Math 171: Analytic Geometry and Calculus
Fall 2014

Instructor: Sarah Witherspoon
Email: sjw AT math.tamu.edu
Office and hours: Blocker 513B, TR 1:30-3:00 pm, or by appointment

Course web address: /~sjw/171/math171.html

Class meetings: MWF 11:30-12:20 in Blocker 164, R 8:00-8:50 in Blocker 164
Text: Stewart, Calculus: Early Vectors



Course requirements and grades
Course prerequisites: Math 150 or satisfactory performance on a qualifying exam.
There will be three in-class exams, each worth 100 points, and one final, worth 200 points. The homework and lab/quiz assignments combined are worth 200 points. Grades are assigned as follows based on your average:
A (90-100%), B (80-89%), C (70-79%), D (60-69%), F (0-59%).

Course description
4.0 credits. Vectors and parametric curves, limits, derivatives and applications, integrals.
We will cover approximately the first 6 chapters in the text Calculus: Early Vectors.

Learning objectives
After taking this course, students should be able to do routine computations of limits, derivatives, max-min values, and definite integrals using the fundamental theorem of calculus. They should be able to state and apply the basic definitions and the major theorems of calculus. These include, but are not limited to, definitions of limit, continuous function, derivative, definite and indefinite integrals, the intermediate value theorem, the mean value theorem, and the fundamental theorem of calculus. They should be able to supply simple proofs, for example of some of the limit theorems and limits, some of the rules of differentiation, and applications of the intermediate and mean value theorems.



Weekly Schedule (tentative)
Week 1 (9/1-9/5): 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
Week 2 (9/8-9/12): 2.2, 2.4, 2.3, 2.6
Week 3 (9/15-9/19): 2.5, 2.7, 3.1
Week 4 (9/22-9/26): 3.2, 3.4, Exam 1 Friday 9/26
Week 5 (9/29-10/3): 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
Week 6 (10/6-10/10): 3.9, 3.10, 3.11
Week 7 (10/13-10/17): 3.11, 4.1, 4.2
Week 8 (10/20-10/24): 4.2, 4.3, Exam 2 Friday 10/24
Week 9 (10/27-10/31): 4.4, 4.6, 4.8
Week 10 (11/3-11/7): 5.2, 5.3, 5.5
Week 11 (11/10-11/14): 5.5, 5.7, 6.1
Week 12 (11/17-11/21): 6.2, Exam 3 Friday 11/21
Week 13 (11/24-11/28): 6.3, Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 14 (12/1-12/5): 6.4, 6.5
Week 15 (12/8-12/9): Review
Week 16 (12/15-12/19): Final Exam Wednesday 12/17, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Homework Homework assignments will be assigned approximately once each week, and usually will be due the following week. They must be turned in on time. The assignments will be posted on the web on or before the day they are announced in class. For full credit on the homework, you must show all work and justify your answers. Working together on homework is encouraged, but each of you should write up your own solutions.

Calculators are allowed on all exams and assignments unless otherwise specified. On exams use basic functions only (e.g. do not use your calculator to find limits, differentiate, or integrate).

Attendance Regular attendance is expected but is not officially recorded. Please let me know by e-mail or in person if you must miss two or more class days in a row. Likewise if you must arrive late or leave early; this is disruptive and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.

Make-up policy Make-ups for missed homework and exams will only be allowed for a university approved excuse in writing. Wherever possible, you should inform me prior to missing an exam. Consistent with University Student Rules, students are required to notify an instructor by the end of the second working day after an absence. Otherwise, they forfeit their rights to a make-up.


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Homework Assignment 1: due Friday, 9/12
1.1: 5, 9, 15, 17, 25(a)-(d)
1.2: 3, 5, 7, 13, 23, 25, 43
1.3: 5, 7, 11, 15, 25, 31, 34(a)-(c)
2.2: 4, 6, 24(a)