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    Course: MATH 1350

    Title: Survey of Calculus

    Section: 111 (Class Number 5831)

    Campus: Ohio University, Athens Campus

    Department: Mathematics

    Academic Year: 2019 - 2020

    Term: Spring Semester

    Instructor: Mark Barsamian

    Contact Information: My contact information is posted on my web page .

    Office Hours for 2018 - 2019 Spring Semester: 8:45am - 9:30am Mon - Fri in Morton 538

    Course Description: A survey of basic concepts of calculus for students who want an introduction to calculus, but who do not need the depth of MATH 2301

    Prerequisites: MATH 1321 or (C or better in 1200) or math placement level 2 or higher and WARNING: No credit for this course and MATH 2301 (MATH 1350 always deducted)

    Special Needs: If you have physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities that require accommodations, please let me know as soon as possible so that your needs may be appropriately met.

    Meeting Times and Locations: Section 111 (Class Number 5831), taught by Mark Barsamian, originally met at these times and locations:

    • Mon, Wed, Fri: 2:00pm - 2:55pm in Morton Hall Room 235
    • Tue: 1:30pm-2:25pm in Morton Hall Room 235

    Move to Online Instruction for Spring 2020

    Ohio University moved all of its 2019 � 2020 Spring Semester courses to an online format during Spring Break, in March 2020. This web page is undergoing redesign in order to better suit the needs of instructors running online courses.

    Helpful Cellphone App: Camscanner

    Camscanner is a useful app that uses a cellphone camera to take a picture of a document, and then crops and sharpens the image and turns it into a PDF file. This is very useful for students who need to submit homework electronically. It is helpful to the instructor, because when the instructor receives a PDF of the homework, it is easy to add comments. ( link to Camscanner web page )

    Textbook Information: Ximera Business Calculus , produced by authors at Ohio State University . The book is accessed through a link on the course Blackboard page. There is no cost for the textbook.

    Exercises: The exercises for the course can be accessed through a link on the course Blackboard page. There is also a direct link here: ( link to exercises )

    Syllabus: For Section 111 (Class Number 5831), taught by Mark Barsamian, this web page replaces the usual paper syllabus. If you need a paper syllabus (now or in the future), unhide the Calendar and then print this web page.

    Calendar:

    Week 1: Mon Jan 13 - Fri Jan 17

    • Day #1: Course Intro; Intro to Ximera; Functions
    • Day #2: Functions; Compositions; Inverses
    • Day #3: Increasing & Decreasing Functions, Financial Mathematics
    • Day #4: Review Families of Functions (Quiz 1)

    Week 2: Mon Jan 20 - Fri Jan 24

    • Monday is Martin Luther King Day: No Class
    • Day #5: Intro to Limits; Limits for a Function Defined by a Graph
    • Day #6: Limits of a Function Defined by a Formula
    • Day #7: Limits of the indeterminate form zero over zero (Quiz 2)

    Week 3: Mon Jan 27 - Fri Jan 31

    • Day #8: Limits of the form nonzero over zero; Infinite Limits
    • Day #9: Continuity; Continuity of Piecewise Functions
    • Day #10: Sign Tables; Solving Inequalities
    • Day #11: In-Class Exam 1 on Functions and Limits
      • Information will be posted here closer to the exam date.
      • Remark: Exam Problems are based on the Exercises!

    Week 4: Mon Feb 3 - Fri Feb 7

    • Day #12: Slope of a curve; Definition of the Derivative
    • Day #13: Definition of the Derivative
    • Day #14: Derivatives as Functions
    • Day #15: Derivative Rules: Constant Function Rule; Power Rule (Quiz 3)

    Week 5: Mon Feb 10 - Fri Feb 14

    • Day #16: Derivative Rules: The Sum Rule
    • Day #17: Derivative Rules: The Product Rule
    • Day #18: Derivative Rules: The Quotient Rule
    • Day #19: Derivative Rules: The Chain Rule (Quiz 4)

    Week 6: Mon Feb 17 - Fri Feb 21

    • Day #20: Derivative Rules: The Chain Rule
    • Day #21: Derivative Rules: Derivatives of Exponential Functions
    • Day #22: Derivative Rules: Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
    • Day #23: More discussion of Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions, and General Review

    Week 7: Mon Feb 24 - Fri Feb 28

    • Day #24: In-Class Exam 2 on Derivatives and Derivative Rules
    • Day #25: Tangent Lines and Linear Approximation; Differentials
    • Day #26: Applications of Derivative: Problems involving Estimation
      • Book Sections: Supplement on Rate of Change and Estimation Problems
      • Lecture Notes: Lecture Notes Day 26
    • Day #27: Increasing & Decreasing Functions Revisited (Quiz 5)

    Week 8: Mon Mar 2 - Fri Mar 6

    • Day #28: Extrema; Critical Points; the First Derivative Test
    • Day #29: More examples using the First Derivative Test
    • Day #30: Higher Order Derivatives
    • Day #31: Concavity; Second Derivative Test (Quiz 6)

    Week 9 & 10: Mon Mar 19 - Fri Mar 13 is Spring Break: No Class

    Week 11: Mon Mar 23 - Fri Mar 27

    • Day #32: Extrema on Closed Intervals
    • Day #33: Limits and Vertical Asymptotes
    • Day #34: Limits and Horizontal Asymptotes
    • Day #35: Graphing (Quiz 7)

    Week 12: Mon Mar 30 - Fri Apr 3

    • Day #36: Optimization I: Single Variable Applied Optimization
    • Day #37: Optimization II: Two Variable Abstract Optimization
    • Day #38: Optimization III: Two Variable Applied Optimization
    • Day #39: In-Class Exam 3 on Applications of the Derivative

    Week 13: Mon Apr 6 - Fri Apr 10

    Week 14: Mon Apr 13 - Fri Apr 17

    Week 15: Mon Apr 20 - Fri Apr 24

    • Day #48: Area Between Curves
    • Day #49: Applications of Area Between Curves and The Gini Index
      • Book Sections: That the online Ximera textbook does not discuss Applications of the Area Between Curves and does not discuss the Gini Index . Those topics are only covered in the Supplemental Reading for Day 49.
      • Supplemental Reading: Supplemental Reading
      • Meeting Video: Meeting Video
      • Meeting Notes: Meeting Notes
    • Day #50: Consumers' Surplus (Quiz 10)
      • Book Sections: 36
      • Supplemental Reading: Ximera textbook Section 36 is adequate for this topic, so there is no Supplemental Reading
      • Meeting Video: Meeting Video
      • Meeting Notes: Meeting Notes
    • Day #51: Producers' Surplus; Equilibrium Price
      • Book Sections: 36
      • Supplemental Reading: Ximera textbook Section 36 is adequate for this topic, so there is no Supplemental Reading
      • Meeting Video: Meeting Video
      • Meeting Notes: Meeting Notes

    Week 16: Mon Apr 27 Final Exam 12:20pm - 2:20pm

    Grading (Revised for Online Instruction):

    Grading for Section 111 (Class Number 5831), taught by Mark Barsamian

    During the semester, you will accumulate a Points Total of up to 1000 possible points .

    • Quizzes: Best 8 of 10 quizzes @ 40 points each = 320 points possible
    • Online Assignments: Rescaled to 160 points possible
    • In-Class Exams: Best 2 of 3 exams @ 160 points each = 320 points possible
    • Final Exam: 200 points possible
    • Textbook Questions: 20 bonus points possible

    Observe that the points shown above actually total 1020. That is because your points from answering the question in the online textbook are considered bonus points.

    At the end of the semester, your Points Total will be converted into your Course Letter Grade .

    • A grade of A, A- means that you mastered all concepts, with no significant gaps.
      • 900 - 1000 points (or more) = 90% - 100% (or more) = A
      • 850 - 899 points = 85% - 89.9% = A-
    • A grade of B+, B, B- means that you mastered all essential concepts and many advanced concepts, but have some significant gaps.
      • 800 - 849 points = 80% - 84.9% = B+
      • 750 - 799 points = 75% - 79.9% = B
      • 700 - 749 points = 70% - 74.9% = B-
    • A grade of C+, C, C- means that you mastered most essential concepts and some advanced concepts, but have many significant gaps..
      • 650 - 699 points = 65% - 69.9% = C+
      • 600 - 649 points = 60% - 64.9% = C
      • 550 - 599 points = 55% - 59.9% = C-
    • A grade of D+, D, D- means that you mastered some essential concepts.
      • 500 - 549 points = 50% - 54.9% = D+
      • 450 - 499 points = 45% - 49.9% = D
      • 400 - 449 points = 40% - 44.9% = D-
    • A grade of F means that you did not master essential concepts.
      • 0 - 399 points = 0% - 39.9% = F

    Note that although this grading scale may look easy compared to the usual 90,80,70,60 scale, it is actually not easier. The reasons are:

    • The letter grades in this course mean the same thing as the letter grades in other courses.
    • When I grade homework and exams, I give out fewer points. (In this course, if you do grade C work on a 20 point exam problem, you will get between 11, 12, or 13 points for the problem. That is in the range 55% - 69.9%. But in somebody else's course that uses the 90,80,70,60 scale, you would have gotten 14 or 15 points for the problem. That is in the range 70% - 79.9%.)
    • There is no curve.

    Course Structure:

    Course Structure for Section 111 (Class Number 5831), taught by Mark Barsamian

    One learns math primarily by trying to solve problems. This course is designed to provide structure for you as you learn to solve problems, and to test how well you have learned to solve them. This structure is provided in the following ways.

    • Textbook Readings: To succeed in the course, you will need to read the textbook. The textbook is free and is accessed through Blackboard. Embedded in the textbook are hundreds of questions posed to you, the reader, with answer boxes to be filled in. Many of these are short, conceptual questions. Some of them are questions that will require that you do a calculation. The textbook grades your answer, and a total of your scores is kept in the Blackboard gradebook. I will use your total score from Blackboard to compute the Textbook Questions portion of your course score.
    • Lectures: In lecture, I will sometimes highlight textbook material that is particularly important, sometimes present material in a manner different from the presentation in the book, and sometimes solve sample problems. We have 51 lectures, totaling 2805 minutes. It is not possible to cover the entire content of the course in 2805 minutes, and the lectures are not meant to do that. Lectures are meant to be a supplement to your reading the textbook and solving problems.
    • Office Hours: Come to my office for help! My regular office hours are 8:45am - 9:30am Mon - Fri. If those times are not good for you, I am sometimes available at other times as well, but just not at a regular day & time. Call me, or email me, or talk to me after class to set something up.
    • Tutoring & SI: For information about Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction (SI), go to the following link: Student Resources
    • Written Exercises: On the Blackboard page, by the link to the textbook, you will find a link to a web page of exercises. There is also a direct link here: ( link to exercises ) The goal of the course is for you to be able to solve the exercises on this web page, writing your solutions on paper. These written exercises are not to be turned in and are not graded, but you should do as many of them as possible and keep your solutions in a notebook for study. These problems are similar in style to the problems that I write for Quizzes and Exams, so although the Exercises are not graded, you should work hard on them, practicing writing clear solutions on paper. That is the very best way to prepare for the Quizzes and Exams. Come to me for help on the written exercises. I will be glad to help you with exercises that you are stuck on. I will also be glad to discuss your finished written solutions to other exercises. A lot can be learned from talking about your work with somebody else.
    • Written Work that is Graded: During class meetings, you will take Quizzes , and Exams . They are all based on the Written Exercises (mentioned above).
      • Quizzes: There are ten Quizzes. These are roughly 10-15 minutes long and are given at the end of class on the dates shown in the calendar above.
      • In-Class Exams: There are four In-Class Exams. These take an entire class period and are given on the dates shown in the calendar above. The amount of content on an In-Class Exam is roughly four times the amount of content on a Quiz.
      • Final Exam: The final exam is given on the date shown in the calendar above. The amount of content on the Final Exam is roughly twice the amount of content on an In-Class Exam.
      • Importance of Clarity in Written Work: Note that on the quizzes and exams that you take, the goal is to present solutions to problems, not merely come up with answers. You are graded on the clarity and correctness of your presentation of the solutions to the problems. Here is a short Style Guide for your written work:

        Style Guide for Written Solutions to Mathematical Problems

        On the quizzes and exams that you take, the goal is to present solutions to problems, not merely come up with answers.

        • All details of calculations should be presented clearly, with explanations for key steps.
        • All steps of a calculation need to be correct for the calculation to be considered correct. A calculation where multiple mistakes somehow cancel each other and give a correct answer is just as incorrect as a calculation where a mistake leads to a wrong answer.
        • Answers should be simplified, unless you are specifically instructed to not simplify.
        • Everything that you write should be in sentences.
          • Of course, any prose that you write should be in sentences.
          • But also note that mathematical symbols are just abbreviations for things that can be written in prose sentences. So really, all your mathematical symbols should be written in sentences, too.
        • Mathematical expressions should be presented in equations with a correct left side.
        • When you start a calculation of a new quantity, write it on a new line.
        • Work in fractions and symbols, not mixed fractions or decimals.
          • For example, write \(\frac{7}{3}\) instead of \(2\frac{1}{3}\) or 2.33
          • For example, write \(\sqrt{3}\) instead of 1.73
          • For example, write \(\frac{1}{e^2}\) instead of .135
        • The square root symbol is fine. But for more complicated expressions, use fractional exponents instead of complicated radical notation.
          • For example, both \(x^{1/2}\) and \(\sqrt{x}\) are fine.
          • But write \(x^{5/3}\) instead of \(\sqrt[3]{x^5}\)
        • Final answers should be written with positive exponents.
          • For example, write \(\frac{1}{e^2}\) instead of \(e^{-2}\)

    Attendance Policy:

    Attendance Policy for Section 111 (Class Number 5831), taught by Mark Barsamian

    Attendance is required for all lectures and exams, and will be recorded using sign-in sheets.

    Missing Class: If you miss a class for any reason, it is your responsibility to copy someone's notes or download my notes from the course web page, and study them. I will not use office hours to teach topics discussed in class to students who were absent.

    Missing a Quiz or Exam Because of Illness: If you are too sick to take a quiz or exam, then you must

    1. send me an e-mail before the quiz/exam, telling me that you are going to miss it because of illness, then
    2. then go to the Hudson Student Health Center.
    3. Later, you will need to bring me documentation from Hudson showing that you were treated there.
    Without those three things, you will not be given a make-up.

    Missing Quizzes or Exams Because of University Activity: If you have a University Activity that conflicts with one of our quizzes or exams, you must contact me before the quiz or exam to discuss arrangements for a make-up. I will need to see documentation of your activity. If you miss a quiz or an exam because of a University Activity without notifying me in advance, you will not be given a make-up.

    Missing Quizzes or Exams Because of Personal Travel Plans: All of the in-class exams and nine of the ten quizzes are on Fridays. Students often ask me if they can make up a quiz or exam, or take it early, because their ride home is leaving earlier in the day. The answer is always, No you may not have a make-up or take the quiz or exam early. You will just have to change your travel plans or forfeit that quiz or exam.

    Policy on Cheating:

    Policy on Cheating for Section 111 (Class Number 5831), taught by Mark Barsamian

    If cheat on a quiz or exam, you will receive a zero on that quiz or exam and I will submit a report to the Office of Community Standards and Student Responsibility (OCSSR).

    If you cheat on another quiz or exam, you will receive a grade of F in the course and I will again submit a report to the OCSSR.

    Calculators and Free Online Math Resources:

    Calculators and Math Websites for Section 111 (Class Number 5831), taught by Mark Barsamian

    Calculators:

    Calculators will not be allowed on quizzes or exams.

    Websites with Useful Math Resources:

    In lectures, I often use a computer for graphing and calculating. The computer tools that I use are free online resources that are easily accessible at the following link.

    Link to Free Online Math Resources

    I use the same online resources in my office, instead of a calculator. You are encouraged to use these same free resources at home, instead of a calculator.

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