Syllabus

Syllabus

Instructor

José Giménez -you can call me Pepe-
Wachman Hall, Room 430
email: gimenez at temple dot edu

Lectures

Punctuality is extremely important, don't be late!.

1042.011 MWF 10:00-11:10 Barton Hall B, 107

Office hours

Monday, Wednesday 9:00-10:00

Text

University Calculus by Hass, Weir, Thomas, Pearson Education, Inc., 2007.

Feedback

Please feel free to submit any comments about the recitations so far. Any comments and suggestions on my teaching are especially welcome. All submissions are anonymous.

Exams

Midterm 1: Friday, October 5
Midterm 2:Wednesday, November 14
Final: Tuesday, December 11, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m..

The instructor will not accept any excuse not to take those exams on time unless credible proof is provided justifying the absence. Without proof of the absence the grade will be a zero.

Obviously cheating is not permitted. Upon the finding of a violation of the Code of Conduct the University Disciplinary Committee or Hearing Officer may recommend any of the following sanctions, alone or in combination:

a. Expulsion
b. Suspension
c. Probation
d. Fine
e. Academic Sanction
f. Withdrawal of Student Social Privileges
g. Alternative Sanctions

Therefore if you are caught cheating you could be expelled from the University. No refund, no transcript, just trouble.

Calendar

First class: Monday, August 27.
Labor Day holiday: Sunday, September 2 - Monday, September 3
Last day to drop (tuition refund available): Monday, September 10
Last day to withdraw (no refund): Monday, October 29 . Students who have previously withdrawn from the same course, or who have already withdrawn from 5 courses since September 2003 may not withdraw.
Thanksgiving recess: Thursday, November 22 - Sunday, November 25
Weekday classes end: Wednesday, December 5
Study days: Thursday, December 6 - Friday, December 7
Final Exam: Tuesday, December 11, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m..

Changes in the following calendar can be made, but will be announced in class and/or in Blackboard. :

Week 1: 8/26 - 9/1

5.1 Estimating with Finite Sums
5.2 Sigma Notation and Limits of Finite Sums
5.3 The Definite Integral

Week 2: 9/2 - 9/8

Monday: Labor Day
5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

Week 3: 9/9 - 9/15

5.5 Indefinite Integrals and the Substitution Rule
5.6 Substitution and Area Between Curves

Week 4: 9/16 - 9/22

5.7 The Logarithm Defined as an Integral
6.1 Volumes by Slicing and Rotation About an Axis

Week 5: 9/23 - 9/29

7.1 Integration by Parts
7.2 Trigonometric Integrals

Week 6: 9/30 - 10/6

Review Midterm 1
MIDTERM 1 (Friday)

Week 7: 10/7 - 10/413

7.3 Trigonometric Substitutions
7.4 Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Functions

Week 8: 10/14 - 10/20

7.7 Improper Integrals
8.1 Sequences

Week 9: 10/21 - 10/27

8.2 Infinite Series
8.3 The Integral Test

Week 10: 10/28 - 11/3

8.4 Comparison Test
8.5 The Ratio and Root Tests

Week 11: 11/4 - 11/10

8.6 Alternating Series, Absolute and Conditional Convergence
8.7 Power Series

Week 12: 11/11 - 11/17

Review Midterm 2
MIDTERM 2 (Wednesday)
8.8 Taylor and Maclaurin Series

Week 13: 11/18 - 11/24

8.9 Convergence of Taylor Series
Thanksgiving (Friday no class)

Week 14: 11/25 - 12/1

Review Final

Week 15: 12/2 - 12/8

Review Final
Weekday classes end: Wednesday, December 5

Week 16: 12/9- 12/15

FINAL (cumulative) : Tuesday, December 11, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m..

Homework

There is a list of suggested problems from the textbook here that are especially relevant for the material covered in class. Every week there will be a homework quiz, similar problems to those of the given list will be asked in class. Additionally, I will assigne Homework to be collected the same day of the Midterms and Final Exam.
Temple University has a MSRC (Math Science Resources Center) at 1810 Liacouras Walk . They can help you to do your homework.

Also, you can use the web site COW (Calculus On the Web), which is an interactive web site for basic mathematics.