SYLLABUS
MATH 181 - CALCULUS I – SPRING 2016
Tuesday, Thursday 12:30 – 2:10 pm REYNOLDS 114
INSTRUCTOR=S NAME:
OFFICE ROOM NUMBER:
OFFICE TELEPHONE NO:
OFFICE HOURS:
Rich Arrigotti
Aspen 227
445 - 4298
MW: 3:30 - 5 pm
T Th: 4 - 5 pm
EMAIL: richard.arrigotti@wnc.edu
WNC CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION: MATH 181: Calculus I
Units (Credits): 4; Prerequisites: MATH 128, or MATH 126 and MATH 127 or equivalent or
consent of instructor, or appropriate score on the WNC placement or equivalent test. Offers
fundamental concepts of analytical geometry and calculus, functions, graphs, limits, derivatives,
and integrals.
Math 181 transfers to UNR, UNLV and other two and four-year institutions and satisfies the
general education requirement in mathematics for any WNC degree or certificate.
To successfully complete this course, a student needs to:
 have taken Math 128 or Math126/127 or trigonometry/precalculus in high school;
 attend class regularly;
 do the homework assignments, as they will count for about one third of the grade.
TEXTBOOK: Calculus, 10th edition, by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards, ISBN
9781285057095
MATERIAL COVERED: Chapters P through 7.1
TUTORING
Math tutoring is available during my office hours and also in the Academic Skills Center, BRIS
330, mornings, afternoons and evenings, Monday through Saturday. Exact hours are posted
outside BRIS 330.
GRADING POLICY
The student=s grade will be calculated as follows:
The best 21 out of 23 homework assignments at 10 points each = 210 pts
Three midterms worth 100 points each
= 300 pts
One comprehensive final exam
= 150 pts
Total = 660 pts
A = 93% - 100%
C = 73% - 76%
A- = 90% - 92%
C- = 70% - 72%
B+ = 87% - 89%
D+ = 67% - 69%
B = 83% - 86%
D = 63% - 66%
B- = 80% - 82%
D- = 60% - 62%
C+ = 77% - 79%
W = 0% - 59%
HOMEWORK: The student is responsible for turning in homework assignments at the
beginning of each class. If an assignment is turned in later on in the class hour, it will be graded
as late. A 1 point penalty will be charged for all late homework assignments. Late homework
will be accepted only up to one week from the day it was due.
TEST DATES: The dates of the three midterms are tentatively scheduled for February
25, April 7, and May 10. The final exam will be May 17. The lowest midterm score will be
dropped when that benefits the student=s grade. No make-up exams will be given, except for
emergencies or illnesses with prior notification.
April 1 is the last day to drop the class with a “W”. After this date, non-completion of the
class will result in an “F”.
CALCULATOR: Calculators are allowed on tests except for TI 89, TI Inspire or other models
that perform symbolic calculations. TI 84 is recommended and permitted.
CELL PHONES: Accessing a cell phone is not allowed during class, unless there is an
emergency or critical situation.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Regular attendance is necessary for successful completion of the
course. A student may be given an F in this class for excessive absences (more than three).
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND LINKAGE TO GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
The purpose of this course is to provide instruction in limits, derivatives and their applications,
integration with applications, and trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. The
information in the parenthesis after a course objective refers to the general education (GE)
learning outcome that the objective meets.
Students who pass this course should be able to:
1.
Evaluate limits. (GE 1)
2.
Differentiate sums, powers, quotients, products, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric
functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, explicitly and implicitly. (GE 3)
3.
Apply differentiation to curve sketching. (GE 1)
4.
Solve related rates and optimization problems. (GE 9)
5.
Use Newton=s method to approximate the zeros of a function. (GE 1)
6.
Perform indefinite and definite integration of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential and
logarithmic functions with the substitution method. (GE 3)
7.
Find the area under a curve. (GE 3)
8.
Solve growth and decay problems. (GE 1)
DISABILITY STATEMENT: If you have a disability for which you will need to request
accommodations, please contact the Disability Support Services office (Cedar 209) at 445-4459
as soon as possible to arrange for appropriate accommodations.
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