MATH 124 – Calculus I With Applications Section MTWR Fall 2008 Instructor: Office Hours: Office: Phone: Email: Webpage: Course Webpage: http://math.arizona.edu/~calc Text: Calculus, Fourth Edition by Hughes-Hallett et al. published by Wiley. Attendance: Students are expected to attend every scheduled class and to be familiar with the University Class Attendance policy as it appears in the General Catalog. It is the student’s responsibility to keep informed of any announcements, syllabus adjustments or policy changes made during scheduled classes. Students are expected to behave in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct and the Code of Academic Integrity. The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own. University policies can be found at http://dos.web.arizona.edu/uapolicies. A couple of sample homework policies are given below. As recommended by the Undergraduate Committee, if you plan to use an on-line grading program such as WebAssign or WileyPlus, you should also collect some hand-written homework to check for proper notation, completeness of solutions, etc. If you plan to give quizzes in addition to homework you can include them in the homework points or assign separate points. Homework: Homework will be submitted in two formats throughout the semester. A computer grading program called WebAssign will be used for problems assigned from the text (see other side for more information). Hand-written homework showing all work with proper notation will also be submitted. These problems will come from the text and/or from a set of problems created by your instructor. A final homework score based on 100 possible points will be assigned (75 points from the computer graded assignments and 25 points from the hand-written assignments). Homework/Quizzes: Homework will be submitted in two formats throughout the semester. A computer grading program called WebAssign will be used for problems assigned from the text (see other side for more information). Hand-written homework showing all work with proper notation will also be submitted. These problems will come from the text and/or from a set of problems created by your instructor. In class quizzes will be given often. All quizzes will have an open notes/ open book format and will be short (usually one or two problems). No calculators are allowed. There are no make-up quizzes. Some quizzes will be dropped. A final homework/ quiz score based on 100 possible points will be assigned (75 points from the computer graded and hand-written assignments and 25 points from the quizzes). In-Class Exams: The four in-class exams are scheduled for Wednesday, September 17; Thursday, October 9; Thursday, November 6; and Thursday, December 4. Each exam will be worth 100 points. A 50 point department preliminary exam covering algebraic skills that are essential for success in Math 124 will be given on Wednesday, September 3. An on-line review can be found at http://prep.math.lsa.umich.edu/pmc. No calculators will be allowed on the preliminary exam. All electronic devices, particularly cell phones, must be turned off during all exams. Final Exam: The final exam is a common department exam worth 200 points. It is scheduled for Monday, December 15 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm. Additional information and a study guide can be found at http://math.arizona.edu/~calc. The University’s Exam regulations will be strictly followed (see http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/schedule084/exams/examrules.htm). ALEKS Assessment: Details will be given at the course meeting. This on-line exam must be completed by Friday, August 29. If the student earns at least 20% on the exam, they will earn 20 points. Calculators: A graphics calculator is an important tool that will be used in this course. Students are expected to have a working calculator for each exam. No calculator swapping is permitted during exams. Calculator programs can be found at http://math.arizona.edu/~krawczyk/calcul.html. Grades: The total number of points available on tests and homework is 770. Grades will be no lower than those set forth in the following table 693  points  770 90% to 100% A 616  points  692 80% to 90% B 539  points  615 70% to 80% C 462  points  538 60% to 70% D 0  points  461 0% to 60% E Students with disabilities: If you anticipate issues related to the format or requirements of this course, please meet with your instructor to discuss ways to ensure your full participation in the course. If you determine that formal, disability-related accommodations are necessary, it is very important that you be registered with Disability Resources (621-3268; drc.arizona.edu).You should notify your instructor of your eligibility for reasonable accommodations by Friday, September 5.You and your instructor can then plan how best to coordinate your accommodations. Students withdrawing from the course: If you withdraw from the course by September 19, the course will be deleted from your enrollment record. If you withdraw from the course by October 17, you will receive a grade of W. The University allows withdraws after October 17, but only with the Dean’s signature. Late withdraws will be dealt with on a case by case basis, and requests for late withdraw with a W without a valid reason may or may not be honored. Incompletes: The grade of I will be awarded if all of the following conditions are met: 1.The student has completed all but a small portion of the required work. 2.The student has scored at least 50% on the work completed. 3.The student has a valid reason for not completing the course on time. 4.The student agrees to make up the material in a short period of time. 5.The student asks for the incomplete before grades are due, 48 hours after the final exam. 6. Computing Resources: Information about using computers on campus, setting up a UA email account, and computer support can be found at http://www.oscr.arizona.edu. A list and map of open access computing facilities on campus can be found at http://www.oscr.arizona.edu/maps. You have two methods of setting up your class roster in WebAssign. You can allow your students to register themselves by giving them your Class Key. This method is preferred and will minimize the amount of roster changes needed on your part and confusion over new versus old usernames/passwords on the student’s part. If you would rather upload your own roster, you will need to give your students a username and initial password (see instructions in WebAssign). Instructions for WebAssign: To create an account for our class go to http://webassign.net, click on the Log-In button, then click on the I Have a Class Key button. Our class key is _____ _____ _____. You must do this even if you have used WebAssign in the past or are using it for another course this semester. There is a 14-day grace period (from the first day of classes) before you must purchase your access code for our class. Each time you log-in, you will see a reminder.