Mathematics 160: Survey of Calculus

Section A

Fall 2007

Instructor: Aaron A. Allen
Office: Carver 497
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM; Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM; or by appointment.
E-mail: aaallen@iastate.edu

Prerequisites:

Satisfactory performance on placement exam, 2 years of high school algebra, 1 year of geometry.

Credits:

4 credits

Homework:

Assignments and practice problems may be found by clicking assignments.

Solutions to Homework:

Grades:

If you are curious to see how you're doing, click here. This will take you to WebCT.

Disabilities Statement:

If a student has a disability that qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and requires accommodations, he/she should contact the Disability Resources (DR) office for information on appropriate policies and procedures. DR is located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1076; their phone is 515-294-6624.

Syllabus:

My policies for this course (the sheet I gave you on the first day) may be found by clicking syllabus.

Textbook:

Brief Calculus: Solving Problems in Business, Economics, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences, second edition, by Bill Armstrong and Don Davis.

Course Topics:

Here is a tentative outline of the topics I plan to cover in this course. I may not cover every section in each of the chapters.

Chapter 1: Functions, Models, and Average Rate of Change
Chapter 2: Limits, Instantaneous Rate of Change, and the Derivative
Chapter 3: Applications of the Derivative
Chapter 4: Additional Differentiation Techniques
Chapter 5: Further Applications of the Derivative
Chapter 6: Integral Calculus
Chapter 7: Applications of Integral Calculus
Chapter 8: Calculus of Several Variables

Help room:

The Mathematics Department runs a help room that is free to all students. The Help Room is in 385 Carver, and is now open. A list of the hours are in the following table.

Day	Hours
Monday	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday	9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Exams:

Exam #1: First in-class exam: Thursday, September 20. A practice exam can be found here. Click here for the solutions to the practice exam. And of course, here are the solutions to the actual exam.
Exam #2: Second in-class exam (Midterm): Thursday, October 18. Here's a practice exam, and here are the solutions to it. Last, but not least, the solutions to the actual exam.
Exam #3: Third in-class exam: Thursday, November 15. Here's the practice exam, and the solutions to it. Last, but not least, here are the solutions to the actual exam.
Exam #4: Final exam: Monday, December 10 from 9:45 AM to 11:45 AM.

Modified: December 11, 2007