Math 1041   Calculus I

              Spring  2019

How to succeed in this course? Listen to the advice of Professor Maria Lorenz


Go there to find the list of the homework problems, review problems for each exam (appear one week
before the exam), and other important documents.


Important
Dates
  • The first day of classes:   Monday January 14
  • MLK Day (No Class):  Monday January 21
  • The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available):   Monday, January 28
  • Spring Break:   Monday, March 4 - Sunday, March 10
  • The last day to withdraw (no refund):  Monday, March 18
  • The last day of classes:  Monday,  April 29





Textbook
James Stewart: Calculus: Early Transcendentals ;  8th Edition, Cengage Learning

 

ISBN-13: 978-1-305-71030-6


Important: together with the textbook you will need to buy Enhanced WebAssign Homework and eBook LOE Printed Access Card for Multi Term Math and Science.

 

If you are repeating this class and took Math 1041/1038  in Fall 2015  or later then you already have textbook and access to WebAssign.

  

If it is not the case,  click   here   to see buying options :

Warning:   Please DO NOT buy any used books since they will not let you access the WebAssign (the WebAssign codes ARE NOT transferable).




Syllabus
We will cover most of the sections in Chapters 2 - 5.
Chapter 2:  Limits and Derivatives
Chapter 3:  Differentiation Rules
Chapter 4:  Applications of Differentiation
Chapter 5:  Integrals



Exams

See the Exam
Security Policy here
There will be two common midterm exams and a comprehensive common final exam. The dates are:
Test 1: Wednesday, Febuary 20,  5:50 PM - 7:20 PM
Test 2: Wednesday, April 10,  5:50 PM - 7:20 PM
Final Exam: Thursday, May 2,  3:30 PM - 5:30 PM



Common Quizzes 		Important: There will be two common quizzes.
First quiz is  Review Quiz.  It will be given on WebAssign during the  first week of semester.  It will be based on Pre-Calculus material. Students who perform poorly on this quiz will be recommended to move to Math 1022, Pre-Calculus. Its score will be counted 1% of your Course grade.
The second quiz will be  Quiz on Derivatives  which will test your differentiation skills. It will be given in class
during the 8th (preferred) or 9th week of the semester (the exact date will be announced after Test 1). Its score will count for 2% of your Course grade.



Quizzes / Homework
Part of your homework will be assigned on WebAssign and will be graded by the computer.
Your instructor will inform you how often the other part of the homework will be collected
and how regularly you will have in-class quizzes.


Calculator Policy
 No calculators, including cell phone calculators, will be allowed on the exams and on
most of  your quizzes.




Grading Policy

Your Course Average score will be computed according to the following scheme:
Review Quiz (WA)
 Quiz on
Differentiation
 Test 1 Test 2 Quizzes WebAssign Final Exam
1% 1% 24% 24% 12% 4% 34%

Correspondence between the scores and the letter grades:
0-49 50-54 55-64 65-69 70-72 73-76 77-79 80-82 83-86 87-89 90-92 93-100
F D- D D+ C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A



Get your Grades 		            Want to see your possible grade for the course? Go here Fill in your real or
                                         expected data.
         (Please enter the tests scores as the actual number of points you got, do not transform them in %.  Please enter your  Quiz average  and WA grades  in %.)