Calculus for Business
SP 2013
Course: MAC-2233 , Section ID 11703
Instructor: Dr. M. Rahman
Office: Bldg. 14/ Room 2727
Phone: 620-3748
Class Time: 12:00-1:15pm MW
Bldg. 3/Rm. 1331
Office hour: 1:20-2:20PM MW/Appointment
Textbook: Calculus and its Applications, Bittinger et. al.,
10th edition, Addison Wesley
e-mail: mrahman@unf.edu
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
40%
30%
15%
15%
2 Exams
Final Exam will be comprehensive.
Homework
Quiz and Group work
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) – March 29th
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Exam 1: February. 18th , 2013 (Monday)
Exam 2: April. 03, 2013 (Wednesday)
Holidays (no classes or office hours) – January 21th (Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holiday), March 18th-March 22st (Spring Break)
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Final Exam is Wednesday, April 24, 11:00-12:50Pm.
Technology: A graphing calculator is required. I will be using the TI-83. You are free to use a TI /Casio
CFX-9850GB 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  11 paper. Write on one side of the paper. Staple the pages in the upper left
2
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. 10-Room 1201.
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.