Math 127 Fall 2008

Section Information

Lecture

Section Time Location Instructor email Office Hours*
1 MWF
9:00 - 10:00		 McDonnell 162 Jonathan Corbett jcorbett@math.wustl.edu Cupples I Room 108D
MWF 10:15-11:00
Th 5:30-6:30

Recitation Sections

Section Time** Location TA email Office Hours*
A Th
9:00 - 10:00		 Cupples I 207 Emily Ronshausen emily@math.wustl.edu TBA
B Th
10:00 - 11:00		 Cupples I 207 Emily Ronshausen emily@math.wustl.edu TBA
C Th
11:00 - 12:00		 Eads 116 Emily Ronshausen emily@math.wustl.edu TBA

* Reading week office hours will be only as announced. ** There will be no Recitation Section on August 28.




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2. Grading Information

Exams

There will be three evening exams during the semester, E1, E2, E3.

There will also be a final, E4. The final will be comprehensive, but will be weighted towards material covered after the third midterm.

Exam Date Location Time Solutions
E1 Wednesday, September 24 Check here on exam day. 6:30 - 8:30 PM Available day after exam
E2 Wednesday, October 22 Check here on exam day. 6:30 - 8:30 PM Available day after exam
E3 Wednesday, November 12 Check here on exam day. 6:30 - 8:30 PM Available day after exam
E4 Monday, December 15 Check here on exam day. 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM Available day after exam


All of the exams will feature a mixture of multiple-choice and free-response questions. There will be partial credit available on the free-response questions, but not on the multiple choice questions.

The three evening exams, E1, E2, E3 and the final exam E4 will each be scored out of 100 points and will be combined to form the exam portion of your grade (also out of 100 points) by the following formula:

E = (E1 + E2 + E3 + 2*E4 - min(E1, E2, E3, E4))/4
In other words, your final exam score will replace your lowest midterm exam score, unless your final is lower than all of your midterms. If this were the case, then all four exams would be weighted equally.

Quizzes

Each meeting of the rectiation sections will begin with a short quiz. Each quiz will consist of problems of a nature similar to the suggested homework problems assigned. The first quiz will occur in your first recitation section on September 4 and will cover the material from the lectures through September 3. Subsequent quizzes will cover material from lecture subsequent to that covered on the last quiz and including that covered on the Wednesday before the recitation section.

There will be a total of 13 quizzes over the course of the semester. Your 10 best quiz scores will be averaged together and then scaled to give a score out of 100 points. This score will form the quiz portion of your grade, Q. Note that there is no way to make up a missed quiz - you will receive a 0 for any quiz that you miss.

Homework

Aside from the first week of class and Thanksgiving Week, homework will be due weekly. It is due every Thursday at 10:00 PM, starting September 4.

Homework due on Thursday will cover the same range of material as the quizzes from the same day. There is no way to make up homework or to turn it in late.

Homework is done through Webwork and is accessible through the following link:

Webwork (Your Student ID will serve as your initial login and password.)

The homework portion of your final grade, HW, will be calculated by equally weighting all 14 of your homework assignments for the semester, taking the average of the 13 best scores among these, and scaling this average to be out of 100 points.

Tentative Webwork schedule

Assignment Assignment Available Due Date Solutions Available
Webwork 1 08/28 at 10:00 AM 09/04 at 10:00 PM 09/05 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 2 09/01 at 10:00 AM 09/11 at 10:00 PM 09/12 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 3 09/08 at 10:00 AM 09/18 at 10:00 PM 09/19 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 4 09/15 at 10:00 AM 09/25 at 10:00 PM 09/26 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 5 09/22 at 10:00 AM 10/02 at 10:00 PM 10/03 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 6 09/29 at 10:00 AM 10/09 at 10:00 PM 10/10 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 7 10/06 at 10:00 AM 10/16 at 10:00 PM 10/17 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 8 10/13 at 10:00 AM 10/23 at 10:00 PM 10/24 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 9 10/20 at 10:00 AM 10/30 at 10:00 PM 10/31 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 10 10/27 at 10:00 AM 11/06 at 10:00 PM 11/07 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 11 11/03 at 10:00 AM 11/13 at 10:00 PM 11/14 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 12 11/10 at 10:00 AM 11/20 at 10:00 PM 11/21 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 13 11/17 at 10:00 AM 12/04 at 10:00 PM 12/05 at 10:00 PM
Webwork 14 12/01 at 10:00 AM 12/11 at 10:00 PM 12/12 at 10:00 PM


Computing Your Grade

Your Exam, Quiz, and Homework grades will be combined into a final score, S, for the class according to the following formula:

S = 0.70*E + 0.15*Q + 0.15*HW

This score S will be translated into a letter grade of A, B, C, D, or F in a manner that is not stricter than the following table. While there is a chance that additional curving might cause the thresholds to be moved lower, it would be unwise to depend on this happening. Also note that 30% of your grade will come from Homework and Quizzes. These points should be relatively straightforward to accumulate.

Numerical Range Letter Grade
[88,100] A
[75,88) B
[60,75) C
[50,60) D
[0,50) F



3. Exam Policy: Cheat sheets, Calculators


A small (4" x 6") index card may be used as a "cheat sheet" for the evening exams and the final exam. You may write on both sides and include any information you deem useful.

Graphing calculators and programmable calculators are not permitted for this course.

Note: Use of a prohibited calculator at an exam is an academic integrity violation. Any detected violation of academic integrity will be referred to the disciplinary committee of the College of Arts and Sciences.



4. General Calculus Exam Policy: Date of Final, Excused Absences

The Mathematics Department has the following policy in place for the standard calculus sections, which includes this course:

The exam dates including the final were set by the College office before you registered for this class. You are therefore expected to take the exams at their scheduled times. If you are away because of a university sporting event or field trip, then you may arrange for your coach or professor to administer the exam. Excused absences may be granted in the case of illness or bereavement. All excused absences must be granted by Blake Thornton.

The final exam date cannot be changed for reasons of traveling convenience.


5. Text

Calculus and Its Applications, Eleventh Edition, Goldstein, Lay, Schneider, and Asmar

No other texts are required for this class.

6. Tentative Schedule

I will attempt to keep to the following schedule and hope not to deviate it from it by more than one day at any point in the semester. I have also included my current projection as to the material to be covered in each midterm. As with the rest of the schedule, this too is subject to change.

The Suggested Problems listed are not to be turned in - they are meant to give you a list of problems to practice on. I highly recommend that you work through them until you feel completely comfortable with the material in the given section. I also would recommend doing additional problems not on the list here. These problems are meant to be a starting point and are not meant to be exhaustive.

Date Sections Topics Suggested Problems
08/27 0.2, 1.1 Introduction, Linear Functions 0.2: 11, 13, 15, 19, 29, 31, 37
1.1: 7, 11, 19, 23, 29, 31, 45, 47, 51, 53, 57, 63
08/29 0.4 Quadratic Functions, Factoring 0.4: 3, 7, 9, 13-23 odd, 27, 29, 33, 39
09/01 Labor Day - No Class
09/03 0.5 Exponents and Radicals 0.5: 5, 7, 15, 17, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 45, 47, 53, 55, 59, 65-73 odd, 87-91 odd
09/05 0.3 Simplification and Composition 0.3: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25-37 odd
09/08 1.2 Slopes of Curves 1.2: 1-7 odd, 9-14, 17, 23, 25, 27, 33, 35, 37
09/10 1.3 The Derivative 1.3: 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 29, 33, 37, 43, 45, 47, 57, 63, 67-79 odd, 85
09/12 1.4 Limits and the Derivative 1.4: 1-9 odd, 13, 17-29 odd, 33, 35, 41, 45, 47, 51-65 odd, 67-72
09/15 1.5 Continuity and Differentiability 1.5: 1-12, 15, 19-25 odd, 29, 33
09/17 1.6 Rules of Differentiation 1.6: 1, 5, 11, 15, 27, 37, 43, 47, 51, 57
09/19 1.8 Applications (Physics), Derivatives as Rates of Change 1.8 1, 3, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21
09/22 1.7 Applications (Finance and Economics) 1.7: 31, 37, 39, 41
1.8: 9, 23, 27, 29
09/24 Review for Exam - Exam at 6:30 PM
Material Covered (Tentative): Chapter 0, Sections 1.1-1.6
09/26 1.7, 2.1 Second Derivatives, Describing Graphs 1.7: 13-19 odd, 25, 27
2.1: 1-12, 19, 21, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39
09/29 2.2 The First and Second Derivative Rules 2.2: 1-6, 7, 13, 15, 23, 25-35
10/01 2.3 Relative Extrema and Inflection Points 2.3: 1, 5, 7, 11, 19, 23, 25, 31, 35, 39, 41, 47
10/03 2.4 Asymptotes and Curve Sketching 2.4: 3, 7, 11, 15, 27, 31, 33, 35
10/06 2.5, 2.6 Optimization 2.5: 3, 5, 11, 13, 17, 27
2.6: 1, 7, 21
10/08 2.7 Applications to Finance and Economics 2.7: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 17, 21
10/10 3.1 Product and Quotient Rules 3.1: 1, 5, 11, 17, 23, 39, 45, 47, 51, 61
10/13 3.2 The Chain Rule 3.2: 3, 7, 15, 17, 21, 31, 39, 43, 47, 53, 59
10/15 8.1, 8.2, 8.4 Trigonometric Functions 8.1: 1, 5, 9-17 odd
8.2: 1-11 odd, 15, 19, 21-33 odd, 37, 39
8.4: 1, 3, 7, 9
10/17 Fall Break - No Class
10/20 8.3, 8.4 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions 8.3: 1, 7, 9, 13, 19, 25, 31, 49
8.4: 13, 15, 21, 27
10/22 Review for Exam - Exam at 6:30
Material Covered (Tentative:) Sections 1.7-1.8, Chapter 2, Sections 3.1-3.2
10/24 3.3 Implicit Differentiation 3.3: 1, 5, 9, 17, 21, 25, 27, 29
10/27 3.3 Related Rates 3.3: 31, 35-45 odd
10/29 4.1, 4.2 Exponential Functions 4.1: 1, 5, 13, 15, 21, 27, 31, 37, 39, 41
4.2: 1, 5, 9, 15, 21, 27, 31, 35, 37, 45
10/31 4.3 Derivatives of Exponential Functions 4.3: 3, 5, 13, 19, 25, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43
11/3 4.4, 4.6 Logarithmic Functions 4.4: 1, 3, 9, 13, 17, 21, 23, 29, 31, 39, 45, 47
4.6: 1, 9, 13-31 odd
11/5 4.5, 4.6 Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions 4.5: 3, 7, 13, 19, 23, 31, 33
4.6: 33, 37, 43-49 odd, 51
11/7 5.1 Applications of Exponential Functions 5.1: 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 25, 27, 29
11/10 5.3 Applications of Exponential Functions (Finance and Economics) 5.3: 13-23 odd
11/12 Review for Exam - Exam at 6:30 PM
Material Covered (Tentative): Section 3.3, Chapter 4, Chapter 8
11/14 6.1 Antiderivatives 6.1: 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 41, 43, 47, 49, 55, 57, 61, 65
11/17 6.2 Riemann Sums 6.2: 3-13 odd, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27
11/19 6.3 Definite Integrals 6.3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 29, 35
11/21 6.3 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 6.3: 11-27 odd, 31, 39, 41, 43, 45
11/24 6.4 Areas Between Curves 6.4: 1, 5, 9, 11, 15, 21, 23, 29
11/26 Thanksgiving Break - No Class
11/28 Thanksgiving Break - No Class
12/01 9.1 Integration by Substitution 9.1: 1-15 odd, 19, 25, 31, 35, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51
12/03 6.5 Applications of Integration 6.5: 1-7 odd, 29-35 odd
12/05 5.2, 6.5 Applications of Integration (Finance and Economics) 5.2: 1-21 odd
6.5: 11-19 odd, 23, 27
12/08 Review for Final
12/15 Final Exam at 10:30 AM


7. Additional Resources


 There are a number of additional resources available to you to help you succeed in this course. You are encouraged to seek out either Emily or me with your question during our office hours. If these are not convenient for you, please email as we can sometimes make arrangements to meet outside of these times.

In addition, there are a number of other sources of help:

The Calculus Help Room

The Calculus Help Room is essentially staffed all day, M-Th and for three hours on Friday. The exact hours may be found here: Calculus Help Room Schedule

The exact location of the help room is not determined yet. It will most likely be somewhere in Lopata Hall. I will announce when a location has been decided upon.

Please see this page for a summary of the additional help resources available.