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Math 1431 Calculus with Business and Economic Applications
Fall 2012 Dual Enrollment Syllabus
Course Eligibility
 Students must have a minimum Composite ACT score of 18.
 Students must have a minimum Math ACT score of 25 or credit for Math 1021.
 Students must have a minimum high school gpa of 2.0.
Course Design Overview
 Teachers will present one-third of the face-to-face time and students will work independently the
remaining two-thirds of the face-to-face time.
 All homework, quizzes, tests, and the final exam will be completed online using a web-based learning
and assessment system called MyMathLab. Exercises in MyMathLab are algorithmically generated
iterations of the eBook exercises.
MyMathLab
 You can access MyMathLab through www.mymathlab.com and selecting Log In on the upper right side.
If this main site is inaccessible, you can use www.mathxl.com but be sure to login as a MyMathLab user
on the lower left of the log in screen, not as a MathXL user.
 If you need technical assistance with MyMathLab, call MyMathLab student technical support at 1 800
677 6337.
Required Materials
 Barnett, Ziegler and Byleen Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences
(12th edition) MyMathLab account is required.
 Your LSU email address is required in MyMathLab. Even if your LSU email address is not your
preferred email address, you must list it in MyMathLab as your email address.
 You will need the course ID# for your section of the course.
 A non-graphing calculator with logarithmic and exponential capabilities is required. The TI30 XIIS
(solar) or the TI30X IIB (battery) with a two-line display is preferred. Graphing calculators are NOT
allowed on tests. Also, calculators with symbolic notation or natural display capabilities, such as the TI30XS Multiview, the TI-34 Multiview, the TI-36 ProX and the Casio 115ES or 300ES Natural Textbook
Display series, are NOT allowed on tests.
Homework
 You should review your class notes and read the eBook before attempting the homework.
 Your homework assignment average counts as 10% of your final grade.
 Graded homework for each section has due dates and will close then, but a copy of each homework
assignment (labeled Practice Homework) is open throughout the semester to be used for studying.
 When working your homework assignments, you should save after completing each exercise.
 You can re-work exercises, enter and exit your homework and get back to it at a later time prior to the
due date.
 If you rely on the MyMathLab learning aids or other help to get an exercise correct, then use the Similar
Exercise feature and rework the exercise repeatedly until you can get it correct without any help. Many
students who become overly dependent on the learning aids or other assistance to get a score of 100% on
the homework assignment find out that they score much lower on the tests.
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Quizzes
 You should master your homework before attempting the quizzes, and you should try to do the quizzes
without any help. If you rely on help to get a score of 100% on the quizzes, you will score much lower
on the tests.
 You will not get feedback after each exercise answer is entered. You must work through the quiz and
submit it before seeing your score. You can review your quiz in Gradebook, and the MyMathLab
learning aids will appear for the review.
 The online quizzes count as 10% of your final grade and can be attempted up to five times prior to the
due date. Only your best quiz score for each quiz will be counted in your semester average.
 The maximum working time allowed for each attempt of each quiz is 75 minutes. While working on a
quiz with time remaining, you can close the browser (rather than choosing Submit) and re-open that
same quiz later without any additional elapsed time.
 Quizzes should be used as preparation for tests. Re-take the quizzes until you can do the work correctly
without any assistance from notes, the eBook, or the MyMathLab learning aids.
 It is recommended that you take a quiz at least four times even though you earn a score of 100% before
that. This will insure that you see a cross-section of the exercises drawn from the exercise pools from
which the questions are drawn.
 You are allowed to get minimal help on quizzes, but the work submitted must be your own.
Tests and the Final Exam
 The proctored, password protected tests and the final exam are taken using MyMathLab.
 You will not get feedback after each exercise answer is entered. You must work through the test and
submit it before seeing your score. You can review your test in Gradebook, and the MyMathLab learning
aids will appear for the review.
 Only one attempt is allowed for each test and for the final exam.
 The maximum time allowed is 90 minutes for each test and 120 minutes for the final exam.
 After completing all homework and quizzes, you should prepare for tests and the final exam by
repeatedly practicing until you can get all exercises correct without any assistance from MyMathLab
learning aids, notes, or the eBook. Practice Tests and a Practice Final Exam are available in
MyMathLab for each test and will be open throughout the semester. They do not count toward your
final course grade.
 You are not allowed assistance of any kind on a test or on the final exam. This includes notes, formula
sheets, or any other type of outside help. While testing, you are not allowed access to other online
materials, including your homework, quizzes, and online learning aids in MyMathLab. Remember,
academic dishonesty is a violation of the university Code of Student Conduct.
 The coverage for each test is as follows:
Test 1-Sections 1.2 through 3.7
Test 2-Sections 4.1 through 5.5
Test 3-Sections 5.6 through 6.5
Final Exam-Cumulative
Final Grade Calculation for LSU grade* (posted in Moodle)
Weight
Item
Details
10%
Participation
3 grades (1 after each test)
10%
Homework
5% Homework 1-13 (drop the lowest score)
5% Homework 14-27 (drop the lowest score)
10%
Quizzes
5% Quizzes 1-6 (drop the lowest score)
5% Quizzes 7-12 (drop the lowest score)
45%
Tests
3 tests, lowest will be replaced with final exam score if higher
25%
Final Exam
cumulative
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Grades dropped or replaced will always show in the Moodle gradebook but will NOT be used in the Moodle
grade calculation.
*High school grade for the equivalent high school course may be calculated using different criteria.
Grading Scale
A = 90-100% B = 80-99% C = 70-89%
D = 60-79%
F = 0-69%
General Education Course Credit
This course can be used to meet three credit hours toward the general education requirement for analytical
reasoning. See the LSU general catalog for more information.
Topics
Topics covered include Review of Lines and Functions, Limits, Continuity, the Derivative, Marginal Analysis
in Business and Economics, Graphing using Derivatives, Optimization, Antiderivatives, the Definite Integral
and Applications of the Definite Integral.