110.106 Calculus I (Biological and Social Sciences) - Fall 2007

Credits:

4 credits.

Instructor:

Prof. C. Consani

Office:

Krieger 216 - Office hours: Mo 3-4pm and by appointment.

Meeting Times and location:

MTW 10:00am - 10:50am (OLIN 305)

Teaching Assistants:

J. Cutrone (E-mail: [email protected]), T. Wright (E-mail: [email protected]); Offices: TBA - Office hours: TBA and by appointment.

Session Times and location:

TH 10:30am (GIL 18), F 9:00am (GIL 18), F 12:00pm (GIL 18), F 12:00pm (GIL 22).

Text:

Exams:

There will be two in-class midterm exams on Wednesday, October 31 and on Wednesday, November 28. The final exam is scheduled on Thursday, December 13 (9:00am-12:00pm), and the place is TBA.

EXAMS AND HOMEWORK SHOULD BE WRITTEN WITH PEN (NOT PENCIL).

Books and/or papers and/or calculators will not be permitted during exams. There will be no make-up exams. The Academic Advising Office provides letters for excused absences. Anyone needing special arrangements for exams must notify the instructor by the second week of classes. The TA will hand out the exams in section, when they are graded.

Homework:

Homework assignments will be posted on this course website usually on Thursdays and they will be collected, one week later, on session meetings. Talk to your Teaching Assistant on how to turn in a homework if you cannot go to class, but do not give it to the instructor. The TA deals with the homework. On this web-page you will find the sections from the text that you should be reading before to come to class. The instructor will try to observe this pre-determined schedule. It is important that you check regularly this course webpage. Late homework will not be accepted. Homework is the essential educational part of this course. You cannot expect to work problems on exams if you have not worked lots of homework problems. Therefore, it is important that you spend an adequate time on homework regularly, each week. You can work together on the homework, but you should always write up your own homework solutions in your own words.

Grading:

Your final grade will be based:
15% on the homework
25% on each Midterm Exam
35% on the Final Exam
and will be roughly determined according to the following criterium:
100-85%: A or A-
84-70%: B+ to B-
69-55%: C+ to C-
54-40%: D+ to D-
below 40%: F

Announcements:

The first session is scheduled on Thursday September 13.

There will be a review session held by Joe Cutrone on Tuesday October 30 in Shaffer 301 3-5pm, in preparation to the first midterm

Final grades distribution: A-range 100-65% (12 students); B-range 64-50% (42 s.); C-range 49-40% (25 s.); D-range 39-30% (13 s.); F (8 s.).