Mathematics 165: Calculus I

Section A

Summer Session I, 2003

The velocity example

Lecturers:

May 19-June 13                                June 16-July 11
 Gary M. Lieberman                             Elgin Johnston
 office: Carver 422                                office: Carver 400C or Carver 472
 telephone: 294-8136                            telephone: 294-0302 or 294-8160
 email: lieb@iastate.edu                         email: ehjohnst@iastate.edu
 More information: homepage                 More information: homepage

Prerequisites:

2 years of high school algebra, 1 year of geometry, 1 semester of trigonometry or enrollment in Math 141 or 142.

Credits:

4 credits

Current course grades

Current course grades and all recorded scores are available on the web by clicking grades. Scores are listed by the last 4 digits of the university ID numbers. If a score has been incorrectly recorded, you should contact the instructor.  

Homework:

Homework will be collected at least twice per week.  Homework is due at the the beginning of class on the day it is due.  Late homework will not be accepted for any reason.  Two low homeworks will be dropped from the course grade computation.  Homework assignments may also be found by clicking assignments.

Class meetings:

Lectures are MTWRF 8:40 - 10:00 in Beyer 101.  The first class is Monday, May 19, 2003, and the last class is Friday, July 11, 2003.  There are no classes on Memorial Day (May 26) and the Fourth of July (July 4).

Office hours and email contact:

• Professor Lieberman
  Office: 422 Carver
  Office hours are Monday and Wednesday 2 - 4, Tuesday 3- 4. Click here to see modifications to this schedule.
  Please also feel free to make an appointment if the office hours are inconvenient for you.
  email: lieb@iastate.edu
• Professor Johnston
  Office: 400C or 472 Carver
  Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 2-4
  email: ejhonst@iastate.edu 

Textbook:

Calculus: Early Vectors by James Stewart.

Course Topics:

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Vectors and Vector Functions      3 days
• Chapter 2: Limits and Rates of Change (skip sections 2.4 and 2.5)   6 days
• Chapter 3: Derivatives   12 days
• Chapter 4: Inverse Functions: Exponential, Logarithmic, and Inverse Trigonometric Functions (skip section 4.7)   8 days
• Chapter 5: Applications of Differentiation (skip section 5.4)   5 days

Calculators

Students are required to have a calculator for this class. Calculators should be capable of graphing functions and zooming in on the graphs. The department recommends the TI-85 calculator. Some students will prefer the more elaborate and more expensive TI-92. Bring the calculators to class and to exams.  You should also know how to use your calculator to perform the following tasks:

• plot two functions on the same graph
• evaluate a function at a number (for example, if you call the function  f  and you evaluate f(1)=3.24551, you should be able to evaluate f(3.24551) without typing the number 3.24551, preferably with only one addition keystroke)
• find where a function is zero graphically
• find where two functions have the same value

Course Grading

Course grades will be based on homework (20%) and four exams (80%).  Grade cutoffs will be approximately 90%  for A, 80% for B, 70% for C, and 55% for D with the exact cutoffs determined by class performance on exams. Plus/minus guidelines will be at the discretion of the instructor (in which case, expect 90% to be the cut-off for A-, not for A). 

Schedule for exams

• Friday, May 30 in Beyer 101 during class. A practice exam and answers are now available on the web.
• Friday, June 13 in Beyer 101 during class. A practice exam and solutions are now available on the web. (Notice the change in format from the first exam.)
• Friday, June 27 in Beyer 101 during class. A practice exam will be available on the web.
• Friday, July 11 in Beyer 101 during class. A practice exam will be available on the web.

All exams are cumulative.

Sickness policy:

If you are sick the day of an exam, you should contact the instructor by phone on the day of the exam to arrange a timely make-up exam.

The velocity example

(From class June 3).  The value of s(2/9) is 6 + (143)/243, so the total distance traveled is 700 +(184)/243.

Last updated June 11, 2003.