MATH 110, Techniques of Calculus I, Spring 2007
Instructor: Scott Stevens
This document and other course information may be found at the class website: http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/stevens/MATH110
Prerequisite: MATH
022 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics proficiency examination
Instructor Scott Stevens Email:sas56@psu.edu
Office: Benson
86 Telephone: 898-6090
Office Hours: 9:00 -
9:50 AM on MWF and 1:30 - 2:30 on MTWF.
You can make an appointment to see me at other times.
Textbook: Brief
Calculus, An Applied Approach, by Larson and
Edwards, 7th edition.
Calculators: Calculators with symbolic capabilities (TI-89,
TI-92, and others) will not be allowed during exams. A graphing calculator
is recommended for the class.
Homework: Suggested problems
will be given daily and a smaller list of problems to be collected and graded
will be assigned about once a week. These will be worth 10 points each and your
best eight will count towards your grade. No late submissions will be
accepted. Your best eight scores may come from the worksheets you
submitted prior to me taking over the class. It is strongly recommended that you do both sets of homework
(suggested and required). Tests will be based on problems from both
homework sets.
Tests: There will be 4 chapter exams each worth 80
points and a final worth 100 points. Test dates will be announced in
class and posted on the course web site.
Labs: Occasionally we will meet in a computer lab
in Hammermill. We will investigate calculus using the mathematical software
package Maple.
Grading: Grades will be based on your total out of a possible 500
points (420
from exams and 80 from homework).
Your score will generate a grade
based on the following percentages.
A 93-100 %
A- 90-93 %
B+ 87-90 %
B 83-87 %
B- 80-83 %
C+ 77-80 %
C 70-77 %
D 60-70 %
F 0-60%
Make-up Exams: No Make-up exams will be given. If you have a
legitimate reason for missing one exam your score for that exam will be
80% of your score on the comprehensive final exam. If you miss more than one
exam, your score is zero for each subsequent exam. You can not replace an earned
exam score with your score on the comprehensive final exam.
Academic Integrity:
Penn State Erie, The
Behrend College, puts a very high value on academic integrity, and violations
are not tolerated. Academic integrity is one of