MATH 141x: Calculus 1

Joe Masters

Fall 2006



Lectures TR 12:30-1:50      Room Capen 262

Text: Stewart, Single Variable Calculus, 5th Edition/UB customized 5th edition. 

Office Mathematics Building 108    Phone 645-6284 x120

Office hours TR 2:00-3:00.

E-mail jdmaster (at buffalo)




TA Sessions
Section x1: Tue, 11:00-11:50, Talbert 106
Section x2: Thu, 11:00-1:50, Talbert 111


TA
To Be Announced



Description
In calculus, we study problems involving quantities which are "infinitely" large or small. We will cover chapters 1-5 of Stewart's book, which includes limits, derivatives, curve sketching, the definition of the anti-derivative, and the fundamental theorem of calculus.


Homework and Grading
Homework will be assigned each Tuesday and will be due at the beginning of the class the next Tuesday.   You are encouraged to discuss the homework, and to work together on the problems. However each student is responsible for the final preparation of his or her own homework papers. While the method of solution for a particular problem may be similar to that of other students, each student's presentation of the solution should be in his or her own words.


Late Policy
To receive credit, homework sets must be handed in on time at the beginning of the class period. If you have a legitimate conflict you must tell me ahead of time. The lowest two homework grades will be dropped.


Examinations
There will be 3 midterm exams, and no final. All exams are in-class, without calculators. There is no exam during the final exam period.

Exam 1: Thursday, September 28.
Exam 2: Tuesday, October 31.
Exam 3: Thursday, December 7 (last day of class)

Quizzes
10 minute quizzes will be given every week in recitation. The lowest two of these will be dropped. There will be no makeup quizzes given.



Grading
Your final grade will be determined by:
Homework: 20%     Midterms: 20% each     Quizes: 20%    

Grades will be "curved" in the following sense. At the end of the semester, I will compute the overall final grade (out of 100) for each student, based on the above formula. Then I will choose a scale to translate these number grades into letter grades.


Help Center
Room 110 of the math building is staffed by graduate students, who are there to answer any math question you might have. For hours and more info, see here



Disabilities
If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or psychological) which will make it difficult to carry out the course work as outlined, or requires accomodations sych as recruiting note takers, readers, or extended time on exams and/or assignment, please advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we may review possible arrangements for reasonable accomodations.



Making up incompletes
To make up an incomplete in a math course you must:

1. NOT re-register for the course-- you are making up an incomplete in your original course.

2. Appear in person at the Math building, Room 244, ask for Rosemarie Marciniak, and ask her to initiate an incomplete petition for you.

3. Sign the petition.

4. a. If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed with him/her, take the approved petition form to your ORIGINAL instructor for his/her signature.
b. If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed by your repeating the course, take the approved petition form to your NEW INSTRUCTOR for his/her signature.

5. Return the petition form to Rosemarie Marciniak in Room 244 of the Math building.