Calculus I

Department of Mathematics
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
MATH 111, Calculus I, Fall 2004
Section E

Instructor:
B. Doytchinov
Office: Glatfelter 214
phone: x 6625
e-mail:bdoytchi@gettysburg.edu Office hours:
Mo, We, Fr 2:00-4:00pm
Tu 11:00am-1:00pm

also, by appointment

TEXT

James Stewart, Calulus: Concepts and Contexts, Second Edition, Brooks/Cole, ISBN 0-534-37862-5.

GRAPHING CALCULATOR

A graphing calculator is required. You may use whatever graphing calculator you currently own. If you are planning to buy one, we recommend the TI-83 Plus.

COURSE GOALS

By the end of the semester you should be able to do the following.

Accurately and efficiently perform the computations of Calculus, both by hand and with a graphing calculator.
Use the ideas, tools, and techniques of Calculus to solve problems, both novel and familiar.
Apply calculus as a language with which to model the world.

GRADES

Grades will be determined according to the following table.

Attendance and Participation	10%
Homework and Quizzes	15%
Lowest Exam Score	5%
Remaining Exam Scores	15% each
Final Exam	25%

The "lowest" and "remaining" exam scores in the table above are understood to be from the four in-semester exams, not the final exam.

ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION

Attendance in Math 111 is required.

You are expected to actively participate in class by asking questions, making comments, working on the assignments, and sharing your solutions with others. As part of your class participation grade, you are required to attend one math department colloquium during the semester. Information regarding these colloquia is on the bulletin board outside Glatfelter 212.

QUIZZES

There will be regular, short, in-class quizzes based on recent homework. No make-up quizzes will be given for any reason. Your lowest three quiz scores will be dropped.

HOMEWORK

There will be daily assignments consisting of a reading assignment and a problem assignment. You are encouraged to work with others in understanding the material but the write-ups of homework solutions should be your own. Homework is turned in for grading at the beginning of the class period for which it is assigned. No late or sloppy homework will be accepted.

EXAMS

There will be four evening exams during the semester. These will be on September 22, October 20, November 10, and December 1. Each exam will be from 7 pm until 9 pm at a location to be announced later. If you have a conflict with these times, please let your instructor know by September 15.

FINAL EXAM

The final exam will be on Saturday, December 18, from 1:30 pm until 4:30 pm, at a location to be announced later. No make-up or alternative final exams will be given, even though this is the last final exam of the semester, so please make your travel arrangements accordingly. This exam will be cumulative.

HONOR CODE

As you already know, Gettysburg College operates under an Honor Code.

On each piece of work you submit for grading, you should write out the Honor Pledge by hand and sign it. The Honor Pledge is as follows: I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid, nor have I witnessed a violation of the Honor Code.

Every student is responsible for abiding by the provisions of the Honor Code, beginning with the first day of classes. Specific details about the ways the honor code applies to this course can be found here.

MATH 111, Calculus I, Fall 2004