Course: Math 141 (section 502) • Calculus I • Fall 2007
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 )
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)