| Instructor: | Bob Murphy |
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| Office: | LeConte 400H |
| Office Hours: | Mon. (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM), Wed. (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM), or by appointment. |
| Phone: | 777-4713 |
| Email: | murphy |
| WWW: | This course has its own web page. You can find it at http://www.math.sc.edu/~murphy/teaching/ |
| Prerequisite: | Qualification through placement, or a grade of C or better in Math 111 or 115. |
| Text: | Applied Calculus (2nd edition) by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, Lock, Flath, et al. The Student Solution Manual and Student Study Guide are optional. |
| Calculator: | Each student is required to have a graphing calculator. My instructions will predominantly be for the TI-83 and TI-84. If you have another calculator, it will be your responsibility to make sure it has the features you will need in this course and learn how to use those features. |
Overview: One of the main objectives of this course is for you to understand the basic concepts of calculus well enough to know when, how, and why to apply them in real-world situations and to be able to interpret and communicate the results. To achieve this goal will require practice at a variety of numerical, graphical, and algebraic methods.
The preface of the book provides additional detail and insight into the methods you will encounter in this course. Page xiii is particularly well-written but the entire preface is worth reading.
Work Load: There will be daily reading and homework, 10 quizzes, 3 tests, and 1 cumulative final exam. You should expect to work at least 6-9 hours per week, outside of class.
Grading: No make-ups will be given for any quizzes or tests. Your two lowest quiz scores will be dropped. No test scores will be dropped, and the final exam score will not be dropped. If your final exam score, when scaled to be out of 100 points, is higher than one of your test scores, then the scaled final exam score will replace your lowest test score. This can only be done for one test. The final exam score itself cannot be replaced by any other score. The final exam will be cumulative.
| Quizzes: | 80 points | (these will be based on the daily homework assignments) |
| Test 1: | 100 points | (Tuesday, Sept. 27) |
| Test 2: | 100 points | (Tuesday, Oct. 25) |
| Test 3: | 100 points | (Tuesday, Nov. 22) |
| Cumulative Final Exam: | 120 points | (Friday, Dec. 9, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, BA 008) |
| TOTAL: | 500 points | |
Attendance: You are expected to come to every class on time and stay until the end of class.
Final Grade:
| A | [450, 500] (i.e. 90% needed for an A) |
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| B+ | [435, 450) (i.e. 87% needed for a B+) |
| B | [400, 435) (i.e. 80% needed for a B) |
| C+ | [385, 400) (i.e. 77% needed for a C+) |
| C | [350, 385) (i.e. 70% needed for a C) |
| D+ | [335, 350) (i.e. 67% needed for a D+) |
| D | [300, 335) (i.e. 60% needed for a D) |
| F | [0, 300) |
Help is available: Working together on homework assignments is a great way to learn mathematics so I encourage this. You may also wish to use the Math Lab's free tutoring service. There are three locations: LeConte 105 Math Lab is open MTWTh from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Towers Area Math Lab is open MTWTh from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Bates Area Math Lab is open MTWTh from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.