Math 114: Calculus I
Instructor: Sheila King
e-mail: sking@csupomona.edu
Office Hours:
Winter 2002
Office: Room 3-136
Office phone: 869-3741
webpage: http://www.thinkspot.net/csumath/
MF 10:30 am - 11:30 am
TTh 10:00 am - 11:00 am
W 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
(other times by appointment)
Pre-requisites: Must have satisfied ELM and have achieved the minimum placement score on
the appropriate MDT or B or better in MAT 105 and MAT 106 or equivalent or C or better in
MAT 112 within two quarters.
Grading Scale (percentages):
100 - 90 = A 89 - 80 = A- 87 - 85 = B+ 84 - 80 = B
74 - 70 = C 69 - 67 = C- 66 - 64 = D+ 63 - 60 = D
79 - 77 = B59 - 55 = D-
76 - 75 = C+
54 - 0 = F
Grades computed by percentage of total points earned. Points awarded as follows:
Homework @ 25 points each (Best 8 of 11 assignments) :
200
Quizzes @ 30 points each (Best 5 of 8 quizzes)
:
150
Essay (written project)
:
50
Midterms @ 200 points each (Total of two)
:
400
Final Exam (comprehensive)
:
400
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Total
:
1200
Late Work and Make-Ups:
No Late work accepted. No make-ups on Quizzes, Midterms or Exams. Essay (written project)
must be turned in on or before the due date. No essays will be accepted after the due date.
If a student misses a midterm, the score on their Final Exam will count to make up the missed
score on the midterm.
Missed quizzes or homework: Since the lowest three homework scores are "dropped" and the
lowest three quiz scores are "dropped", any missed quizzes or homeworks will count as your
"dropped" scores.
Special Arrangements: If you know in advance that you must miss class and want to be able to
still turn in a homework or take a quiz or exam (early, not late), let me know as far in advance as
possible and I will try to work something out with you. Documentation of your special situation
may be required.
Reading the Text: Read the sections to be presented at each class meeting before coming to
class that day. Although you may not completely understand the material the first time you read
it, you can look for key ideas and find questions and difficulties that you want to ask about
during the presentation of the new material. The instructor may not have time in class to cover
every topic in the lessons, but the student is still responsible for the material in the text on the
assigned sections. Read the text again after the lesson has been presented, to fill in holes.
Time commitment: The average student is expected to spend about six hours per week outside
of class time on this course. Some students may need to spend more.
Calculator Use: No calculators permitted on any quizzes. Please have a scientific, non-graphing
calculator for your use on the Midterms and Final. It is recommended that you do all of the
homework problems without a calculator. You may use a calculator to check your work, but you
need to be sure that you can do the problems without one. For the Essay/Project, it is possible
that you may choose a question or problem that makes good use of a graphing calculator. There
are excellent graphing calculator problems in the text that you may want to try out for your own
benefit of understanding the material more thoroughly. I will go over any such problems with
students in office hours by request.
Presentation of Work and Partial Credit: Clear communication of your method and ideas is
an important part of this course. Always present a clear exposition of your problem that is wellorganized and complete. Write complete sentences, whether they are in mathematical symbols or
words. To get as much credit as possible on your work: (1) Always read and follow directions
carefully, (2) try to set up your problem, (3) show as many steps as possible, (4) use only valid
methods for solving. Poorly presented work, or incomplete solutions, may not receive full credit.
Partial credit is awarded for certain key steps in a problem. In order to earn partial credit, these
key steps are required. Therefore, show as much work as you can, taking care to use only valid
methods. Invalid guess-work and answers-only (without supporting justification) will earn little
or no credit.
Quizzes: Approximately one quiz per week. Total of eight administered throughout the course.
Only your best five count towards your score. If you miss a quiz, it will be one of your three
"uncounted" or "dropped" scores. Quizzes are at the beginning of class on the scheduled days-approximately the first fifteen minutes of class. Do not be late. There will be about 3 problems
on a quiz, plus or minus two problems. 30 points per quiz. The idea is to check your
understanding of the homework problems that you have been working on. Quizzes are open
notes/open homework (not open text).
Midterms and Final: No graphing calculators. A scientific, non-graphing calculator may be
permitted (for parts of the exam). Emphasis is on understanding definitions, theorems and
concepts. Be able to explain your work clearly and to solve an unusual problem, should you
encounter one.
Essay/Project: More info to follow at the second class session.
Homework expectations: No late assignments accepted. Homework is placed on the instructor's
table on the day it is due, before class begins. Number your paper clearly and do problems in the
order listed. Present your method clearly so that your solution is well explained and justified. For
each problem, state the problem clearly (so that someone would not have to look the problem up
in the text in order to understand your work), present a complete and detailed solution, and state
your answer clearly in a complete mathematical sentence or a complete English sentence.
The list of problems handed out at the beginning of the course is a minimum list of problems
that you should be able to do in order to do well in this course. You must do enough practice
problems until the problems become easy for you. Therefore, you may need to do additional
problems in order to do well. The weekly quizzes will be based on the problems from this list.
Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you do all of these problems. I will only collect a few
of these problems. The class session before the assignment is to be collected, I will announce 6
to 10 problems that are to be turned in for grading. I will grade about half of the problems turned
in. You will earn 10 points for completeness and presentation, and the remaining 15 points come
from grading your homework problems for correctness.
Getting help: Solutions to homework, quizzes and exams will be posted on the course website,
and will also be available at the instructor's office hours.
Please ask questions during class when you do not understand the presentation. It would be best
if you left class each time feeling like you understood the material presented. Also take
advantage of office hours, and feel free to e-mail me questions or use the discussion board on the
web page to discuss problems.
I can help students best, when I understand exactly what it is that they do not know. So I may
sometimes answer your question with a question, in an attempt to better see where your difficulty
lies. I may also try to prompt you, to get you to think about the answer, instead of just coming
right out and telling you the answer. This may be a bit frustrating, but it is the BEST way to help
a student: To help the student figure out the answer himself. This will pay off big for you later!
Academic Integrity: Please refer to the University's Policy on Academic Integrity on page 54 of
the University Catalog, which will be followed for this course. All students are required to
submit only their own work for quizzes, exams and essays, and to use only the permitted
materials. For homework, it is acceptable to work in a study group. In fact, this is encouraged.
However, you should understand all problems that you turn in, and should write up your final
solution to the problem on your own.
Success in math: Well, the usual things: Do all the homework, attend class, don't leave your
studying for the last minute. If you would like more detail on study tips, I have a collection of
links on my web page that I recommend you visit and read.
Sometimes students feel that they are working very hard in a course, and still not doing well. If
that happens to you, I recommend communication with the instructor. Sometimes students do not
want to seek out the instructor for help. Maybe they feel "stupid" asking questions about some of
the things that are confusing them. I encourage you to try to put those feelings aside and ask the
questions any way! I know it is easier said than done, but asking your questions is the best way
to clear up confusion. If students do not ask questions, the instructor usually will assume that
they students are following along and everything is clear and makes sense. Ask in class, in office
hours, in e-mail or on the web discussion board, but by all means, please ask!