Syllabus

In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
-- John von Neumann, Nobel Prize winner.

Time and Place: MTWF 1:30 p.m. at Carr 223

Instructor: Peter Saveliev

Office: Carr 239

Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-5:00, Wednesday 2:30-3:30, Thursday 1:30-4:00, Friday 2:30-4:00, or by appointment, or any time I am there (see my full schedule)

Office Phone: x2910

Home Phone: 337-0390 (9 a.m. - 8 p.m.)

E-mail: psavelie (put Math 160 as the subject)

Class Web-Page: http:\\saveliev.net, then go to Math 160

Mailbox: Carr Hall, Box 29

Prerequisites: good knowledge of basic functions, excellent algebraic skills, good familiarity with analytic geometry

Text: Calculus by Thomas and Finney. Chapters: 1. Limits and Continuity (except 1.3), 2. Derivatives (except 2.7), 3. Applications of Derivatives (except 3.7, 3.8), 4. Integration (except 4.2, 4.9).

Goals: good understanding of limits, the derivative, and the integral, fluent differentiation

Group Problems: due weekly (please, staple!), each Friday unless specified otherwise

Quizzes: based on the practice problems assigned daily, once or twice a week

Grade Breakdown:
    group problems + quizzes: 25% (1-2 may be dropped)
    3 exams: 15% each
    final exam: 30%

Letter Grades: A: 90-100, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, F: <60

From the Catalogue:

160 Calculus I
A study of real numbers, functions, limits, continuity, differentiation, and integration. All entering students planning to enroll in this course must take the Mathematics Placement Examination. Prerequisite: Placement in the course based on examination performance. Students who have received credit for Mathematics 155 or Mathematics 156 will not receive credit for Mathematics 160. Four 50-minute lectures per week.