Math 165 - Calculus I
Section 8 & 26
Instructor
Name
Email
Office
Office hours
Dr Christian Roettger
roettger@iastate.edu
463 Carver (phone 294-8164)
M 10-12, T 10-11, F 10 - 11, or by appointment
Public Course Website
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~roettger/165
Lecture
Section 8
Section 26
Materials
Textbook
Calculator
MTRF 9.00 - 9.50, Carver 0098
MTWR 4.10-5.00, Carver 0190
Thomas/Weir/Hass, Calculus, 12th ed. Even if you buy a used
book, you will need to buy the accompanying Access Kit for MyLabsPlus (see ’homework’).
Your calculator has to be capable of graphing functions and zooming
in. Symbolic math may be useful, but is not required. Any device
with communication capabilities (eg phone calculator) is not allowed
on exams.
Grading
Your grade for the course will be determined from
10% Online homework
20% Quizzes (every Tuesday except exam weeks, Dead Week)
20% In-class exams (10% each, Tuesday 2/3 and 3/31)
10% Projects (4 small-group assignments)
20% Midterm night exam (Wednesday 2/25, 8.15-9.45pm)
20% Final exam (in week May 4-8)
Online Homework
We use Pearson MyLabsPlus (MLP, http://iastate.mylabsplus.com), which
comes with our textbook. Announcements about due dates etc. will be posted
on Blackboard and sent out via email. Your lowest 3 homework scores will be
dropped. Late homework will not be accepted unless the MLP system was down
for everyone. Due every Monday, last assignment due Monday of Dead Week.
Caution: While MLP is quite reliable, I have seen error messages like ’you
have been logged out due to inactivity’ or ’system failure or problem with the
website’, all nonsense. Always try the workaround suggested on the Math Department website http://www.math.iastate.edu/Undergrad/Current.html
(scroll down to ’Help with browser issues’). As far as we know, this has helped
every time.
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Other tests/assignments
Quizzes
10 minutes, one or two questions on material from previous week.
Lowest 2 quiz scores dropped.
Projects
Teams of 3-4, 1 - 2 pages. Practice mathematical writing. .
Course description
Differential calculus, applications of the derivative, introduction to integral calculus. 4 credits.
Prerequisites
Satisfactory Performance on placement exam, 2 years of High School algebra, 1
year of geometry. 1 semester of trigonometry or enrollment in Math 141 or 142.
Test yourself by doing the review homework in MLP!
Additional resources
Blackboard
For announcements, all scores and grades except homework
Supplemental Peer-mentored study sessions, strongly recommended.
Instruction
See https://apps-dso.sws.iastate.edu/si
(SI)
Math Help http://www.math.iastate.edu/Directories/MathHelpRoom.
Room
html
Departmental http://orion.math.iastate.edu/dept/CoursePages/165-6
Calc page
Classroom policies
These policies govern makeup exams, disability accommodations, discrimination/harrassment, religious accommodations, and much more. Feel free to ask
me for more details!
Departmental http://www.math.iastate.edu/Faculty/ClassPolicies.html
Make-up ex- http://catalog.iastate.edu/academiclife/regulations
ams
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