| MATH 77
Spring 2003 |
Differential and integral Calculus
Section 1 |
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| Instructor | Professor Jose Gimenez -you can call me Pepe-
Wachman Hall, Room 513 email: gimenez@math.temple.edu |
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| Lectures | MWF 8:20 - 9:30 am in Curtis Hall, Room 301 | ||
| Office hours | T 11:30-12:30, Th 11:00 - 12:00 am, and by appointment. | ||
| Text | Applied Calculus -- by Deborah Hughes-Hallett (Author), et al
2nd edition
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| Description | This is a caculus course in the reform style that will introduce students
to the basic concepts of differential and integral calculus. The emphasis
of the course will be on understanding the concepts (intuitively rather
than rigorously) and on developing analytic ability. However, the course
will also cover techniques of differentiation and some techniques of integration.
Prerequisite: Mathematics placement test or grade of C or better in Mathematics C073 or its equivalent. |
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| Homework | There is a list of suggested problems from the textbook that are especially relevant for the material covered in class; these problems will not be collected. You are expected to do all the assigned problems | ||
| Exams | MT March 3, 2003
Final May 12, 2003 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. |
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| Grading policy | The classes will have two parts: during the first part one section
of the book will be taught. In the second part the instructor will choose
at random several students to go to the blackboard and solve some of the
problems from the problem list. This performance will be graded in the
following fashion: if the student solves the problem, will get one point;
if he is not in class at that moment or does not want to go to the blackboard,
he will get minus one point; if he doesn't perform well he will not get
a point, which means that it will never hurt to go to the blackboard, because
the most that can happen is that the student may be treated as if he was
never called to the blackboard. At the end of the semester, the instructor
will grade the attendance in the following fashion:
Note that all students with negative points will get an F The grading of the course will be based upon the midterm, final and attendance grades, and will be the higher of the following: Grade 1 = 30% Final + 30% MT + 40% attnd
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