation.
On the tests you will be required to present your results
in a way that displays your understanding well and is
correct, complete, coherent, and well organized. You may even need to
write some sentences.
Your grade will depend on how well you demonstrate that you have
learned the material of the course.
It will not depend on how well or poorly others do.
``A'' means excellent. ``B'' means good. ``C'' means fair. ``D'' means
poor. ``F'' means failing. A grade of at least ``C-'' in Math 241 is
required before enrolling in Math 242.
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