Mathematics 160: Survey of Calculus

Section A

Spring 2008

Instructor: Aaron A. Allen
Office: Carver 403
Office Hours: Monday through Friday 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:

HW #1, HW #2, HW #3, HW #4, HW #5, HW #6, HW #7, HW #8, HW #9, HW #10, HW #11, HW #12

Solutions to Quizzes:

Quiz #1, Quiz #2, Quiz #3, Quiz #4, Quiz #5, Quiz #6, Quiz #7, Quiz #8, Quiz #9

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; the phone number for DR 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

Help room:

The Mathematics Department runs a help room that is free to all students. It is in Carver 385. Here are the hours:

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

Exams:

Exam #1: First in-class exam: Thursday, February 21 over sections 1.1 through 1.8 and sections 2.1 and 2.2. Here's a practice exam, and the solutions. And, of course, the solutions to the actual exam are here.
Exam #2: Second in-class exam (Midterm): Thursday, March 13. The practice exam can be found here, and here are the solutions. Finally, the solutions to the exam itself are here.
Exam #3: Third in-class exam: Thursday, April 17. I encourage you to start on the practice exam as soon as possible. Here are the solutions to the practice exam. In addition, here are the solutions to the actual exam.
Exam #4: Final exam: Thursday, May 8 from 9:45 AM to 11:45 AM in our regular classroom (Carver 196). Here's the practice final, and the solutions to the practice final. And, the solutions to the final.

Modified: May 8, 2008