Syllabus
Calculus I
Keller Hall 302
TR 9:00a-10:15a
General Information
Instructor: Krystin Manguba-Glover
Office: Keller 309
Office Hours: T 11:00a-12:00p, 1:30-2:30p; R 1:30-2:30p; &
By Appointment
Email: kmanguba@math.hawaii.edu
Teaching Assistant: Donald Lee
Office: Keller 412
Office Hours: W 10:00-11:00a; F 3:00-4:00p
Email: donald@math.hawaii.edu
Textbook
Calculus, Current Edition
Author: James Stewart
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Overview
This course should introduce you to basic concepts from calculus, with focus on differentiation, integration, and applications.
Topics covered in this course include the following: limits, continuity, differentiation, mean value theorem, curve sketching, related rates, integration, and volumes of solids.
Homework
Homework problems (both online and textbook problems) will be assigned after each class period on the class website. Written homework will be due every week in recitation and online homework will be due every Sunday unless stated otherwise. You are expected to show all of your work in order to get credit for a problem.
It is encouraged that you do practice problems on your own. Answers to odd exercises can be found in the back of the book. You may work together on homework but the final product needs to be your own work. If you work with other students, please indicate this on your homework.
Quizzes
There will be a 10-15 min quiz each Friday during the recitation period. Quizzes will be on the material that was covered the previous recitation.
Exams
There will be three written exams given throughout this course: two midterms and a final. Exams will be closed book and without calculators. A new early action program will be put in place this semester. Please see the Early Action section for more information. The final exam is a common final and will be cumulative. Here are the tentative exam dates:
Midterm 1: February 7
Midterm 2: April 2
Final Exam: Wednesday, May 8, 12-2pm
Practice problems will be given out to help you prepare before each exam. You should understand the concepts covered, not memorize problems. Understanding is key in receiving a good grade.
If you miss an exam due to a legitimate and properly documented absence then the following exams will be weighted more to account for the missed exam. (For example if you miss midterm 1 then midterm 2 and the final exam will be worth 10% more each. If you miss midterm 2 then the final will be worth 50% of your grade.)
Late Work
Late homework, make up quizzes, and make up exams will only be accepted/given in the case of a legitimate absence that must be approved by the instructor.
Grading
20% Homework
10% Quizzes
20% Midterm 1
20% Midterm 2
30% Final
Each category above will be curved. After the curve final grades will be assigned based on the standard 10% grading scale. The lowest two assignments (one online, one written) and the lowest quiz will be dropped.
Early Action Program
Following the first midterm, students identified as being in danger of falling behind will be given the opportunity to participate in a two-week session of additional recitations. These recitations will meet three times a week, later in the afternoon/evening. The purpose of this intensive recitation is to allow students to bring themselves back up to where they need to be. To that effect, students who complete this additional recitation section will be allowed a retake of the midterm, replacing their score, up to a certain maximum. (This maximum will be determined so that no student who qualifies for this early action program can eventually score better on the midterm than a student who did not qualify for a retake.) Any student may join the optional recitations but exam scores will not be increased above the specified threshold.
The additional recitations will be led by Learning Assistants, one of which will be present in your regular recitation section, so you may familiarize yourself with them.
Upon conclusion of the two-week intensive recitation and midterm retake, any student (in or outside of the early action program) can participate in these optional recitations, for extra help with the course content.
Optional recitations will continue for the remainder of the course, for extra help with the course content.
Academic Integrity
Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Work that you turn in should be entirely your own. If it appears that you have copied someone else’s work, you will receive a score of 0 for that particular assignment, quiz, or exam.