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Announcement

The midterm 1 is on Tuesday 10/04/2011 from 8:00 --9:30 pm in room SC 104. It will cover sections 1.7--3.5.

Instructor Information

Instructor: Nsoki Mavinga
E-mail:mavinga at swarthmore.edu		                   Office:  Science Center 155
Office Hours:  Mon: 3:00-4:30pm, Wed: 1:00-2:30pm; also by appointment


Course Information

Course Homepage:
www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/nmaving1/math15-Section3

Class Meeting Times:
MW 11:30 AM -- 12:20 PM
Location:
SC 145

Textbook:
Calculus: Single Variable, 5th ed. by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, et al., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.

Aims of the course:
The goal of this course is to get a solid grounding in differential calculus. We want to have a thorough understanding of the derivative from a graphical, numerical, and analytical point of view. We will also begin an investigation of integrals and the Fundament Theorem of Calculus.

Exam Schedule

No books, notes, or calculators will be allowed during any of the exams or quizzes. If you have a conflict with either these exams, you must let me know by September 12.


Grading Policy

The course grade will be determined primarily on the basis of the total numerical score achieved on the written homework, WeBWorK, quizzes and exams. You will be able to access your test scores at any time via Moodle.
Your grade will be determined by the following weights:


Homework

Graded homework comes in two forms. One form consists of WeBWorK problems and the other form is written assignments to be turned during the semester.


Quizzes

We will have a quiz every Friday. Quiz problems are taken from the homework problems and classroom work. This allows you to gauge whether you are ready to work problems in a test situation. Individual quizzes contribute 10\% to the course average. Make-up quizzes will not be given . If you miss a quiz with a valid excuse, such as a serious illness or emergency with supporting documentation, you should contact me in person or via email as soon as you reasonably can. If your excuse is undocumented, or I deem it invalid or not presented in a timely manner, a zero will be averaged into your grade. The two lowest quiz grades will be dropped.
You will be able to access your quiz scores at any time via Moodle.


Special Accomodations

If you believe that you need accommodations for a disability, please contact Leslie Hempling in the Office of Student Disability Services, located in Parrish 130, or e-mail lhempli1 to set up an appointment to discuss your needs and the process for requesting accommodations. Leslie Hempling is responsible for reviewing and approving disability-related accommodation requests and, as appropriate, she will issue students with documented disabilities an Accommodation Authorization Letter. Since accommodations may require early planning and are not retroactive, please contact her as soon as possible. For details about the Student Disabilities Service and the accomodations process, visit http://www.swarthmore.edu/x7687.xml.

Extra Help

General Information and Old Exams


Syllabus

CLICK HERE   for a printable syllabus

Course schedule


Here is the planned schedule. There will no doubt be small changes as the semester progresses. Remember that all WeBWorK homework is due each Wednesday at 8:00 pm, a week after we have covered the material in class, but it will be open when we start the material. All written homework is due on Monday at the begin of class.

Week Lecture Topic WeBWorK Due Written HW & Practice Problems
8/29 1.7 Introduction to Continuity
1.8 Limits		 OrientWW No HW due
Practice problems
1.7: #1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15a, 20, 24
1.8: # 1, 2, 4, 12, 26, 38, 40, 41, 43, 46
9/5
1.8: Limits
2.1: How do we mesure speed 		Set 1 HW1(P.49-50, #11, #15b, #23; P.58 #3, #13, #34a,b) due 09/05
Practice problems
2.1: # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26
9/12
2.2: The derivative at a point
2.3: The derivative function
2.4:Interpretations of the derivative
2.6: Differentiability 		Set 2 HW2 due 09/12
Practice problems
2.2: # 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 28, 29, 30, 35, ,45
2.3: # 1, 3--12, 20, 23, 27--36, 37, 38, 40, 45, 47
2.4: # 1, 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 24, 27
9/19 2.5: The second derivative
3.1: Powers and Polynomials
3.2: The exponential function		 Set 3 HW3 due 09/19
Practice problems
2.5: # 1, 2, 5, 8,, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 26
3.1: #1, 3, 4, 13, 22, 28, 33, 54, 59, 65, 68
3.2: #1, 5, 15, 16, 22, 39, 40, 44, 46, 48
3.3: # 1, 2, 11, 23, 31, 33, 44, 45, 48, 51
9/26 3.3:The product and quotient rules
3.4: The chain rule
3.5: The trigonometric functions 		Set 4 HW4 due 09/26
Practice problems
3.3: # 1, 2, 11, 23, 31, 33, 44, 45, 48, 51
3.4: #1, 4, 9, 10, 16, 25, 32, 33, 64, 66, 70, 71
3.5: #1, 5, 7, 10, 18, 19, 28, 33, 35, 48, 52
10/3 Midterm 1: Tuesday, October 04, 8:00 -- 9:30 PM, SC 104 (Sections 1.7--3.5)
Test Review,
3.6: The chain rule and inverse functions
3.7: Implicit functions 		Set 5 HW5 due 10/03
Practice problems
3.6: # 1, 2, 4, 10, 16, 17, 25, 30, 32, 41, 43, 56, 58
3.7: # 2, 10, 14, 22, 27, 34
10/17 Fall Break: October 7- October 17
3.8: Hyperbolic functions
3.9: Linear approxiamtion and the derivative
3.10: Theorems about differentiable functions		 Set 6 3.8: #1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 13
3.9: # 1, 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14
3.10: # 1, 2, 3, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22
10/24 4.1: Using first and second derivatives
4.2:Optimization 		Set 7 HW6 due 10/24
Practice problems
4.1: # 1, 4, 5, 6, 11, 19, 30, 34, 36, 41, 45
4.2: #2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 27
10/31 4.4: Optimization, geometry and modeling
4.5: Applications to marginality 		Set 8 HW7 due 10/31
Practice problems
4.4:# 1, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 33, 38
4.5:# 1, 3, 4, 5, 9
11/7 4.6: Rates and related rates
4.7: L'Hospital's rule .
Test Review 		Set 9 HW8 due 11/07
Practice problems
4.6:# 1, 2, 5, 7, 16, 45
4.7: #5, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 36, 38
11/14 Midterm 2: Monday, November 14, 8:00--9:30 PM, SC 101
Test Review,
5.1: How do we measure distance traveled?
5.2: The definite integral 		Set 10 HW9 due 11/18
Practice problems
5.1: #1, 2, 3, 14, 15
5.2: # 1, 2, 22, 31, 32, 33
11/21 5.2: The definite integral
5.4: Theorems about definite integrals
Set 11 Practice problems
5.2: # 1, 2, 22, 31, 32, 33
5.4:#
Thanksgiving Break: No Class Friday, November 23--November 28
11/28 5.3: The Fundamental Theorem and interpretations
6.1: Antiderivatives graphically and numerically
6.2: Constructing Antiderivatives analytically

6.5: Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
6.6: The equations of motion 		Set 12 HW10 due 11/28
Practice problems
5.3: #
6.1: #
6.2: #
6.4: #
6.6: #
12/6 Test Review None HW11 due 12/05
Final Exam: TBA