SYLLABUS


MATH 151 Calculus I Spring 2020



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 and Grades: There will be four exams (worth 80% of your course grade, 20% each). One of the four exams will be the non-comprehensive final. Homework will be part of your grade (worth 20%). The homework will be collected at the beginning of class on the day it’s due. Late homework will not be accepted. After it is collected I’ll select some homework problems for the TA to grade. The exams will be the same or similar to the homework.


Dates for the exams: Wednesday Evenings 2/12; 3/11; 4/15; Final: R 5/7 9-11:15 am.

Grading(roughly) 90-100% A,A-;80-90% B+,B,B-;70-80% C+,C,C;60-70% D+,D;0-60% F;

You can earn up to 3 extra % to your final grade for Natural Science & Math (NSM) Colloquium attendance. Two points for a Math/CS lecture & one for others. Email me to let me know after you attended.

Teaching Assistant: TBA, tba@smcm.edu, phoneTBA, Office Hours: TBA


Review Sessions: Required! Wednesdays SH132 6:00-7:50



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