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Calculus I Course Syllabus

MTH 251 Section 001 CRN 61901

Spring ’04 MWF 9:00-10:05am CH 401

Instructor: Sarah Enoch

Office: NH M308

Office Hours: MWF 10:05-11:50 am (or by appointment)

Email: sew@pdx.edu class website: web.pdx.edu/~sew/calculus.html

Department Phone: 503-725-3621 (the secretaries can leave a message in my box)

Text: Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, 2^nd edition by James Stewart, 2001.

Calculators: A graphing calculator is required for this course. I will be using a TI-83, but you may choose to use a TI-82 or higher. I will not be able to help you with anything higher than a TI-83, so make sure you have your manual.

Computer: This course will be using computer software. No previous knowledge of computers is needed for the class. The software and computer equipment in NH 465 is available for your use during the term. The computer room will be open several hours during the day, evening, and weekends for your use. Consult the posted hours.

Prerequisites: The prerequisites for this course are MTH 111 and 112, or equivalent precalculus courses which should have included functions and trigonometry. It is very important that you have satisfactorily completed these prerequisites for this course. If you have not satisfied these prerequisites, or you did but you do not feel strong in the subject matter, I strongly advise you to consider enrolling in either MTH 111 (introduction of functions) or 112 (trigonometry) this term.

Grading: Your grades will be based upon weekly homework, lab activities, two midterms, and a cumulative final.

The grade distribution will be as follows:

Homework & Labs 30%

Midterms 20% each

Final 30%

Attendance: It is important that you come to class every day! If you miss class, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed. Please get phone numbers and email addresses from some of your classmates so that you can ask them. If you can’t make it to a midterm or a final, let me know in advance and we can make arrangements for you to take it at a different time. If you miss a test because of an emergency, I will let you make it up if you provide me with a note from a doctor or employer.

Homework: I will be requesting only a small subset of your homework to be turned in. Because I am asking for only a few homework problems, I expect them to be well written. This means clearly stating what the problem is asking and how you are solving it; correctly label your solutions; and finally, start every problem on a new line- I don’t want to have to search for your answers. It is your responsibility to do the other homework problems; consider them your study guide.

Labs: At least once during the term (hopefully more!) we will go to the computer lab in NH 465. You will complete a worksheet with a partner, turning in one solution sheet for the two of you. I will let you know in advance when we are going to the lab.

Pre-arranged and make-up tests: Typically, if a student is unable to take a test at the regularly schedules time, I arrange for them to take it at PSU’s testing services (located on sixth and hall). This tends to work well because we don’t have to coordinate our schedules. However, it does cost ten dollars.

Cheating: Cheating is not tolerated at this university. If you are caught cheating you will receive a zero on that assignment or test. If this occurs a second time you will automatically fail the course.

Help:

Math tutors are available in the Atrium of the 3^rd floor of Neuberger Hall free of charge on a drop-in basis. Consult the time schedule posted at the Math Dept office. Tutoring will not begin until the second week of the quarter.
Work with someone else in the class. Form study groups.
Take Math Excel 251 (MTH 299). This course is worth one credit and is designed to supplement this course. You will be meeting once a week for two hours to work on problems in groups. There is no homework or tests. The CRN is 61915. The class meets from 2:00-3:50 on Monday in NH 343.
Stop by and see me during my office hours.
If you have a learning disability which interferes with you taking the course, please contact the PSU Disability Services (503-725-4150). They will determine how the course is to be adjusted for your individual needs.