Math 171: Analytic Geometry and Calculus

Math 171: Analytic Geometry and Calculus Fall 2008

Instructor: Sarah Witherspoon
Phone: 845-6178
Email: sjw AT math.tamu.edu
Office and hours: MWF 1:50-2:40 in Milner 322, and by appointment
(No office hour September 19, October 31)

Course web address: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~sjw/171/math171.html

Class meetings: MWF 12:40-1:30 in BLOC 156, T 8:00-8:50 in BLOC 164
(Fridays sometimes in BLOC 130 for a computer lab)
Text: Stewart, Calculus: Early Vectors

Course requirements and grades
Course prerequisites: Math 150 or satisfactory performance on a qualifying exam.
There will be four in-class exams, each worth 100 points. The homework and lab/quiz assignments combined are worth 150 points. Grades are assigned as follows based on your average:
A (90-100%), B (80-89%), C (70-79%), D (60-69%), F (0-59%).

Course description
4.0 credits. Vectors and parametric curves, limits, derivatives and applications, integrals.
We will cover approximately the first 6 chapters in the text Calculus: Early Vectors.

Weekly Schedule (tentative)
Week 1 (8/25-8/29): 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
Week 2 (9/1-9/5): 2.2, 2.4, 2.3, 2.6
Week 3 (9/8-9/12): 2.5, 2.7, 3.1
Week 4 (9/15-9/19): 3.2, 3.4, Exam 1 Wednesday 9/17
Week 5 (9/22-9/26): 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
Week 6 (9/29-10/3): 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
Week 7 (10/6-10/10): 3.11, 4.1, Exam 2 Friday 10/10
Week 8 (10/13-10/17): 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6
Week 9 (10/20-10/24): 4.6, 4.8, 5.2
Week 10 (10/27-10/31): 5.3, 5.5
Week 11 (11/3-11/7): 5.5, Exam 3 Friday 11/7
Week 12 (11/10-11/14): 5.7, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Week 13 (11/17-11/21): 6.3, 6.4, 6.5
Week 14 (11/24-11/26): 6.5, Exam 4 Tuesday 11/25
Class 12/1 is cancelled, and there will be no exam during final exam period (December 5-10).
Some optional evening review sessions will be scheduled during the semester instead.

Week in Review/Help Sessions/Streaming Video
http://www.math.tamu.edu/teaching/helpsession
(Optional review of theory, concepts in streaming video, evening problem sessions (see Math 151))

Homework Homework assignments will be assigned approximately once each week, and usually will be due the following week. They must be turned in on time. The assignments will be posted on the web on or before the day they are announced in class. For full credit on the homework, you must show all work and justify your answers. Working together on homework is fine, but each of you should write up your own solutions.

Computer labs We will meet in BLOC 130 some Fridays for computer labs, and an accompanying assignment will be due the next week. During the previous class (Wednesday), I will announce whether we will meet in BLOC 130 that Friday. You may go to the Calclab open hours in Blocker 127 to complete assignments outside of class. If you wish to purchase a copy of Maple for your own computer, please go to http://calclab.math.tamu.edu/maple/adoption for information.

Calculators are allowed on all exams and assignments unless otherwise specified. On exams use basic functions only (e.g. do not use your calculator to find limits, differentiate, or integrate).

Attendance Regular attendance is expected but is not officially recorded. Please let me know by e-mail, phone, or in person if you must miss two or more class days in a row. Likewise if you must arrive late or leave early; this is disruptive and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.

Make-up policy Make-ups for missed homework and exams will only be allowed for a university approved excuse in writing. Wherever possible, you should inform me prior to missing an exam. Consistent with University Student Rules, students are required to notify an instructor by the end of the second working day after an absence. Otherwise, they forfeit their rights to a make-up.

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Homework Assignment 1: due Wednesday, 9/3
1.1: 5, 9, 15, 17, 25
1.2: 3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 23, 25, 43
1.3: 5, 7, 11, 15, 25, 31
2.2: 4, 6, 24(a)