Math 122: Calculus for business administration and social science.

Section 012

Fall 2008

University of South Carolina

      Instructor  
      Matthew Boylan  
  Office     LeConte 400G  
  Phone     777-8874  
  E-mail     boylan@math.sc.edu  
  Office hours     Mon. 1 - 2  
  Weds. 9 - 10  
  Thurs. 9:30 - 10:30  
  And by appointment  

  • University of South Carolina Mathematics Department .

    • Course information :

  • Prerequisite : Qualification through placement, or a grade of C or better in Math 111 or Math 115.

  • Text : Applied Calculus, by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, Lock, Flath, et al.
    3rd ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc.(2006).

  • Course objectives : Students will master concepts and solve problems on derivatives and integrals of elementary algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Students will use these notions to compute maxima, minima, rates of change, motion, work, area under a curve, and volume.

  • Meeting schedule :

          Section 012  
      Lecture     Tu/Th     12:30 - 1:45     LeConte 113  

  • Homework : Homework will be assigned each lecture but not collected.

  • Quizzes: Weekly quizzes will be given based on the homework. Missed quizzes will not be made up.

  • Exam schedule : (3 one-hour exams and a cumulative final exam)

      Exam 1:     Thursday     September 18     12:30 - 1:45     LeConte 113  
      Exam 2:     Tuesday     October 21     12:30 - 1:45     LeConte 113  
      Exam 3:     Thursday     November 20     12:30 - 1:45     LeConte 113  
      Final Exam:     Thursday     December 11     2:00 - 5:00     LeConte 113  

    Missed exams will not be made up. Exceptions may be made for documented illness/family emergency.

  • Grading :

          Points/650     % of grade  
      Three hour exams:     100 pts. x 3     15% x 3  
      Final exam:     200 pts.     30%  
      Quizzes:     150 pts.     25%  
      Total:     650 pts.     100%  

    Letter grades will be assigned according to the following approximate scale unless otherwise noted:

      A     B     C     D     F  
      90 - 100     80 - 90     70 - 80     60 - 70     0 - 60  

    Note : The deadline to drop without a WF is Thursday, October 2.

  • Calculators : Calculators may be used homework, quizzes, and exams unless otherwise noted. The TI - 83 or TI - 84 graphing calculator is highly recommended. Nothing more powerful (for example, the TI - 89 or TI - 92) is allowed.

  • Other help resources : Math Lab (free drop-in tutoring at various locations on campus, including LeConte 105), Private tutors , On-line materials for courses   (122 websites from past semesters), Math library .

    Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program : Supplemental instruction sessions last 50 minutes and are open to all students in Math 122. The sessions meet in various rooms in the Thomas Cooper Library. The following table may also be found here.

      Supplemental Instructor     Maheen Akhter     Kaitlin Malone     Clint Ford     Lee Danglais     Rhen Cureton  
      Rooms and Times     Rm. 219,
    Mon. 3-3:50.       		  Rm. SSC2,
    Mon. 4-4:50.       		  Rm. 218,
    Tues. 6-6:50.       		  Main Conf. Rm.,
    Mon. 6-6:50.       		  Rm. 415,
    Sun. 6-6:50.  
      Rm. 219,
    Weds. 4-4:50.       		  Rm. 219,
    Tues. 4-4:50.       		  Rm. 415,
    Thurs. 7-7:50.       		  Rm. 415,
    Thurs. 6-6:50.       		  Rm. 415,
    Tues. 7-7:50.  
      Rm. 415,
    Thurs. 5-5:50.       		  Rm. 219,
    Sun. 6-6:50.       		  Rm. 415,
    Sun. 8-8:50.       		  Rm. 219,
    Tues. 7-7:50.       		  Rm. 415,
    Weds. 8-8:50.  

  • Syllabus (which contains all of the above information): (pdf)   (ps)

    • Lectures and Homework :

    Lectures Homework
      Dates     Sections     Topics     Problems     Quiz date  
      August  
      Week 1     21     Th     1.1, 1.2     Functions (1.1),
    Linear Functions (1.2).       		  (1.1) 1 - 3, 5 - 10, 12 - 15, 17, 20, 22;
    (1.2) 1 - 3, 5 - 7, 9 - 12, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23.       		  Tu, 9/2.  
      Week 2     26     Tu     1.2, 1.3     Linear Functions (1.2),
    Rates of Change (1.3).       		  (1.3) 5 - 12, 15, 16, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32.     Tu, 9/2.  
      28     Th     1.3     Rates of Change (1.3).         Tu, 9/2.  
      September     Week 3     2     Tu     1.4, 1.5     Appl. to Economics (1.4),
    Exponential Functions (1.5);
    Quiz 1 on 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.       		  (1.4) 2, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15;
    (1.5) 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18.       		  Tu, 9/9.  
      4     Th     1.5     Exponential Functions (1.5).     Homework solutions to assigned evens from 1.1 - 1.5 part 1, part 2.    Tu, 9/9.  
      Week 4     9     Tu     1.6     Natural logarithm (1.6).
    Quiz 2 on 1.4, 1.5.       		  (1.6) 1 - 41 odds.   Tu, 9/16.  
      11     Th     1.7     Exponential growth and decay (1.7).     (1.7) 1-7, 13, 15, 16, 19, 26.     Tu, 9/16.  
      Week 5     16     Tu     2.1     Instantaneous rates of change (2.1);
    Quiz 3 on 1.6, 1.7.       		  (2.1) 1, 3-5, 7, 9, 11, 13-15, 19, 21-24; homework solutions to assigned evens from 1.7.      
      18     Th     Optional Review:
    Weds., 9/17 at 6:15pm in LC 113.       		  Exam I     Covers:   Information and Homework from sections 1.1 - 1.7; Class Notes: 8/21 - 9/16; Quizzes: 1 - 3.     
      Week 6     23     Tu     2.1, 2.2     Instantaneous rates of change (2.1); The derivative function (2.2).     (2.2) 1-4, 6, 7, 9-13, 16-19, 21-23, 25; solutions to assigned evens from 2.1 and 2.2.     Tu, 9/30.  
      25     Th     2.2, 2.3     The derivative function (2.2); Interpretations of the derivative (2.3).     (2.3) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 36.    Tu, 10/7.  
      Week 7     30     Tu     2.3     Interpretations of the derivative (2.3);
    Quiz 4 on 2.1, 2.2.       		      Tu, 10/7.  
      October     2     Th     2.4     The second derivative (2.4).    (2.4) 1 - 7, 9, 11-13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 23, 29; solutions to assigned evens from 2.3 and 2.4.     Tu, 10/7.  
      Week 8     7     Tu     3.1     Derivative formulas for powers and polynomials (3.1); Quiz 5 on 2.3, 2.4.     (3.1) 1 - 5, 7 - 9, 11, 14, 19, 21 - 25, 27, 28, 37, 41, 43, 45, 47, 55, 56.     Th, 10/16.  
      9     Th         No Class     Fall Break: 9/9, 9/10.      
      Week 9     14     Tu     3.2     Derivative formulas for exponential and logarithm functions (3.2).     (3.2) 1 - 11 odd, 17 - 31 odd, 33 a, b.      
      16     Th     3.3     The chain rule (3.3); Quiz 6 on 3.1.     (3.3) 1, 5, 7, 11 - 35 odd, 39, 43, 45, 49, 53; solutions to assigned evens from 3.1.      
      Week 10     21     Tu     Optional Review:
    Mon., 10/20 at 6:15pm in LC 113.       		  Exam II     Covers:   Information and Homework from sections 2.1 - 2.4, 3.1, 3.2;  Class Notes: 9/23 - 10/16; Quizzes: 4 - 6.      
      23     Th     3.4     Product and quotient rules (3.4).     (3.4) 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 34, 35, 39, 42.     Tu, 10/28.  
      Week 11     28     Tu     4.1     Local maxima and minima (4.1);
    Quiz 7 on 3.3, 3.4       		  (4.1) 1, 3, 5, 7 - 12, 15, 17 - 19, 22, 28.     Tu, 11/11.  
      30     Th     4.2     Inflection points (4.2).     (4.2) 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 - 25 odd, 32, 33.     Tu, 11/11.  
      November     Week 12     4     Tu         No Class     General Election Day.      
      6     Th     4.3     Global maxima and minima (4.3).     (4.3) 1, 5 - 13 odd, 17, 19, 23, 25, 31, 33, 37; solutions to selected problems from 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.     Tu, 11/11.  
      Week 13     11     Tu     5.1     Distance and accumulated change (5.1); Quiz 8 on 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.     (5.1) 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 17.     Tu, 11/18.  
      13     Th     5.2     The definite integral (5.2).     (5.2) 1, 3, 11 - 27 odd.     Tu, 11/18  
      Week 14     18     Tu     5.3     The definite integral as area (5.3); Quiz 9 on 5.1, 5.2.     (5.3) 1, 3, 4 - 7, 11 - 15, 17 - 25 odd, 31.      
      20     Th     Optional Review:
    Weds., Nov. 19 at 6:15pm in LC 113.       		  Exam III     Covers:   Information and Homework from sections 3.3, 3.4, 4.1 - 4.3, 5.1, 5.2; Class notes: 10/23 - 11/18; Quizzes: 7-9.      
      Week 15     25     Tu     5.4     Interpretations of the definite integral (5.4).     (5.4) 1 - 9 odd, 13, 21 - 27 odd, 37 a.      
      27     Th         No Class     Thanksgiving Recess: 11/26 - 11/30.      
      December     Week 16     2     Tu     7.1     Constructing antiderivatives analytically (7.1).     (7.1) 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 49, 63, 65.      
      4     Th     7.3     Using the fundamental theorem to find definite integrals (7.3).     (7.3) 1 - 19 odd, 27, 33.      
      Finals week     11     Th     Review: Tues., Dec. 9 at 5:15 pm in LC 113.     Final Exam, 2 - 5 pm     Cumulative