MAC 2311
Calculus I-FALL 2014
Calculus I (CRN 80081)
Class Time: 10:00am-11:40 am TR
Class Bldg. 42/Rm. 1113
Textbook: Calculus, Early Transcendental
Functions, 6th ed. by Larson & Edwards
Instructor: Dr. Mahbubur Rahman
Office: Bldg. 14/ Room 2727
Phone: 620-3748
Office hour: 11:50am-12:50pm TR/Appointment
E-mail: mrahman@unf.edu
Web: http://www.unf.edu/~mrahman
Prerequisites: Pre-calculus or College Algebra and Trigonometry.
Credit hours: 4
Tentative Schedule
Chapter 2. Limits and their properties
§ 2.2-2.5
Chapter 3. Differentiation
§ 3.1-3.7, and 3.8*(* section 3.8 will be covered if time permits)
Chapter 4. Applications of Differentiation
§ 4.1-4.8
Chapter 5. Integration
§ 5.1-5.4, and 5.5*(*section 5.5 will be covered if time permits)
Grading Criteria:
Point Allocation
40%
30%
15%
15%
2 Exams
Final Exam will be comprehensive
Homework and Group work
Quiz
Cut-Offs:
Grade Assignment
A
90% - 100%
B
80% - 89%
C
70% - 79%
D
60% - 69%
F
< 60%
The “  ’’ will be included only to improve your grades
Important Deadlines:
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Last day to withdraw (no refund)– Oct. 31st
Holidays (no classes or office hours) – Labor Day- Sept. 01st, Veteran’s Day- Nov. 11th ,
Thanksgiving Nov. 27 - Nov. 30
Exam 1: Oct. 02nd , 2014 (Thursday)
Exam 2: Nov. 25th , 2014 (Tuesday)
Final Exam is Thursday, Dec. 11, 9:00am-10:50am.
Technology: A graphing calculator is useful. A TI–83 is recommended. Calculators with QWERTY
keyboards or those that do symbolic algebra such as the TI-89, or the Casio FX2 or 9970G cannot be used
in class or during an exam.
Attendance: is required; parts of this class may be in a cooperative learning format. You will be assigned
group work in and out of class. Repeated absences (more than 4 unexcused) will result in lowering your
grade in the course. Students absent for university sponsored events or must make arrangements for making
up the work they will miss before they are absent.
Homework: is required. Selected problems from your textbook will be assigned and graded. Late
homework will not be accepted without a valid reason.
Disability Resource Center: If you believe that you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please
contact “Disability Resources Center” in Bldg. 57-Room 1500.
Plan for dealing with disruption of normal activities:
In the event of disruption of normal classroom activities due to an emergency such as hurricane, pandemic
or other unforeseen event or combination of events, the format of this course may be modified in order to
enable completion of the course requirements. In that event, you will be provided an addendum to this
syllabus that will supersede this version. It is your responsibility as a student participant to be proactive
during any emergency to find instructions that I will be sent through email (or posted to the osprey website)
as determined by the instructor as appropriate for the circumstances.
General Education Outcomes:
MAC 2311 is designed to satisfy the following criteria from the Student Outcomes of General Education:
Know the world.
Demonstrate knowledge of the natural sciences, mathematics, arts, and human societies.
This course focuses on the “mathematics” portion of this outcome. The whole course contributes to
satisfying this outcome.
Think Critically.
Read, analyze, and understand complex texts or quantitative information.
This course focuses on the “quantitative information” portion of this outcome. The whole course
contributes to satisfying this outcome.
Solve Problems.
Formulate and/or apply models to evaluate problems and draw conclusions.
We reach this goal by using differentiation and/or integration to set up and solve limit problems,
optimization problems, related rates problems, graphing function problems, and marginal function
problems.
Disclaimer: The instructor reserves the right to amend this syllabus at any time. Changes will be
announced in class. It is the responsibility of the student to be aware of any changes.