University of Pennsylvania
Calculus I, MATH 104-910 Syllabus
Instructor: Howard Levinson
Email: levh@sas.upenn.edu
Office: DRL 1N1
Office Hours: TBD (based on your schedules) and by appointment.
Course Time: 1:00-3:10 PM, Monday through Thursday
Course Room: DRL 4C4
Textbook: Thomas’ Calculus Early Transcendentals Custom Edition for the
University of Pennsylvania, Pearson 2012.
Course Website: http://hans.math.upenn.edu/~levh/Math104Su14/
Course Description: We will begin with a brief review of the prerequisite material from Math
103. You can find that material at http://hans.math.upenn.edu/ugrad/calc/m103/. Although
Math 104 is called Calculus I, you are expected to be proficient with differentiation and integration
up to u-substitution. See the syllabus at the link above for a complete list of prerequisite topics.
After the review, we will cover most of the topics found in chapters 6-10 of Thomas’ Calculus.
This material includes applications of integrals, methods of integration, infinite series, Taylor’s
theorem, and first order ordinary differential equations. Please find the complete list on the syllabus
of the official Math 104 page at http://www.math.upenn.edu/ugrad/calc/m104/.
Grading: Math 104 is usually curved to have a grade distribution of approximately 30% A’s, 30%
B’s, 30% C’s, and 10% D/F’s. However, if everyone does well, everyone can get a good grade. The
grading will be broken down as follows:
• Homework (20%): Homework will be due at the beginning of class every Tuesday. Late homework will not be accepted. There will be a total of five homework assignments. Homework
assignments will be a combination of standard textbook problems, and more difficult previous
final exam questions. It is crucial that you are able to understand how to do these more
difficult problems, as they are representative of the difficulty of questions on your midterm
and final.
• Quizzes (15%): There will be four 15-20 minute quizzes on Thursdays when there is no
midterm. They are based on the material covered in class that week. Quizzes start at the
beginning of class. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped.
• Midterm (30%): There will be one in class midterm exam on Thursday, June 12. It will be
based on the material covered in class prior to the exam.
• Final (35%): The final exam will be held in class on Wednesday, July 2. It will be based on
the material covered in the whole course.
In class participation (both asking and answering questions) can help with borderline grades.
Homework: Homework is a very important part of this course. The course will be very fast paced,
as we will be fitting a whole semester’s worth of material into a five-week course. It will be vital to
keep up with the material in order to not get lost in the middle of the course. That being said, the
material is nearly impossible to learn without doing many practice problems (more than I assign
for homework). I highly recommend you do multiple book problems from each section shortly after
we have covered it in class. The number of problems you do carefully will be positively correlated
with your final grade.
Exams: For all exams, you will be permitted to bring a standard (8 12 × 11) two-sided sheet of
handwritten notes. No books or calculators will be allowed. If you expect to miss a quiz or exam,
you must inform me beforehand. No makeups will be given after the fact.
Extra Help: Dot not hesitate to come to my office during office hours or by appointment to discuss
any aspect of the course. I also encourage you to take advantage of the math departments general
help sessions. The Math Help Sessions are held Monday through Thursday from 9am to 1pm. The
sessions are being directed by Sebastian Moore and are located in 4C8 DRL.
Academic Honesty: As a University of Pennsylvania student, you have agreed to abide by the
University’s academic integrity code found at http://www.upenn.edu/academicintegrity/.