Math 165 - Calculus I

Attention: Final is scheduled on Dec 12th, Wednesday afternoon from 4:30 – 6:30 at Design 0101.

    Math help room (Carver Hall 385) is available from Aug 27th till the end of the semester.

Course Information   

 Instructor:

 Yan, Jue

 Office:

 Carver Hall 484

 Office Hours:

 MTRF 11:50AM-12:50 PM (or by appointment)

 E-mail:

 jyan@iastate.edu

 Office Number:

 294-8166

 

 

Textbook: Calculus, 9th edition, by Varberg, Purcell and Rigdon.

 

Outline of Lectures:

Chapter 1 – Limits.

Chapter 2 – Derivative.

Chapter 3 – Applications of Derivative.

Chapter 4 – Definite Integral.

Chapter 6 – Transcendental Functions.

 

Quiz and Homework:

Assignments

No homework will be assigned and graded, suggested homework problems will be posted for exercises only.

Once a week we will have an in-class quiz. No make-up quizzes.

Attendance:

Students are expected to attend at least 75% of the classes to pass this course. Attendance sheets will be passed once a week in class.

Exams:

We will have one departmental midterm exam and one departmental final exam. Calculators are allowed in some questions during exams. No make-up exams. If you have to miss an exam due to an emergency, please contact me within 48 hours. 

Grading:

Quiz– 40%; Exams – 50%; class performance – 10%.

A tentative grading scale is as follows: A over 90%; B over 80%; C over 70%; D over 60%; F below 60%.  

 

Tentative Lectures Schedules:

 

Time Table

Covers

Homework Solutions

Week 1

Sections 1.1,1.3

Quiz #1 solution

Week 2

Sections 1.4 - 1.6

Quiz #2 Solution

Week 3

Sections 2.1 – 2.3

No quiz

Week 4

Sections 2.4 – 2.7

Quiz #3 Solution

Week 5

Sections 2.8 – 2.10

Quiz #4 Solution

Week 6

Sections 3.1 – 3.3

Quiz #5 Solution

Week 7

Sections 3.4 – 3.6, Midterm Exam (Thursday night, no class on Friday)

 At Coover 2245

Week 8

Sections 3.3 – 3.10

Quiz #6 Solution

Week 9

Sections 4.1 – 4.2

Quiz #7 Solution

Week 10

Sections 4.3 – 4.4

Quiz #8 Solution

Week 11

Sections 4.5, 4.7

Quiz #9 Solution

Week 12

Sections 6.1 – 6.2

Quiz #10 Solution

Week 13

Sections 6.3 – 6.5

 

Week 14

Thanks Giving Break

 

Week 15

Sections 6.8

 

Week 16

Final review week

 

Week 17

Final Exam

 

Calculators:

Students are required to have a calculator (such as TI-85, TI-92) for this class. Bring the calculators to classes and to exams. You should know how to use the calculator to perform the following tasks:  1) Plot two functions on the same graph. 2) Evaluate a function at a number. 3) Find where a function is zero graphically. 4) Find where two functions have the same value.

Resources:

            Syllabus and Objectives for Calculus Courses

Last modified: Tuesday, November 13, 2007