Calculus I - MATH 2554                      Fall 2004

COURSE COORDINATOR:  Dr. James L. Meek

     Office:SCEN 228           email:  jmeek@uark.edu

 

TEXT:  Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, Third Edition,

            by Larson-Hostetler-Edwards (Houghton-Mifflin).

    Students must successfully have completed either Precalculus or the combination of college algebra and trigonometry, or have an ACT math score of ≥26, or with math subscores of ≥13,9,9, respectively.

          On calculators:            Unacceptable:  TI 89 or 92, laptops, palmtops;

                                                Recommended:  TI 82, 83, 85, 86;

                                                Acceptable:  lower-model-number TI; Sharp, Casio, HP48G          ** Graphing calculators will be permitted on the midterm and final examinations,  but we will expect students to be prepared to clear the calculator’s memory (or to have us do it for them).**

 

Cell phones will not be allowed on the desks during exams, but must be turned off and secured with the student’s possessions.

 

STUDENT EVALUATION:  

    There are two COMPREHENSIVE, COURSE-WIDE exams.  These exams are written by the course coordinator, and graded by all course instructors.  Review materials will be available to you and to your students.

* THURSDAY, OCT 14    MIDTERM EXAMINATION 6:00-7:30 pm                  150 pts

* THURSDAY, DEC 9       FINAL EXAMINATION 12:30-2:30 pm                       200 pts

      These exams are scheduled before the semester begins.  Announce them several times during the first week of classes.  Students should ELIMINATE ANY CONFLICTS NOW. 

 

Students who are entitled for accommodation by ADA must notify their instructor,

and their instructor must notify the coordinator, at least  one full week

before the common examinations.  Students who have a legitimate

University-related conflict with the midterm or final exam must also identify themselves

at least a week in advance.  Last minute requests for make-up exams may not be granted.

 

    DAILY WORK (homework, quizzes, etc. - %)                                                      100 pts

    IN-CLASS EXAMS (3 at 100 pts each or 4 at 75 pts each)                            300 pts

 

OTHER INFORMATION:

Midsemester Grades:  Current grades (for all 1000,2000-level courses) will be reported to the dean’s office at the sixth week of the semester. 

 

Academic Honesty:  There will be no tolerance for cheating or plagiarism; University policies will be enforced in such cases.

 

 

Inclement Weather Policy:  (Here is a suggested statement).  Class will meet unless the University is closed.  On-campus students are expected to be present.  Off-campus students should make their own decisions in the best interests of personal safety.  Off-campus students will not be penalized for being absent on the days the Fayetteville Public Schools are closed due to weather.  If attendance is severely affected by weather, deadlines or exam dates may be adjusted.

Please tell students NOT to call the Mathematics Department with weather-related inquiries!

MATH 2554 COURSE OUTLINE AND SUGGESTED SCHEDULE:

 

Week of:                               Material to Cover:

 

23 Aug                                   P.3      Functions and Their Graphs

                                                P.5      Inverse Functions

                                                P.6      Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

 

30 Aug                                   1.1      A Preview of Calculus

                                                1.2      Finding Limits Graphically and Numerically

                                                1.3      Finding Limits Analytically

 

                                      LABOR DAY HOLIDAY  -  Monday, Sept 6

6 Sept                                               1.4       Continuity and One-Sided Limits

                                                1.5      Infinite Limits

                        **first exam at the end of Chapter 1 ?**

 

13 Sept                                 2.1      The Derivative and the Tangent Line Problem

                                                2.2      Basic Differentiation Rules and Rates of Change

 

20 Sept                                 2.3      The Product and Quotient Rules and

                                                            Higher-Order Derivatives

2.4      The Chain Rule

 

27 Sept                                 2.5      Implicit Differentiation

2.6      Derivatives of Inverse Functions

 

4 Oct                                       2.7      Related Rates

                                      (opt) 2.8       Newton’s Method

                                           3.1      Extrema on an Interval

                           -----Midterm exam material through Sec. 3.1        

                                   

 

11  Oct                                   3.2      Rolle’s Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem

3.3      Increasing and Decreasing Functions

            and the First Derivative Test

MIDTERM EXAMINATION THURSDAY OCT 14, 6:00-7:30 PM

                                               

18Oct                                    3.4       Concavity and the Second Derivative Test

                                                3.5      Limits at Infinity

                                                3.6      A Summary of Curve-Sketching

                                               

25 Oct                                    3.7      Optimization Problems

                                                3.8      Differentials

                                               

                        **Second exam after Chapter 3 ? **

 


1 Nov                                    4.1       Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integration

            4.2      Area

            4.3      Riemann Sums and Definite Integrals

 

8 Nov                                                4.4       The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

                                                4.5      Integration by Substitution

 

15 Nov                                   4.6      Numerical Integration (Optional)

                                                4.7      The Natural Logarithmic Function and Integration

 

 

 

22 Nov                                   4.8      Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Integration

                                                4.9      Hyperbolic Functions                                

 

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY  WED-FRI NOV 24,25,& 26

                       

 

29Nov                                    5.1      Differential Equations:  Growth and Decay

                       **Third exam after Section 5.1?

                                

 

6 Dec                          Catch-up and Review for Final

 

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