Fall 2007
Mathematics 165
Calculas I

Class Hours: MTRF: 10-10:50a.m.
Instructor: Dr. Ling Long
Course website: http://orion.math.iastate.edu/linglong/math165F07.htm
Office:  452 Carver Hall
Phone: 515-294-8150 (O)
E-mail:  linglong@iastate.edu
Office Hours: TR:  11:00 to 11:50 a.m. & M: 2:10-4p.m.

Text Book:  Calculus by Varberg, Purcell, Rigdon – 9th Edition

 

Course description:  Please see http://orion.math.iastate.edu/calculus/ for course objectives and topics to be covered.  There are also old midterm and final exams posted at this address that may be used for practice and studying. Graphing calculator is allowed for this course. However, you cannot use it for some quizzes (will be specified by the instructor) as well as the "pen and paper only" parts of exams..

 

Grading:  The grading scale will be based on the usual 90/80/70/60 percentage scale, but can be adjusted at the instructor’s discretion.

  

Midterm Exams: There will be three midterm exams (including one departmental evening midterm (Oct. 4, Thursday, 90 minutes) and two midterms (Sep. 14, Friday and Nov. 2, Friday) given during the regular class times)
Final: The final will be 120 minutes long. The exact time for the final will be posted on this website later.
Homework: Recommended homework assignments will be given and posted on the course website, but will not be collected or graded. It is the student’s responsibility to do this homework and to keep up with the lectures.
Quizzes: A quiz  will be given each week that there is not a test , focusing on material from the past week, not including anything covered the day of the quiz.  At the end of the semester, the lowest two quiz scores will be dropped. The quizzes mainly consist of problems chosen from homework assignments. 

  

   

Grading

Quizzes
(25%)

Midterm Exam

(50%)

Final Exam
(25%)

 

Make-up Policy: Make-up exams and quizzes will only be given at the discretion of the instructor and only for emergencies or unavoidable circumstances.  If possible, you should notify me in advance if you need to miss an exam or quiz so that we can schedule a make-up time.  If an emergency causes you to miss an exam, you must contact me within 24 hours of the absence in order to be able to make up the test.  Documentation must be provided at the time of the make-up exam for certain situations. 

Students are encouraged to study and work together but copying each other's work is not acceptable. Any cheating or dishonesty will be treated seriously, especially in an examination, and a grade of zero will usually be given.

If you have a disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Disability Resources (DR) office, located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1076, 515-294-6624.