This course is about differential calculus of functions of a single variable. The topics we will study include: limits, rates of change, continuous functions, tangent lines, derivatives, rules of differentiation, the chain rule, implicit differentiation, related rates, applications of derivatives (including optimization and curve sketching), antiderivatives, indefinite and definite integrals, and the fundamental theorem of calculus.

We will cover Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Stewart's Calculus. I strongly recommend buying this special Temple edition, at the link above, as it's cheaper than the alternatives, and includes access to the online homework site WebAssign. The supplementary book, How to Ace Calculus, serves as a highly readable (and lighthearted) guide to the same topics.

Note that we are skipping Chapter 1; it is expected that you are already familiar with the review material covered there. This will be the subject of the review quiz on September 1. The same background material is sketched out in Chapter 5 of How to Ace Calculus.

Letter grades are computed from numerical grades as follows:

In addition, your letter grade can be affected if you miss too many classes. Attendance is required, and you may only miss four class meetings (in other words, two weeks of class) without a documented excuse. For every week missed beyond these four classes, your grade will be lowered by one notch (e.g. B to B-).

Alternate test times can be arranged ahead of time, in case of an unavoidable academic conflict. Please contact me by email at least two week before the exam to make this happen. Apart from this, make-up exams will only be given for documented emergencies (sickness, car accident, a death in the family, etc.) It is your responsibility to contact me right away, preferably by email, in case of a missed exam. No make ups will be given once the graded tests are returned, or once final grades are entered.

Quizzes: There will be a 20 min. quiz every Thursday (when there is no midterm). Each quiz will consist of 4-5 problems similar to the ones assigned from the textbook. There will be no make up quizzes, but I will drop the lowest two quiz scores.

Common quizzes: There will be a review quiz on September 1 (on precalculus material), and a quiz on derivatives around October 20. If you get a low grade on the review quiz, you may be moved down to Math 1022, Precalculus.

Some of the questions will be routine examples just like something done in class; others will be harder and will require more thought. I encourage you start early, and get help if you get stuck. If there is a homework problem that you can't solve even after thinking about it hard (and after reading the relevant section of the book), there are many resources that can help:

• Your classmates
• Office hours, both mine and those of the other Math 1041 instructors.
• The Math & Sciences Resource Center
• Tutorial videos at WebAssign.

The most important thing is: if you are stuck or confused about a topic, recognize it and use these resources! The material builds on itself very quickly, so it will be much harder to catch up if you wait.

Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed here.

Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:

• The first day of classes is Tuesday, August 30.
• The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, September 12.
• The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Tuesday, October 25.
• Thanksgiving is Thursday, November 24.
• The last day of classes is Tuesday, December 6.

The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.