Instructor: Adrian Tudorascu
Office: Skiles 110
e-mail: adriant@math.gatech.edu
                                                                                          
 

• Final Exam:  The final exam, which will be cumulative, is set for December 13, from 2:50 to 5:40 in Skiles 249 (the usual classroom).  You may expect about 12 problems on this test, similar to the problems on the previous tests.
• Practice Tests: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

                             

Lecture Schedule

The class will meet twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday in Skiles 249. We will not meet on official holidays and on dates I need to travel for scientific purposes. On those dates, someone else may substitute; you will be notified in advance. Each lecture will begin at 9:35 and end at 10:55.
Here is an outline of the schedule (note that 3 lectures in the table are the equivalent of 2 lectures in our class).

Recitation

  Section D3 meets in Skiles 246 on Monday and Wednesday from 10:05 to 10:55.
  TA: Alex Vayner

  Section D4 meets in Skiles 170 on Monday and Wednesday from 10:05 to 10:55.
  TA: Mitch Keller
         
 Should the time or location change, it is your responsibility to become aware of that by regularly checking the appropriate online resources.

Course Description and Goals

Most of the material will be presented in a manner consistent with the presentations in the text. Students are expected to read and study the examples and related material in the text and to work on the assigned problems sets. Similar problems will be used as examples during the lectures and recitations as preparation for the exams.
 
The topics covered include:
Limits of sequences and functions, continuity, curve sketching, differentiation, optimization, integration.

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to at least: compute limits of sequences and functions, sketch graphs of functions or curves, differentiate composites of elementary functions, set up and solve optimization problems, integrate by appropriate techniques.

Textbook

  The text to be used is the book by Salas, Hille and Etgen entitled "Calculus: One & Several Variables", (ninth edition) John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2003.  

Grading Policy and Evaluation

There will be bi-weekly announced quizzes and a number of unannounced quizzes (all taken in recitation), four tests and one final examination.  The best three tests will each contribute 18%, the worst test 6% while the final counts 25% towards the final grade. The quizzes contribute 15%. The cutoffs will be 90% for an A, 80% for a B, 70% for a C and 60% for a D.  The four tests will be taken during recitations and are (tentatively) scheduled on September 14, October 10, November 7 and November 30.
                                                         

Homework

Will be assigned here and reviewed in recitations. It will not be collected as it will not be used in setting grades. Students are strongly encouraged to work on all the assigned problems and collaborate (see Course Policy below). Be aware that the problems and exercises tested on quizzes may be similar or even identical to some homework assignments. 
 

Office Hours

 When:  Tuesday 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., Wednesday 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Thursday  3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 
 Where: My Office.

Please check up with your TA's for their Office Hours.
 

Course Policy

Class attendance is encouraged. The Office Hours are to be used only after you will have thoroughly read the material and tried to understand it.

You may discuss your assignments with each other; however, solutions should be written down individually. You should not read anyone else's completed work or show yours to anyone else.

Exams and quizzes are to be worked on and written down strictly individually.

More on Academic Integrity

Normally, no make-up tests will be given; if, for some reason, you are not able to take a test, please see me in advance.
No calculators will be allowed on any test.

How to succeed in this class:

• Attendance will not be taken in this class, however, it is expected that you will attend class regularly. If you do miss a class it is your responsibility to find out what was covered and whether any important announcements were made.
• The single most important thing that you should do is work out at least the assigned homework. You should do the assigned problems, along with an assortment of unassigned problems, as a study aid.
• Collaboration on homework is a good thing. You are encouraged to discuss the homework and to work together on the problems.
  
• Like all mathematics, the material in the course cannot be learned passively. However reasonable, simple, or rational you may find what you read or hear, you do not understand it if you cannot apply it yourself. Thus it is imperative that you test yourself by doing problems. If you have difficulty with a problem, ask your instructor, your TA or your fellow students about it; do not assume that the difficulty will cure itself without treatment.
• Take advantage of the free tutoring services in the Math Lab, located in Skiles 257 (Monday through Thursday from 11:00 to 5:00). Such services are also available through OMED and the Learning Success Program.
  

Have you questions or concern about the course, please see me during the office hours!

Good luck!