SYLLABUS


MATH 151.03 Calculus I Spring 2018



Instructor: Ivan C. Sterling, 177 SH, cell 240-431-8185, isterling@smcm.edu.


Office Hours: TBA


Book: Active Calculus 2.0, Matt Boelkins. Bound copy available at Amazon or SMCM Bookstore. PDF version available at https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/books/15/ . It is highly recommended that you have the online version available. It is required that you bring one or the other to every class period and review session.


Course Outline: Selected Sections from Chapters 1-5


Tests: There will be four exams (worth 80% of your course grade, 20% each). One of the four exams will be the non-comprehensive final. The exam problems will be the same or similar to those in the homework and the examples worked in class.


Dates-Times for the exams:

Wednesdays 6-7:50: 2/14 3/21 4/18

Final Tuesday 9-11:15am 5/8


Homework: Homework will be part of your grade (worth 20%). Regular homework will be collected at the beginning of class on the day its due. Late homework will not be accepted. After it is collected some of the homework problems will be selected for the TA to grade.


Class Grading (roughly): 90-100% A,A-; 80-90% B+,B,B-; 70-80% C+,C,C; 60-70% D+,D,D-; <60% F;


Teaching Assistant: Will Hankins, wjhankins@smcm.edu , 410-212-7988, OH TBA.


Review Sessions: Required! Wednesdays SH109 6:00-7:50



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