MT100 CALCULUS I Spring 2013 Section 01: MWF at 10 am in Fulton 230, section 02: MWF at 2 pm in Fulton 230.

Register also in one of the following discussion group (careful only to one of these groups ): MT12201: Tuesday at 8 am in Stokes 103N, MT12202: Tuesday at 9 am in Stokes 103N, MT12203: Tuesday at 1 pm in Stokes 103N, MT12204: Tuesday at 2 pm in Stokes 103N, Instructor: M. Clote in Carney 256, phone 617 552 3118. Office hours: M 5-6, Tu 2:30-4, W 11-11:50, F 1-1:50, or by appointment. Email: clotem@bc.edu, please use your bc email account, messages from other email providers could be deleted without being opened. Teaching Assistants: Cihan Soylu in Carney 348 Office hours: M 5-6, Tu 10-12, F 10-11, or by appointment. Steve Thakur in Carney 348 Office hours: M 1-2, Tu 4-5, W 4-5 , or by appointment. Emails: cihan.soylu@bc.edu , steve.thakur@bc.edu Text: Single Variable CALCULUS (Early Transcendentals) with CalcPortal by Jon Rogawski, Second Edition, Freeman editor. Register for the course using the CalcPortal access code. 2 options are available for the book and CalcPortal access code: - buying a book and/or CalcPortal access: separately or together, books bundled with CalcPortal access and CalcPortal access cards are available at the bookstore. No need to buy the book if an ebook is enough for you. CalcPortal access is needed for the online homework. - buying the ebook with CalcPortal online : go to http://courses.bfwpub.com/calculuset2e.php and follow the directions, you will have to choose between 6 months/ 1year/ 2 years access. Course Website: supported by blackboard vista (http://www.cms.bc.edu or access through agora), use your bc username and password. Calculator: TI 83 graphing calculator or equivalent, not allowed during exams. The TI 83 is the calculator used in the classroom, other similar calculators are acceptable but it is your responsibility to know how to use them. Prerequisites: High-school algebra including exponential and logarithmic functions, and Trigonometry. No previous experience in Calculus is necessary. This course is designed for non-science majors. For more information read http://www.bc.edu/mathadvise Chapters covered from the book: Chap 1: Precalculus Review. Sections 1 to 6: functions and graphs, linear and quadratic functions, trigonometric functions, inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions. Chap 2: Limits. Sections 1 to 8: rates of change, tangent lines, numerical and graphical, laws of limits, continuity, trigonometric limits, limits at infinity, intermediate value theorem.. Chap 3: Differentiation. Sections 1 to 11: definition, derivative function, product and quotient rule, rate of change, higher derivatives, trigonometric functions, chain rule, implicit differentiation, related rates. Chap 4: Applications of the Derivative. Sections 1 to 7: linear approximations, extreme values, mean value theorem, graphs, lHopitals rule (if times allow), applied optimization. There will be 3 in-class exams, one double-sided page (8.5x11) of notes allowed, No calculator allowed: Exam One: Wednesday, February 13 about material covered from chap 1 and 2. Exam Two: Wednesday, March 20 about material covered from chap 2 and 3. Exam Three: Wednesday, April 24 about material covered from chap 3 and 4.

Common Final Exam: Wednesday, May 08 at 4 pm. One page of notes allowed. No calculator allowed. Only students who have more than 2 exams scheduled on Wednesday, May 13 can take the makeup exam Monday, May 13 at 4 pm. Careful this is a very late date. Check your exam schedule and make your travel plans accordingly. Jan 21 (MLK), Mar 04-08 (Spring break), Mar 28-Apr 01 (Easter), Apr 15 (Patriots day) : no classes. Attendance: Students are expected to attend all classes. Classes start on the hour. Be respectful of other students by being on time. Cell phones should be turned off and kept out of sight. Computers can not be used during classtime. Homework: There will be 2 types of homework: written homeworks due once a week and online homeworks supported by CalcPortal. - Weekly written assignments will be posted on the course website, www.cms.bc.edu . Solutions will be posted after the homework due date. Homework should be clearly presented on 8.5x11 paper, no torn pages from notebooks. Multiple pages must be stapled, no torn corners, no loose pages. Show all work, write clearly. If the grader can not read or does not understand where the answer is coming from, you will get no credit. If you know you will have to miss class on a day a homework is due, ask a fellow student to put it in the right folder for you on the due day. - Online homeworks will be posted on the CalcPortal page of our course. These homeworks are designed to help you keep up with the course and give immediate feedback as you get the solutions right away. No late homework will be accepted. Contact me if you have to be excused for a homework for a valid reason. Be responsible for your learning. Remember the goal of homework is for you to understand the material seen in class. Try to do the part of the homework corresponding to a lecture shortly after the lecture using your class notes and the relevant section in the book, going back and forth between the problems, your notes, and the book. If you realize that you need to fill in some gaps, react right away. A lot of help is available, you can come to my office or our TAs office any time during office hours or, if not possible, ask to see us at some other time. You can also use the tutoring services. Tutoring: Walk-in tutoring in Carney 309, usually M-F, 11 am to 3 pm. Connor Family Learning Center, 2nd floor, O'Neill Library by appointment only, call 617 552 0611

Unexcused absence from any exam will earn a zero; no make-up exam will be given without legitimate and documented reasons. Any work with your name on it is presumed to be your own. Any infringement of the Academic Integrity Policy is taken very seriously and reported to the Dean. Please read more about it: http://www.bc.edu/integrity Grade determination Written Homework, class participation In-class exams Final 12% 20% 16% each 36%

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What is it all about? "Calculus studies the behavior of numerical functions: specifically, functions that represent a rate of change. Calculus also provides a language for expressing laws of nature that govern everything from the behavior of the atomic nucleus to the life cycles of stars" (Deborah Hughes-Hallet).