MATH 1080-Sec003: Polynomial Calculus – Fall 2011
Instructor: Parvaneh Darafshi
Office: CU Bldg. Room 639
Phone: 303-556-8442
E-mail: darafship@gmail.com
Course dates/times: TR 8 – 9:15
Course Location: North Bldg. Room1312
Office Hours: TR 9:30 – 10:00
Other times available by appt.
Dept. Associate Chair: Lynn Bennethum – Office CU 638; Phone: 303-556-4810
Course Captain: RaKissa Cribari – CU Bldg, Room 620; 303-556-8463
Course Description: A one-semester course in single-variable calculus. Topics include limits, derivatives,
differentiation rules, integration and integration rules. Emphasis is on applications to business and social
sciences. Note: No knowledge of trigonometry is required. Those planning to take more than one semester of
calculus should take MATH 1401 instead of MATH 1080.
Prerequisite: Math 1070 or Math 1110. No co-credit with MATH 1401.
Required Materials
MyMathLab OR Text with MyMathLab: You may purchase MyMathLab online for $80.00. An online copy
of the text is included with MyMathLab. If you don’t mind reading the text online then purchasing
MyMathLab online is all you need to do. This is the least expensive option!
On the other hand, if you want a hard copy of the text in addition to an online copy of the text then you
should purchase: Calculus and its Applications + MyMathLab Package, 10th Edition, Bittinger, Ellenbogen
and Surgent, Addison-Wesley, 2012, Package ISBN# 0321694333.
Note: If you purchase a used textbook you will still need to purchase MyMathLab online for $80.00. This is
the most expensive option.
MyMathLab requires a Course ID number to gain access to this section of Math 1080. Your Course ID
number is: darafshi45332
Calculator: A graphics calculator is required for this class. The recommended calculator is one of the TI83/84 calculators. I will be using these very similar calculators in class. Other graphics calculators may be
sufficient but please ask if you have a different calculator that you would like to use. Any calculator such as
the TI-89 or TI-nspire CAS that can perform symbolic algebra and calculus will not be allowed on any test
or quiz and is not to be used for homework, chapter reviews, or other similar activities. Just as we expect you
to be able to do basic arithmetic without a calculator, we expect you to be able to do basic algebra and
calculus without a calculator.
Expectations
Plan to spend two to three hours every week outside of class (reviewing your lecture notes, reading the text,
and working problems) for every credit hour of the course. It is important that you seek help from your
instructor or your colleagues if you get stuck. I encourage you to form study groups. If you have homework
questions that are not answered in class, it is your responsibility to get help outside of class from me or one
of your colleagues.
Attendance
Attendance will be taken daily. You are expected to attend class faithfully and to take responsibility for your
own learning. Each student is allowed to miss up to 3 class periods over the course of the semester. If
you chose to miss more than the allotted 3, you will lose the opportunity to improve prior exam grades on the
final exam.
“A genius is a talented person who does his homework.” ~Thomas Edison
Methods of Evaluation
MyMathLab Homework
Each week (except following a test) you will have a homework assignment in MyMathLab. These
assignments will be designed to help you learn the material which you will be tested over. You will complete
these assignments on your PC and they will be graded automatically. You have one week after the due date
to email the instructor if you have any grade discrepancies on the homework. There are a total of 11
homework assignments, each worth 15 points each. Your lowest online homework grade will be dropped. If
you do not do an online homework by its due date you will receive a zero on that homework.
Mini-Projects
Throughout the semester you will be assigned mini-projects or activities that synthesize the material taught.
These will be worth a total of 100 points. If you do not hand in these activities on their due dates you will
receive a 20% penalty for every day late.
Quizzes
There will be 11 homework quizzes (some take home and some in class) over the course of the semester
worth 20 points each. Each quiz will be over the prior week’s homework and will be given every Wednesday
except during exam weeks (e.g. homework assigned in week 1 will be covered in the quiz on Wednesday of
week 2. To compensate for unforeseen circumstances, one-quiz score will be dropped. No make up quizzes
will be given. You must contact me in advance to arrange another time to take the quiz (prior to the
scheduled in class quiz). The quizzes will be given at the beginning of the class. Do not be late!
Exams
There will be 3 in class exams worth 100 points each – see tentative schedule for dates. There will be no
make up exams. You must contact me in advance so that we may arrange another test date (prior to the
scheduled in class exam): documentation will be requested. You must bring your student ID card to each
exam.
Final Exam
There will be a comprehensive final exam worth 150 points. Each student who has maintained the attendance
policy will have the opportunity to improve prior exam scores on the final exam (to be discussed in detail in
class). Attendance at the final exam is mandatory. Having the final rescheduled is extremely rare and is not
permitted for reasons such as a plane ticket that was purchased earlier or attendance at weddings. There will
be no make up final exams and a missed final exam will result in a 0 for the final.
Computing Your Final Grade
Letter Grade
Homework Quizzes
In-class Exams
Mini-Projects/Class Activities
On-line Homework
Final Exam
Total
200 points
300 points
100 points
150 points
150 points
900 points
A: 90% - 100%
B: 80% - 89.99%
C: 70% - 79.99%
D: 60% - 69.99%
F: Below 60%
Other Concerns
Cheating
Cheating of any kind may result in a course grade of F and possible expulsion from the University. So please
do not cheat!
Incompletes
Incomplete grades (IW or IF) are not granted for low academic performance. To be eligible for an
Incomplete grade, students must (1) successfully complete 75 percent of the course (i.e. be passing the
course), (2) have special circumstances (verification may be required) that preclude the student from
attending class and completing graded assignments, and (3) make arrangements to complete missing
assignments with the original instructor using a CLAS Course Completion agreement.
Disruptions
Class disruptions (cell phones, music, etc) and any other inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. I will
penalize accordingly. Please see the CU-Denver Code of Student Conduct for details.
Disabilities
Students with disabilities who need accommodations should make me aware of this either by contacting me
directly or by having the Disabilities Services Office (North Classroom 2514; 303-556-3450) contact me by
the end of week 1 of classes.
Talk to Me
I’ll give my best effort to make this class run smoothly for you, but it is important that you communicate
with me when any issues arise or if there are any problems/concerns.
Getting Help
The Center for Learning Assistance
 Offers free tutoring and help concerning class assignments, course-loads, and study skills
 Located in North Classroom (NC) Room 2006. 303-556-2802
MERC (Math Education Resource Center)
 Free assistance on assignments
 NC 4015. 303-556-8532
 Must bring valid CU-Denver ID.
Career Center
 Resume help, internship and career counseling
 Tivoli Student Union Room 260
NOTE: I reserve the right to change the syllabus throughout the course of the semester.
Tentative Schedule Fall 2011
Week
Beginning
Sections to be covered
1
Aug 23
Aug 25
1.1 Limits: Numerical and Graphical Approach
1.2 Algebraic Limits and Continuity
2
Aug 30
Aug 31
1.3 Average Rates of Change
1.4 Differentiation Using Limits of Difference Quotients
3
Sept 6
Sept 8
Review
1.5 Differentiation Techniques: The Power and Sum-Difference Rules
4
Sept 13
Sep t15
1.6 Differentiation Techniques: The Product and Quotient Rules
1.7 The Chain Rule
5
Sept 20
Sept 22
1.8 Higher Order Derivatives
TEST 1
6
Sept 27
Sept 29
2.1 Using First Derivatives to Find Extrema and Sketch Graphs
2.2 Using Second Derivatives to Find Extrema and Sketch Graphs
7
Oct 4
Oct 6
2.3 Graph Sketching: Asymptotes and Rational Functions
2.4 Using Derivatives to Find Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values
8
Oct 11
Oct 13
2.5 Maximum-Minimum Problems; Business and Economics Apps
2.6 Marginal Cost, Revenue and Profit (Skip Differentials)
9
Oct 18
Oct 20
Review/Flex
TEST 2
10
Oct 25
Oct 27
3.1 Exponential Functions and Their Derivatives
3.2 Logarithmic Functions and Their Derivatives
11
Nov 1
Nov 3
Nov 8
Nov 10
3.5 The Derivatives of ax and logbx
4.1 Antidifferentiation
4.2 Antiderivatives as Area
4.3 Area and Definite Integrals
Nov 15
Nov 17
4.4 Properties of Definite Integrals
4.5 Integration Techniques: Substitution
Nov 22
No Class – Thanksgiving Break
14
Nov 29
Dec 1
Review/Flex
TEST 3
15
Dec 6
DEC 10
Review/Flex
Final Exam – Saturday Dec 10th (9:00 am – Noon)
12
13
NOTE: I reserve the right to change the schedule throughout the course of the semester.
Fall 2011 CLAS Academic Policies
The following policies pertain to all degree students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
(CLAS).
 Schedule verification: It is each student’s responsibility to verify online that his/her official
registration is correct: verify before classes begin and prior to the drop/add deadline. Failure
to verify schedule accuracy is not sufficient reason to justify a late add or drop.
 E-mail: Students must activate and regularly check their official student e-mail account for
CU Denver business: http://www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/Pages/WebMail.aspx. Those
who forward email to a private account are still responsible for checking their official student
e-mail account for messages not automatically forwarded.
 Waitlists:
 Students are not automatically notified if they are added to a class from a waitlist.
Students are not automatically dropped from a class if they never attended, stopped
attending, or do not make tuition payments.
 Waitlists are purged after the 1st week of classes, after which a paper Schedule
Adjustment Form (drop/add form) is required. It is the student's responsibility to get the
form (online or at the Advising Office, NC 4002), have it signed, deliver it to the
Registrar (Annex 100) or the Student Services Center (NC 1003), and verify her/his
schedule online.
 Late adds (after 7 September) will be approved only when circumstances surrounding the
late add are beyond the student’s control. This will require a written petition and verifiable
documentation. Petition forms are available in NC 4002. The signature of a faculty member
on a Schedule Adjustment Form does not guarantee that a late add petition will be approved.
 Late drops (after 14 November) will be approved only when circumstances surrounding the
late drop have arisen after the published drop deadline and are beyond the student’s control.
This will require a written petition and verifiable documentation. The signature of a faculty
member does not guarantee that a late drop petition will be approved.
 Tuition: Students are responsible for completing arrangements with financial aid, family,
scholarships, etc. (depending on tuition plan selected) to pay their tuition prior to Census Date
(7 September). Students who drop after that date are (1) financially responsible for tuition and
fees, (2) academically responsible and will receive a "W" grade, and (3) are ineligible for a
refund of COF hours or tuition.
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Graduation:
 Undergraduate students wishing to graduate in fall 2011 must complete the online Intent
to Graduate Form and meet with their academic advisor to obtain a graduation
application. This application must be submitted by Census Date (7 September). You can
obtain an application only after meeting with your advisor. There are no exceptions to this
policy.
 Graduate students wishing to graduate in fall semester 2011 must complete the online
Intent to Graduate form and have a Request for Admissions to Candidacy on file with the
CU Denver Graduate School (Lawrence Street Center) no later than 5 PM, September 7,
2011.
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Important Dates and Deadlines
August 22, 2011: First day of classes.
August 28, 2011: Last day to add a class or be added to a waitlist using the UCD Access
student portal. After this date, you must use a Schedule Adjustment Form to change, add, or
drop.
August 29, 2011: LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT DROP CHARGE – THIS
INCLUDES SECTION CHANGES.
August 29, 2011: Waitlists are dropped. Any student not added to a course automatically
from the waitlist by this date MUST complete a Schedule Adjustment Form to be added.
Students are NOT automatically added to the class from the waitlist after this date and time.
If your name is not on the official student roster, you are not registered for the course.
August 30-September 7, 2011: Students are responsible for verifying an accurate fall 2011
course schedule via the UCDAccess student portal. Students are NOT notified of their
waitlist status by the University. All students must check their schedule prior to 9/7 for
accuracy.
August 30, 2011: First day instructor may approve request to add a student to a course with a
Schedule Adjustment Form.
September 7, 2011: Census date.
 9/7/11, 5 PM: Last day to add structured courses without a written petition for a late add.
This is an absolute deadline and is treated as such. This deadline does not apply to
independent studies, internships, project hours, thesis hours, dissertation hours, and latestarting modular courses.
 9/7/11, 5 PM: Last day to drop a fall 2011 course or completely withdraw from all fall
2011 courses using a Schedule Adjustment Form and still receive a tuition refund, minus
the drop fee. After this date, tuition is forfeited and a "W" will appear on the transcript.
This includes section changes. This is an absolute deadline and is treated as such.
 9/7/11, 5 PM: Last day to request pass/fail or no-credit option for a course.
 9/7/11, 5 PM: Last day for a graduate student to register for a Candidate for Degree.
 9/7/11, 5 PM: Last day for a Ph.D. student to petition for a reduction in hours.
 9/7/11, 5 PM: Last day to apply for fall 2011 graduation. You must make an appointment
and see your academic advisor before this date to apply for graduation if you are an
undergraduate; you must complete the Intent to Graduate and Candidate for Degree forms
if you are a graduate student.
September 19-28, 2011: Faculty can use the Early Alert system.
October 31, 2011, 5 PM: Last day for non-CLAS students to drop or withdraw without a
petition and special approval from the academic dean. After this date, a dean’s signature is
required.
November 14, 2011, 5 PM: Last day for CLAS students to drop or withdraw with signatures
from the faculty and dean but without a full petition. After this date, all schedule changes
require a full petition. Petitions are available in NC 4002 for undergraduates and in the CU
Denver Graduate School offices for graduate students.
November 21-27, 2011: Fall break (no classes; campus closed). Be thankful.
December 12-17, 2011: Finals Week. No schedule changes will be granted once finals week
has started. There are NO exceptions to this policy.
December 27, 2011: Fall final grades available on UCD Access (tentative).