MAC 2311 – Calculus With Analytic Geometry I (Fall 2011 Syllabus)
Tallahassee Community College
Instructor: Lina Williams
(Goal is to help her students mature academically in order to be successful in the college environment)
http://faculty.tcc.fl.edu/scma/williaml
Class
Website
You will find announcements, handouts, take home quizzes, homework, notes, and/or other
information for your convenience here.
MW 11:15am – 12:05pm & TR 11:35 – 12:50pm (Rm SM130)
Attendance will be taken at least once every day. Being tardy and/or leaving class early will
count as half an absence.
Class
Meeting
If you are tardy, stay after class so that you do not get a full absence. If you are absent, you need
to contact me ASAP. You must catch up on your own before the next class time (refer to the
&
Attendance pacing on the website).
You will be academically withdrawn from class any time before Tuesday, November 8th if
you have more than 8 recorded absences and a bad current test grade.
If you have any concerns, please contact me as soon as possible.
You should treat class as if it was a job. An academic mature student rarely misses class.
Office: SM 283
Email: williaml@tcc.fl.edu
Phone: 201-8367 (leave a message)
(See Office Schedule and Office Hours handout on website) Use them!
If you have any concerns, please contact me as soon as possible.
Learning Commons: In case I am unavailable, the TCC Learning Commons (located in
Office
Hours
and other
Resources
LC 30, www.tcc.fl.edu/learningcommons, 850.201.8193) provides one-stop convenient access
to expanded learning assistance and resources. The Math and Science area offers support in
mathematics and science. Students can work independently or in small groups while having
access to resources including: trained tutors, specialists and learning assistants, videos,
textbooks, calculators, an open-access computer lab and much more.
The TCC Learning Commons is open:
Monday – Thursday
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Smarthinking: Online tutoring service available to TCC students via blackboard (see website).
Along with the library and math center, rooms AC210, AC211, & CT206 have MyMathLab.
****It is your responsibility to seek help and exhaust all resources available to you in
order to do your absolute best in learning the class material.
Give it your best! No question is a bad question!
Disabilities
Act
Tallahassee Community College (TCC) is committed to making all programs, services and
facilities accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities in order for students to obtain
maximum benefit from the educational experience and to effectively transition to our college
environment. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to register with the TCC Disability
Support Services Office which is located on the first floor of the Student Union.
1. Textbook: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Seventh Edition, James Stewart
Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 2008.
(Available at the Learning Commons for use).
2. Calculator:
Required
Materials
A graphing calculator is required. Available at Math Center and rentable at
TCC Library. Calculators that do symbolic algebra, such as TI 89, TI 92,
HP 48, etc. are not allowed. Cell phones cannot be used as calculators.
(See Using Calculator Handout on website)
3. A Notebook: Syllabus, notes, homework, quizzes, tests, and any other class handouts need
to be with you in class at all times. The notebook is to contain material
related to this class only. This protects your grades.
4. Pencil, Eraser & Stapler: All work must be done in pencil. Work must be neat so being
able to erase is essential. If turning in more than one page, make sure to have
it stapled. Only turn in college level work
5. ID: A photo ID is required for tests and the final exam.
Prerequisite
In order to remain in this course, the student must have met one of the following four criteria:
i) scored appropriately on the TCC Mathematics placement exam;
ii) passed the TCC courses MAC2140 and MAC2114 with a grade of “C” or better;
iii) passed the TCC course MAC2147 with a grade of “C” or better; or
iv) passed courses equivalent to MAC2140 and MAC2114, or MAC2147 at another college or
university with a grade of “C” or better.
THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE ABOVE PREREQUISITE POLICY.
I suggest that you shoot for an A or a B if you are planning on taking Calculus II in the future.
Topics in this course include: limits of functions and continuity; the derivative of a function;
techniques of differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions; the Mean Value
Course
Description Theorem; applications of the derivative (relative and absolute extrema, velocity and
acceleration, related rates, curve sketching, differentials); indefinite and definite integrals; the
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; integration by substitution; approximate integration;
applications of the definite integral (area, volume, work, arc length, and area of a surface of
revolution). 5 credit hours.
Final Exam Final exam is on Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 10am - noon. Photo ID Required. Counts 24% .
Tests
There will be a total of four tests. The test dates are Tues. Sep. 27, Tues. Oct. 18, Tues. Nov.
8, and Tues. Nov. 29. You have exactly one week to make up a test. I take the same amount of
time to grade your tests. Only one make up test is allowed if the student has current good
standing in the class, a valid reason, and proof (valid reason is determined by me as well as loss
in points). Photo ID Required.
Gate Exam
There will be a Gate Exam over basic derivatives given on Tuesday, Oct. 11 In order to pass
this course, you must pass a 20-question test with no more than 4 missed questions with no
partial credit given. Students who fail the Gate Exam must continue to re-take other versions of
the exam on their own time during office hours until they pass. You can take it as many times
as needed until Friday, Dec. 1.
Homework will be assigned on a daily basis (see Homework Sheet on website). I suggest you
work on some homework every day of the week, start each section the minute I start covering it
in class and have it done by due date (use the pacing schedule as a guide). Weekly Homework
is due the very start of the class on Tuesdays.
NO MAKE UP HOMEWORK. Missing one will not hurt your grade much. Miss several and
your grade will significantly suffer. It is your responsibility to check whether or not homework
is due. It is your responsibility to be prepared to turn in homework even if absent on the
previous day (refer to pacing on website).
Homework will be graded according to completeness and presentation (use the notes on the
website as a guide). It will count as a quiz.
I strongly suggest that you use my office hours or the learning commons for questions on
homework.
Homework
Have your homework ready to turn in at the start of class on Tuesdays. If you are late and turn
in your homework after it has already been collected, you will lose point(s) on it. Once the
class is done, I will no longer take homework. YOU MUST BE IN CLASS FOR YOUR
HOMEWORK TO BE COUNTED. If you know that you will be absent, let me know if you
want to turn your homework in early.
An academic mature student does whatever they can to fully finish and understand their
homework.
Any question that you leave blank and do not understand hurts your homework completion as
well as understanding of the material, making you vulnerable on quizzes and tests.
It is okay to spend a good deal of time on a problem. It is part of learning the material to the
best of your ability.
I suggest you bring future homework to class in case you are able to get ahead while notes are
being covered. This can save you time.
The website will give you a great indication on the sections being covered and in what order.
Absence is not an excuse for not having your homework neatly completed by due date. Better
safe than sorry, so cover more homework if not sure. You have many resources like book, class
mate notes, office hours, and the learning commons that can assist you in doing so.
Quizzes
Expect a quiz every class day. It could be in class or a random problem from your homework.
NO MAKE UP QUIZZES. Missing one will not hurt your grade much. Miss several and your
grade will significantly suffer. It is your responsibility to be prepared for a quiz even when
absent on the previous day (refer to pacing on website).
GRADING SCALE:
90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D others F
FACTORS DETERMINING YOUR COURSE AVERAGE:
Evaluation
& Grading
Scale:
Four Tests 60%
Homework/Quizzes 16%
Cumulative final examination 24%
The last day to withdraw is Tuesday, November 8th . You cannot withdraw online. You must
W Deadline fill out paper work at the Registrar’s Office. You will be academically withdrawn from class
any time if you have more than 8 recorded absences and a bad current test grade.
You will receive an email from enrollment services verifying a W or AW.
If you have any concerns, please contact me as soon as possible.
Academic
Integrity
Policies
CLAS
You are expected to do your own work on exams taken in class. Providing information to
another student or receiving information concerning exam content is considered cheating and
will NOT be tolerated. If this should occur, disciplinary action will take place in one of the
following forms: a zero for the test, being dropped from the course, suspension, or expulsion
from school.
Disrespectful behavior toward anyone in the classroom such as tardiness, disruptive talking, cell
phone usage, smoking, etc. is not acceptable. Please place all trash in the appropriate container.
BE AWARE: Students are no longer required to earn a GPA of 2.5 or higher in your collegelevel mathematics courses. Completing both math classes with a C is sufficient to earn an AA
degree. The new placement test is called the FPERT.
"It is not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer"
- Albert Einstein