Calculus for Business SP 2014

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Course: MAC 2233 , CRN 12313

Calculus for Business

SP 2014

Instructor: Dr. Mahbubur Rahman

Office: Bldg. 14/ Room 2727

Class Time: 4:30-5:45pm TR

Bldg. 10/Rm. 1341

Phone: 620-3748

Office hour: 3:30-4:30pm TR/Appointment e-mail: mrahman @unf.edu

Textbook: Calculus and its Applications, Bittinger et. al.,

10 th edition, Addison Wesley

Web: http://www.unf.edu/~mrahman

Tentative Schedule:

Chapter R Functions, Graphs, and Models (

§R.1-R.5)

Chapter 1 Differentiation ( §1.1-1.8)

Chapter 2 Applications of Differentiation ( §2.1-2.6)

Chapter 3 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions ( §3.1-3.6)

Chapter 4 Integration ( §4.1-4.4)

Chapter 5 Applications of Integration ( §5.1-5.2)

Grading Criteria :

Point Allocation

2 Exams 40%

Final Exam will be comprehensive. 30%

Homework

Quiz and Group work

15%

15%

Cut-Offs:

Grade Assignment

A

B

C

90% - 100%

80% - 89%

70% - 79%

D

F

The “

’’ will be included only to improve your grades

Important Deadlines:

60% - 69%

< 60%

Complete withdraw (with 25% refund) – Jan. 31 st

Last day to withdraw (no refund) – March 28th

Holidays (no classes or office hours) – January 20 th (Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday), March 17 th -

March 21 st (Spring Break)

Exam 1 : February 18 th , 2014 (Tuesday)

Exam 2 : April 03, 2014 (Thursday)

Final Exam is Thursday, April 24, 3:00-4:50pm.

Technology : A graphing calculator is required. I will be using the TI-83. You are free to use a TI /Casio

CFX-9850 GB PLUS graphing calculator, however it is your responsibility to learn how to use it.

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. 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. All homework must be written on 8

1

2

11 paper. Write on one side of the paper. Staple the pages in the upper left corner. No late homework will be accepted without a valid reason.

Quizzes : Quizzes may be either announced or unannounced, and are given at the discretion of the instructor. Quizzes frequently reflect material that has recently been discussed in the class. NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES unless in case of sickness or accident - medical certificate required.

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 2233 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, 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.

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