Math 171: Analytic Geometry and Calculus
Fall 2014
Instructor:
Sarah Witherspoon
Email: sjw AT math.tamu.edu
Office and hours: Blocker 513B, TR 1:30-3:00 pm, or by appointment
Course web address:
/~sjw/171/math171.html
Class meetings: MWF 11:30-12:20 in Blocker 164, R 8:00-8:50 in Blocker 164
Text: Stewart, Calculus: Early Vectors
Course requirements and grades
Course prerequisites: Math 150 or satisfactory performance
on a qualifying exam.
There will be
three in-class exams, each worth 100 points, and one final, worth 200 points.
The homework and lab/quiz assignments
combined are worth 200 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.
Learning objectives
After taking this course,
students should be able to do routine computations of
limits, derivatives, max-min values, and definite
integrals using the fundamental theorem of calculus.
They should be able to state and apply the basic definitions
and the major theorems of calculus. These include, but are not limited to,
definitions of limit, continuous function, derivative, definite
and indefinite integrals, the intermediate value theorem, the mean value
theorem, and the fundamental theorem of calculus.
They should be able to supply simple proofs, for example
of some of the limit theorems and limits,
some of the rules of differentiation, and applications of the
intermediate and mean value theorems.
Weekly Schedule (tentative)
Week 1 (9/1-9/5): 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
Week 2 (9/8-9/12): 2.2, 2.4, 2.3, 2.6
Week 3 (9/15-9/19): 2.5, 2.7, 3.1
Week 4 (9/22-9/26): 3.2, 3.4, Exam 1 Friday 9/26
Week 5 (9/29-10/3): 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
Week 6 (10/6-10/10): 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
Week 7 (10/13-10/17): 3.11, 4.1, 4.2
Week 8 (10/20-10/24): 4.2, 4.3, Exam 2 Friday 10/24
Week 9 (10/27-10/31): 4.4, 4.6, 4.8
Week 10 (11/3-11/7): 5.2, 5.3, 5.5
Week 11 (11/10-11/14): 5.5, 5.7, 6.1
Week 12 (11/17-11/21): 6.2, Exam 3 Friday 11/21
Week 13 (11/24-11/28): 6.3, Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 14 (12/1-12/5): 6.4, 6.5
Week 15 (12/8-12/9): Review
Week 16 (12/15-12/19): Final Exam Wednesday 12/17, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
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 encouraged, but
each of you should write up your own solutions.
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 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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(ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive
civil rights protection for persons with diabilities. Among other
things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities
be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable
accomodations of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability
requiring an accomodation, please contact the Department of Student
Life Services for Students with Disabilities in room 118 of
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Copyright Statement Please note that all written
and web materials for this course are protected by copyright laws.
You may xerox (or download) one copy for your own use, but multiple
copies or the sale of any of these materials
is strictly prohibited.
Homework Assignment 1: due Friday, 9/12
1.1: 5, 9, 15, 17, 25(a)-(d)
1.2: 3, 5, 7, 13, 23, 25, 43
1.3: 5, 7, 11, 15, 25, 31, 34(a)-(c)
2.2: 4, 6, 24(a)