Text: Stewart, Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Vol I, 6th edition

Class:    Section 3 MWF:  10:00am-10:50am 102A Smith
                                          R:     1:15pm- 2:30pm 102D Smith

             Section 5 MWF:  12:00pm-12:50pm 102C Smith
                                          R:     2:40pm- 3:55pm 102D Smith

             Section 8 MWF:    1:00pm- 1:50pm 201 Holt
                                          R:     9:25am-10:40am 150 Hawthorn

Office hours:   MWF: 11:00am-11:50am
                                 ... and by appointment.

The Rules:

Grading: The grading breakdown is as follows: 20% for quizzes, 25% for each of the two tests and 30% for the final. Attendance is strongly recommended but not required. There will not be a curve of the final grades, though in a rare occasion one of the tests may be Slightly curved if I personally believe it was an unfair test. Do not be mislead by inflated early quiz grades! Previous classes have all had a drop in the average persons grade after both the second test and the final.

Calculators: are not allowed during quizzes and exams.

Homework: will be assigned by the truckload but will not be collected. It is your responsibility to do as much homework as you need to do. (See Quizzes)

Quizzes: There will be a 10 minute quiz every Friday at the beginning of class. The quizzes are guaranteed to be taken from the homework assignments. There will probably be at least one dropped quiz.

Tests:  will be challenging.  There will always be partial credit for good work.  Each test will be announced at least two weeks before the test. The following dates are reasonable estimates of when the midterms will be held:   Midterm 1: October 2nd, Midterm 2: November 6th

Final: Failure to take the final will result in a failure of the course. The final is cumulative and traditionally quite difficult.

Make-ups: Generally there are no make-up quizzes or tests except in exceptional cases. Regardless of the problem, there will never be a make-up given if I am not contacted before the test or quiz is given.

How to succeed: Ask as many questions as you can in class. If you don’t understand a part of what we’re doing now you definitely won’t get anything of what we’re doing later. Visit me as much as you need (within reason). Ask about a tutor. There are always other options.

Cheating:  There is no cheating allowed.  Bad things will happen to you if you cheat.  Inevitably, there will be crying.  See below.

Crying:  There is no crying in calculus.

Begging:  No matter what, you can’t get any special bonuses/extra credit points that everyone else can’t get.  That would be silly (and more importantly, unfair.)

Topic List: http://math.aa.psu.edu/courses/math140.htm

You are responsible for everything said or done in class (regardless of the validity or relevance.)