Fall 2021 J. Namekata RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MATH 1A (27748) CALCULUS I TEXT: Calculus : Single Variable Calculus Early Transcendentals 8th edition James Stewart Cengage Learning, 2016 Class Lecture: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 2:00pm-4:30pm (HUM 110) Final Exam is on Thursday, December 16, 2021 from 2:00pm-4:30pm (HM 110) Instructor: James Namekata Telephone Number: (951) 571-6114 Office: Humanities 103 C Please message me through the ‘inbox’ on CANVAS See the instructor before or after your class if you have questions or problems. If this is inconvenient, please arrange for a separate meeting at a different time. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Functions, limits, continuity, techniques and applications of differentiation, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and basic integration. 72 hours of lecture and 18 hours of laboratory. (Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass option) COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS: PRACTICE PROBLEMS: Practice problems will be assigned from the problem sets in the textbook. Although your practice problems will not be collected or graded, it is in your best interest to complete the suggested problems after every lecture. I will start my lectures by answering questions from the lecture. You will be graded on a weekly quiz with problems that are similar to the practice problems. QUIZZES: Quizzes will be given weekly. The problems on your graded quizzes will be similar to problems that are assigned as practice problems. I will drop your lowest quiz score at the end of the semester. If you miss a quiz for any reason, that quiz score will be counted as a zero. No make-up quizzes. EXAMS: Exams are closed book. No calculators! Be prepared to take the exam. If you are caught cheating on an exam, you will receive an automatic zero for that exam. Cell phones are NOT to be visible or “powered on” during your exam. Use the restroom before you start your exam. Once you have started your exam, you will not be allowed to leave the testing room for any reason. If you must leave the testing room for any reason, you must submit your exam at that time and it will be graded as is. *** Students will not be permitted to make up an exam unless they have a legitimate reason and contact the instructor prior to the exam. The instructor reserves the right to make changes and/or modify this syllabus during the course. Fall 2021 J. Namekata GRADING: Your course grade earned is based upon the following approximate percentages: • Chapter Exams 40% • Homework 10% • Quizzes 20% • Final Exam 30% (This will be a cumulative exam) NOTE: Students must take the final exam to pass this course. If you do not take the final exam, you will receive a “FW” grade for the semester. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR MATH 1A Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: • Determine if a function is continuous. • Find the derivative of a function using the limit definition. • Use differentiation rules to find the derivative of a function. • Use implicit differentiation. • Graph functions using calculus. • Evaluate integrals using the limit definition. • Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to evaluate integrals. • Compute the limit of a function. • Find the equation of the tangent line to a function. • Use differentiation to solve applications such as related rate and optimization problems. • Find areas using integration. Exam Dates and Times: MARK THESE DATES AND TIMES ON YOUR CALENDAR Exam 1 (Review thru 2.8) Exam 2 (3.1 thru 3.10) Exam 3 (4.1 thru 4.9) Exam 4 (5.1 thru 5.5) Final Exam (Cumulative Exam) Tuesday, September 14 from 2:00pm-4:30pm Tuesday, October 12 from 2:00pm-4:30pm Tuesday, November 9 from 2:00pm-4:30pm Tuesday, December 7 from 2:00pm-4:30pm Thursday, December 16 from 2:00pm-4:30pm ATTENDANCE: All students are expected to attend every session of every course in which they are enrolled. A sign in sheet will be passed around for students to ‘sign in’ every day of class. If you fail to ‘sign in’ even when you are late to class, you will be considered absent for the day. If you are continuously late to class (not in your seat when lecture begins), you may be dropped from the class. A student may be dropped or may receive a failing grade for the course for excessive absences (4 or more) regardless of the cause. The student should inform the instructor prior to such absences. The instructor will not assume the responsibility of withdrawing the student from the class. MAKEUP WORK: Work missed for unavoidable cause may be made up with the instructor’s approval. Under no circumstances will absence for any reason excuse the student from completing all work assigned in a given course. After an absence, it is the responsibility of the student to check with the instructor regarding the completion of missed assignments. The instructor reserves the right to make changes and/or modify this syllabus during the course. Fall 2021 J. Namekata INSTRUCTOR’S POLICY: 1) You MUST be actively participating in class lectures/discussions. This means NO cell phone usage (texting, surfing, taking photos, etc.) during lectures. (page 66 MVC Student handbook #20) NO sleeping during class. You must try to work out problems that are assigned in class lectures. 2) Be prepared to work! Please plan for possibly 4-6 hours of outside work after every lecture. 3) Do not talk unnecessarily in class, but do ask questions. 4) No food or drink is permitted in the classroom at any time. 5) Be on time and do not leave before being dismissed. 6) Turn off all cell phones or other electronic devices before entering the classroom. Cell phones should be out of view and put away during lectures to avoid distractions. 7) Earpieces and/or earbuds are NOT allowed to be worn in the ear(s) during lectures unless you have a documented disability. 8) Cheating policy: Please refer to the student handbook for disciplinary actions. OFFICE HOURS To help answer any questions during the semester, I will be hosting office hours on Zoom and in HM 103 C. I encourage you to come to my office hours to get any of your questions answered. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 10:00am-12:00pm (both on campus and Zoom) 12:00pm-1:00pm (Zoom only) 10:00am-12:00pm (both on campus and Zoom) I am also available at other times if evenings work better for some of you. I want to help you in any way I can, so if you would like to suggest another time that might work better for you, please do not hesitate to send me an email through Canvas and I will see what I can do. ******************************* NOTE ********************************** If you feel that you may have a disability that will inhibit your ability to perform mathematics in this class, please seek assistance from Disabled Student Services in Library Building 221 / (951) 571-6138 (Voice) and (951) 571-6140 (TDD). The instructor reserves the right to make changes and/or modify this syllabus during the course.
