MATH 9A – First Year Calculus

Section 40

Fall 2006

 

 

 

Professor: Dr. Janet Vassilev
Office: Surge 233 

Office Hours:  TR 4-5 pm, F 9-10 am and by appointment.
Telephone: (951) 827-3020
email: jvassil@ucr.edu

webpage: http://math.ucr.edu/~jvassil

Text :  Calculus, (11th Edition), Thomas, Weir, Hass and Giordano. Read it! We will cover chapters 2 through 4, in addition to section 5.5.

Course Meetings:  The course lectures will be held in Bourns Hall A125 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:10 pm-6:30 pm.  Discussion sessions will be held on Monday morning with either

·        Vicente Alvarez (Section 44), 9:10 am in Sproul 2361

·        RJ Dolbin (Section 41), 10:10 am in Sproul 2355

·        Christopher Walker (Section 42), 11:10 am in Watkins 1111

·        Christopher Walker (Section 43), 8:10 am in HMNSS 1402

You are expected to attend both the lectures and the discussion sessions as per Math Department decree. 

Tips for Success: * Come to class!  It is amazing how much you can learn by being attentive in class.  * Collaborative learning is encouraged but remember that only YOU will be taking the quizzes and exams... * Like all mathematics, calculus is not a spectator sport; you will learn only by doing!  You will find that a consistent effort will be rewarded. * Be organized.   Have a notebook or binder for Calculus alone to keep your class notes, homework, quizzes and exams in order.  * No question you have should be left unanswered.  Ask your questions in class, discussion session or take advantage of office hours.

Homework (100 points):  Homework will be assigned daily and the starred problems may be collected during the next week’s discussion session at the beginning of class.  No late homework will be accepted.  Homework will not be graded unless it is written in order and labeled appropriately.    An answer alone will get 0 points.  Make sure to justify every answer.  Each week in discussion, your TA will either collect the homework, grading only 1-2 problems or give a quiz consisting of 1-2 problems.  Your lowest homework or quiz  score will be dropped and the remaining homework and quizzes will be averaged to get a score out of 100.

The Problem (50 points):  At any time during lecture you should be prepared for a pop quiz, “The Problem”.  These are mainly an attendance device.  Sometimes I may work a problem for you and ask you to copy it out on paper and turn it in.  Other times, I may work several examples and then ask you to try a similar example.  Your Problem scores will be averaged to give a score out of 50.

Exams (400 points):  I will give two midterms (100 points each) and a final (200 points). Please bring your ID to each exam.  There are no make up exams. If a test is missed, notify me as soon as possible on or before the day of the exam. For the midterms only, if you have a legitimate and documented excuse, your grade will be recalculated without that test.  Midterms are tentatively scheduled Thursday, October 19 and Thursday, November 16.  The Final is on Tuesday, December 12, from 7-10 pm.

Grading Scheme:   Each problem on a homework, quiz or test will be graded out of 3 points. 

·         A 3 will be assigned for an essentially correct solution

·         A 2 will be assigned if the solution is almost correct.

·         A 1 will be assigned if you started correctly.

·         A 0 will be assigned if nothing is written or if what is written has nothing to do with the solution at hand.

To receive a passing grade in this course, you need to exhibit the ability to succeed in Calculus 9B.  This means you should show mastery of the concepts from this course.  I neither grade on a strict 10 point scale nor a bell curve.  After each test, I will post the “curve” or grade break down on ilearn and in class.  Before the final, your standing in the course will be posted on ilearn.  In assigning Final Grades for the course, I will compare your grade on all course work (including the Final) and your grade on the Final Exam.  You will receive the better of the two grades.  Don’t think that this means miracles occur on the Final.  Typically, if you are doing non-passing work before the Final, this translates to a non-passing grade on the Final.   

Calculator Policy:  It is the Math Department’s policy to forbid the use of calculators on both exams and quizzes.

 

Tentative Schedule (for Dr. Vassilev’s Calculus 9A):

Date

Section

Topic

Homework

9/28

 2.1-2.2

The Limit: An Overview

2.1 1-9 odds, 21-35 odds, *26, *36
2.2 1-49 odds, 53-57 odds, *30, *40, *54

10/3

2.3-2.4

The Limit: Defined

2.3 15-23 odd, 37, 59, *22, *38
2.4 21-35 odd, *22

10/5

2.4-2.6

Left Infinite limits and Continuity

2.4 1, 5, 17, 19, 37-69 odd, *58, *66
2.5 3, 7, 17, 23, 39, 43, *18, *42
2.6 1-9 odd, 13, 21, 25, 37, 39, 51, 55, *40, *52

10/10

2.7-3.2

IVT and The Derivative

2.6 45, 47, *46
2.7 11-31 odd, *24, *30
3.1 3, 7, 13, 17, 27, 31, 37, *20, *30

10/12

3.2, 3.4

Derivative Laws

3.2 1-11 odd, 17, 23, 27, 31, 39, 43, *24, *40
3.4 1-19 odd, 27, 37, 47, *18, *46

10/17

3.3

Rates of Change

3.3 1-9 odd, 13, 15, 23, *8, *10, *18, *28

10/19

 

Midterm 1

 

10/24

3.5

Chain Rule, Parametric Curves

3.5 1-17 odd, 19-51 every other odd, 53-61 odd, 67, 71, 77, 81, 83, 87-93 odd, 97, 99, *18, *32, *44, *60, *94, *96

10/26

3.6-3.7

Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates

3.6 19-59 every other odd, *44, *68
3.7 1-23 odd, *4, *28, *30

10/31

3.7-3.8

Related Rates and Linearization and Differentials

3.8 1-9 odd, 15, 19-29 odd, 31, 35, 37, 41-49 odd, 53, *28, *38, *44, *54

11/2

4.1

Extrema

4.1 1-9 odd, 15-29 odd, 35, 39, 45, 49, 53, 61, 65, 67, *16, *28, *62, *66

11/7

4.2-4.3

MVT and Using the First Derivative

 4.2 1-9 odd, 15, 23-31 odd, 45, 49, *46, *52, *54
4.3 1-25 every other odd, 29, 33, 43, *20, *44

11/9

4.4

Using the Second Derivative

4.4 1-7 odd, 17, 21, 31, 33, 37,47, 59, 67, 73, *30, *46, *76, *82

11/14

4.4

Curve Sketching

 

11/16

 

Midterm 2

 

11/21

4.5

Optimization

 4.5 1-15 odd, 33, 43, *8, *14, *20a, *32, *44

11/28

4.6, 4.8

L’Hopital and Antiderivatives

4.6 7-25 odd, 31, *8, *16, *22, *28, *34

11/30

4.8, 5.5

Differential Equations, Substitution

4.8 1,11, 17-47 odd, 67, 71, 79, 93,95, *22, *40, *74, *94, *96
5.5 13-39 odd, 53, 57, *20, *56

12/5

 

Review

 

12/7

 

Review

 

12/12

 

Final