Instructor Of Record: Dr. J.D. Mireles James.
Office: SEC 262
Office Hours: Monday 4-5pm and Thursday 10-11am.
(or by appointment).
Contact: The best way to reach me is by email at: jmirelesjames@fau.edu
Class Location: College of Business Bldg, Room 410.
Class Meeting: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8:00am-8:50am.
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transendentals (Second Edition)
by Briggs, Cochran, and Gillett.
IFP General Education Outcomes:
Course Grade
The components of the course grade are as follows
Detailed Syllabus:
No calculator will be allowed at any time during quizzes and/or exams.
Each student should make sure to understand the materials
in Chapter 1 to assess his/her
level of preparation. After the first 1 week,
it will be assumed that you have a full working
knowledge of this material, including exponentials, logarithms, trig
functions, inverse functions, shifting rules for graphs,
etc. If you do
not, then you should consider taking another precalculus course before
studying Calculus.
Prerequisites
Course Description, Objectives, Learning Outcome Goals:
This is the first course in the Calculus sequence.
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be
able to solve problems in the following areas and achieve the
quantitative skills required for courses requiring Calculus 1:
Tutoring:
Tutoring by graduate students will be available Monday through Friday,
at the Math Learning Center (MLC), located at GS 211. For tutoring resources,
visit
this page.
Item
Date
Percentage
Quizzes
See
homework page
20%
Exam 1
Wednesday, Sept 16
or*
Thursday, Sept 17th 20%
Exam 2
Wednesday, Oct 14
or*
Thursday, Oct 15th 20%
Exam 3
Monday, Nov 9
or*
Tuesday, Nov 10th 20%
Final Exam
Sunday, December 6th 4.00pm-6.30pm
20%
Midterms to take place in class.
If the lowest exam grade is one of the midterms,
the final exam score will replace the lowest midterm score.
In this case, the final exam will be worth 40% of the final score.
The final exam date is Sunday, December 6th 4:00-6:30pm. ROOM: TBD.
The final exam will be cumulative.
The grading scale will be
A: 93-100%, A-: 90%-92%,
B+: 87%-89%, B: 84%-86%, B-:80%-83%,
C+: 75%-79%, C: 70%-74%,
D: 60%-69%, F: 59% and below.
The instructor reserves the right to curve this scale (in favor of the students)
at the end of the semester depending on performance of the class.
The grade of I (incomplete)
will only be given for reasons specified on page 67 of the FAU Undergraduate Catalog.
A missed midterm or final exam may be made up; however, it is the student’s responsibility to establish with documentation that the exam was missed for a solid reason. The student cannot make up a missed midterm or final exam without such documentation. A missed quiz will result in a score of 0, with no possible make-up. The only exception is any quiz missed due to a university-excused absence; such quizzes may be made up.
Regular attendance at lectures is required.
It is the student’s responsibility to know what is going on in class.
Students at Florida Atlantic University are expected to maintain the highest ethical standards. Academic dishonesty is considered a serious breach of these ethical standards, because it interferes with the university mission to provide a high quality education in which no student enjoys an unfair advantage over any other. Academic dishonesty is also destructive of the university community, which is grounded in a system of mutual trust and places high value on personal integrity and individual responsibility. Harsh penalties are associated with academic dishonesty. For more information, see University Regulation 4.001.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), students who require special
accommodation due to a disability to properly execute coursework must register with the Office for
Students with Disabilities (OSD) -- in Boca Raton, SU 133 (561-297-3880)
and follow all OSD procedures.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Assignment Page
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SCHEDULE:
1) First class meeting is Monday, August 17th, 2015.
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∞ ) Final Exam: TBA.