| Course: | Math 141 (section 502) • Calculus I • Fall 2007 |
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| Class times: | Tue/Thu, 11 AM – 12:15 PM, LeConte 112 Wed/Fri, 11:15 AM – 12:05 PM, LeConte 405/303A |
| Instructor: | Bob Murphy |
| Office: | LeConte 400H |
| Office Hours: | Tue/Thu, 3:30 PM – 5 PM, or by appointment. |
| Phone: | 803‒777‒4713 |
| Email: | murphy ![]() |
| Home page: | www.math.sc.edu/~murphy/teaching/ |
| Prerequisite: | Qualification through placement, or a grade of C or better in Math 112 or 115. |
| Text: | Calculus: Early Transcendentals by Anton, Bivens, & Davis, 8th ed. (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
Maple Labs:
Friday's class will be in a Maple computer lab with lab TA Xiao Xiao. Her office is in LeConte 122. She can be reached at 803‒777‒0801 or xiaox
. There is also a lab home page at www.math.sc.edu/calclab/141L-F07/.
Attendance: You are expected to come to every class on time and stay until the end of class.
Grading components: (no make‒ups allowed on quizzes or tests)
| Maple labs | weekly assignments | 100 points | ||
| Quizzes | Best 10 of 12 | 100 points | ||
| Test 1: | Thursday, September 13 | 100 points | ||
| Test 2: | Thursday, October 4 | 100 points | ||
| Test 3: | Thursday, November 1 | 100 points | ||
| Test 4: | Thursday, November 29 | 100 points | ||
| Cumulative Final Exam: | Wednesday, December 12, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM | 200 points | ||
| TOTAL: | 800 points |
Course Grade: Course grades are determined using the straight scale shown below.
| A | [720, 800] ( 90% needed for an A ) |
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| B+ | [696, 720) ( 87% needed for a B+ ) |
| B | [640, 696) ( 80% needed for a B ) |
| C+ | [616, 640) ( 77% needed for a C+ ) |
| C | [560, 616) ( 70% needed for a C ) |
| D+ | [536, 560) ( 67% needed for a D+ ) |
| D | [480, 536) ( 60% needed for a D ) |
| F | [0, 480) |