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MATH 1100, BASIC CALCULUSSYLLABUS Section 2 (Lecture 11897)COURSE TITLE: Basic CalculusCREDIT: 3 credit hoursSEMESTER: Fall 2010TEXT:Calculus and its application by Marvin Bittinger, 9 th editionSOFTWARE: MyMathLab by Pearson EducationINSTRUCTOR:OFFICE HOURS:Shahla PetermanOffice: 353 CCB Phone: 516-5826E-mail: petermans@umsl.eduBy appointment or:Monday 1:30 p.m. –2:15 p.m. 353 CCBTuesday 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 353 CCBWednesday 1:30 p.m. –2:15 p.m. 353 CCBThursday 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. MTLCFriday11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.10:50 a.m. – 11: 20 a.m.353 CCBMTLCMTLCPREREQUISITES: You must have:1) A grade C- or better in Math 1030; or,2) A score of 26 or higher on either the ACT Math sub-test or the Missouri MathPlacement Test (MMPT).If a record of your prerequisites is not in the UMSL computer system, you will be asked toprovide verification by the end of the first week of classes; otherwise you will be removed fromclass.E-MAIL REQUIREMENT:All correspondence will be made through the e-mail address that you register with inCourseCompass or your student e-mail. Make sure to check your e-mail frequently. If you use yourUMSL e-mail address please be aware that your mailbox is limited in size. If your mailbox is fullyou will not receive the instructor‟s e-mails containing important course information. Please checkyour mailbox capacity and empty it when it is full.

CourseCompass (http://www.coursecompass.com)This section of the course is computer-assisted. Students will use the computer to do homework, gethelp, and prepare for the tests. On the first day of class you will register using the access code thataccompanies your software and Math1100 Course ID peterman82157. Please use an e-mailaddress that you check frequently as most communication from the instructor will be via e-mail.Weekly reading, assignment, worksheets, solutions, reviews for the tests, and a copy of the syllabusare among the material that will posted in the Course Documents folder on this site. To assure thatyou have the correct copies, please print or view your assignments from the machines on campus.You may have to save the document to the computer before printingHELP:Help is available outside class:(1) CourseCompass(2) MTLC -- You can do your homework and get help from the TA and other instructorsfrom 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.(3) From your instructor‟s office hours. You may attend any of the Math 1100 instructors‟office hours.(4) Free tutoring is available in the Math Lab in 425 SSB in the daytime, evenings andweekends. Visit (http://www.cs.umsl.edu/lab/mathlab.html) or call 516-5190 for moredetails.STRUCTURE OF THE COURSEATTENDANCE: This class meets three times a week. Attendance will be recorded daily.Announcements of any changes in the syllabus, test dates or assignments will be made in class.HOMEWORK:Working homework problems is the best preparation for quizzes and tests. You will useCourseCompass to do your homework. The problems are similar to the problems presented duringlecture. Each problem can be completed as many times as needed. Simply click on the “SimilarExercise” button and redo the problem until you have a perfect score. You may practice theproblems as many times as you need to in order to master the knowledge and skills to do well onthe tests and quizzes. The score from the last attempt is kept as the grade for that section. Use theGRADEBOOK if you want to review a problem once you have completed it. The immediatefeedback, guided solutions, and examples are great help. You can ask questions from yourinstructor, teaching assistants, or other students. It is recommended that you print thecompleted homework so that you can refer to them in class and use them to study for the quizzesand exams. The homework grade will be calculated by taking the average of all the homeworkassignments. You are expected to spend at least two hours outside of class for each hour of classtime. Late homework is not allowed.The homework should be done gradually and not on the due date.Make sure to redo the problems on your own once after getting help. Some studentscomplain that they can do the homework but fail the quizzes. In the majority of those cases,the grade on the test and quizzes will drastically increase if you redo a problem after gettinghelp.

You need to have a notebook with the homework problems you are doing prior to keyingyour answer in the computer. This will help you with preparations for quiz and test reviews.At the time of each hourly exam, the notebook is checked and 20% is subtracted fromyour final homework grade if you don‟t maintain this notebook. You can print thehomework assignment and show your work in the provided space. You may keep these notesin a binder instead of showing your work in a notebook.In case you have done the problem correctly but the computer counted it wrong, click on the“Ask My Instructor” button. Write down that you have the problem correct in the body ofthe message. Your grade will be changed if it is verified that you have the correct answer andonly after the due date for the homework assignment. You can also print the messageshowing your answer and the correct answer and show it to your instructor.QUIZZES:There is a quiz over the material from the homework assignment each week. There are 15 quizzesincluding the syllabus quiz. No make-up is given for the quizzes and your lowest grade for thesemester will be dropped. The quizzes are all online and, with the exception of the three takehome quizzes, have to be taken in the lab at a designated time. The worksheet is checked for anattempt and not correctness.TESTS:Four tests will be given during the dates noted on the calendar. The tests are very similar to thehomework, worksheets, and quizzes. The test dates on the syllabus are approximate and subject tochange. The review sheets are posted. The test review due dates are shown on the calendar for thecourse. The review sheet is checked for an attempt and not correctness. You can’t start the test ifyou have not completed your review sheet.A make-up test may be given only in a case of verifiable emergency and only if you contact yourinstructor prior to the test; illness requires a doctor's excuse. The test should be made upimmediately after returning to school. Any make-up test will be longer and more difficult than thetest given in class. The makeup exam often will not be the same format as the regular test. If youplay sports for UMSL and have to miss a quiz or a test due to a scheduled game need to talk totheir instructor and plan the time to make up the missed work. The arrangement should be madeprior to their scheduled game.TO TAKE AN ONLINE TEST OR A PROCTORED ONLINE QUIZ1. Take the appropriate papers from the exam monitor (your teacher or a TA).2. Login to the computer and then go to CourseCompass. Click on “take a test” and enter apassword and then you can start.3. Do not hit the backspace key while you are working on CourseCompass.4. Raise your hand for a test monitor to be present when you submit your test.5. Turn in your paper to the test monitor.

SOME GENERAL RULES FOR TESTS AND QUIZZESNO CALCULATORS ALLOWED FOR EXAMS AND ALL THE PROCTORED QUIZZES!!The reason for this is that we have found that the use of such devices tends to exacerbate studentweaknesses, particularly regarding basic skills. For that reason, you might consider not using one onyour homework unless it‟s an absolute must. You may use a calculator for take-home quizzes.However, we encourage you not to do so, as these quiz problems may also appear on exams. Sincecalculators cannot be used on exams you will need to be able to complete all quiz problems withouta calculator.YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR WORK FOR THE EXAMS AND ALL THE QUIZZES!!Paper will be provided prior to taking the quizzes and tests and should be turned in when you aredone.You have to show your work in a readable and logical manner. Points will be taken away forproblems with correct answers but no supportive work. This rule also applies to the three quizzesthat are not proctored.Do not hit the backspace button during online QUIZZES or EXAMS!!Hitting the backspace button during the online tests and quizzes will end your work without savinganything. We have to rely on your written work for a grade.FEEDBACK FROM THE QUIZZES AND EXAMS!!The best feedback is going over the problems that you have done incorrectly. Please collect thefollowing items for each quiz/test:1. Pick up your paper for the quiz/test during the following Tuesday lecture.2. From your COURSECOMPASSGRADEBOOK review and print your quiz/test. Mark theproblems that you did incorrectly.3. Print the solutions for the quiz/test. The solutions are “generic” so they are they sameproblems with different numbers.4. Attempt the problems that you have done incorrectly and ask questions in the lab if youcan‟t figure it out. You are expected to print the quiz/test solutions and print the onlinequizzes, and add your work from the quizzes and use it to study for the exams.5. Reviewing the quizzes prior to the tests is a great way to improve your test grade.

FINAL EXAM: Departmental policy requires a passing grade on the final exam. The mandatoryFINAL EXAM, worth 200 points, will be given on Wed., Dec 15 th 12:15 – 3:15pm. Your coursegrade can‟t be more than one letter grade higher than your final exam grade, i.e. the best grade youcan get will be a D if you fail the final exam. The final exam is not in the same location and itslocation will be announced during the last week of classes. The final exam in on paper and is handgradedCOURSE GRADE:Your course grade will be based on:HomeworkQuizzesTest 1Test 2Test 3Test 4Final ExamTotal100 Points100 Points100 points100 Points100 Points100 Points200 Points800 PointsThe grade scale is as follows provided you pass the final exam.720 – 800 A A or A-640 – 719 B B+, B, or B-560 –639 C C+, C, C-480 – 559 DBelow 480 FYou need to follow the proper procedure for dropping the course. A grade of F will be assigned toa student whose name is still on the final class roster and has not dropped the course officially.This grade will not be changed retroactively. Delayed grades can be given only for a situationwhere a student has completed all the work, with a grade of C- or above, and has to miss the finalexam because of an emergency. Delayed grades have to be approved by the Department ofMathematics and Computer Science.

The Course CalendarThe dates of the exams are tentative. Any changes to this syllabus will be announced in class.Homework and take home quizzes are due 5 p.m. of the assigned date. I will leave the homeworkand quizzes open an extra 5 hours. No excuses will be accepted if you run in to technicalcomputer related problems during the those7 hours.Monday Wednesday FridayAugust 23 25 27R.1, R.2, R.3 R.4, R.5, 1.1 1.1, 1.2September 30 1 31.2, 1.3, 1.4 1.4, 1.5 1.5, 1.66 8 10Holiday 1.6, 1.7 1.813 15 17Review Test 1 1.8, Review inequalities20 22 242.1 2.1, 2.2 2.2October 27 29 12.2, 2.3 2.3 2.44 6 82.5, 2.6 2.6 3.111 13 15Review Test 2 3.1, 3.218 20 223.2, 4.1 4.1, 4.2 4.225 27294.2, 4.34.3 4.4

November 1 34.5 4.554.5, 5.78 10 12Review Test 3 5.7, 6.115 17 196.1, 6.26.26.2, 6.3November 21 – 28 Fall BREAKDecember 29 1 36.3, 6.56.5 6.56 8 10Review Test 4Final ReviewFINAL Wednesday December 15 th, 12:15 p.m. -3:15p.m.Location will be announced by early December.ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:When one takes credit for another‟s work or uses unauthorized devices (such as calculators) inthe course, when they are expressly forbidden, it is cheating. This may occur during in classexams/quizzes or take-home exams/quizzes in this course. The code of student conduct is in theUM-St. Louis Student Handbook.According to the University „s Collected Rules and Regulations (Chapter 200: Student Conduct),the term Cheating includes but is not limited to: (i) use of any unauthorized assistance in takingquizzes, tests, or examinations; (ii) dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorizedby the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out otherassignments; (iii) acquisition or possession without permission of tests or other academicmaterial belonging to a member of the University faculty or staff; or (iv) knowingly providingany unauthorized assistance to another student on quizzes, tests, or examinations. When cheatingis determined, a zero grade will be given on the specific exam/quiz and the student(s) who is/areinvolved in the cheating will be reported to the Department of Mathematics and the Office of theVice Chancellor for Student Affairs.Having a formula sheet, a calculator, a cell phone during the test is cheating. Fake notesfrom the hospital and doctors and unverifiable excuses count as academic dishonesty.