Course Description:
This is the first course in the calculus of functions of one independent variable. Topics include the basic analytic geometry of graphs of functions and the properties of functions, including limits, continuity, derivatives, and basic integration. Applications to the biological and social sciences will be discussed, and the course is designed to meet the needs of students in these disciplines.
Additional Details: This course is part of a two-course sequence and precedes AS.110.107 Calculus II (Biology and the Social Sciences). Students planning to take this course must demonstrate proficiency in pre-calculus, either through the successful completion of a prior course in pre-calculus (such as AS.110.105) or by achieving an adequate score in the Placement Exam I offered by the Mathematics Department. This sequence of courses is considered terminal and is typically not to be considered adequate preparation for higher mathematics. This sequence satisfies a core requirement of two semesters of single variable calculus for both the major and minor in mathematics.
Credits: 4
Course Syllabus
Special Aid: Students with disabilities who may need special arrangements within this course must first register with the Office of Academic Advising. I will need to have received confirmation from the Office of Academic Advising. To arrange for testing accommodations please remind me at least 7 days before each of the midterms or final exam by email.
JHU Ethics Statement: The strength of the university
depends on academic and personal integrity. In this course, you
must be honest and truthful. Cheating is wrong. Cheating hurts our
community by undermining academic integrity, creating mistrust,
and fostering unfair competition. The university will punish
cheaters with failure on an assignment, failure in a course,
permanent transcript notation, suspension, and/or expulsion.
Offenses may be reported to medical, law, or other professional or
graduate schools when a cheater applies.
Violations can include cheating on exams, plagiarism, reuse of assignments without permission, improper use of the internet and electronic devices, unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and unfair competition. Ignorance of these rules is not an excuse.
In this course, as in many math courses, working in groups to study particular problems and discuss theory is strongly encouraged. Your ability to talk mathematics is of particular importance to your general understanding of mathematics. You should collaborate with other students in this course on the general construction of homework assignment problems. However, you must write up the solutions to these homework problems individually and separately. If there is any question as to what this statement means, please ask the instructor.