MTH 1241 Calculus I Fall 2009
Course Information
Time
and Place: MWTh. 9:15 -- 10:20
AM, RB 109.
Textbook: Applied Calculus
3rd ed., 2006 (green cover) by Hughes-Hallett et al. ISBN
#10;0-471-68121-0, John Wiley & Sons.
Instructor: Shih-Wei
Yang
Email: yang.s@neu.edu
Office: 537 NI
Office Hours: M: 4:30pm - 6:30pm, W:
12:30pm - 1:30pm, or by appointment.
Phone: 617-373-5674
NEWS
Homeworks
09/10. Homework: Do: #1 in worksheet #1A; p.11 (from the textbook) #2, 7, 9, 11, 15, 21, 29.
09/14. Homework: Do: #2 in worksheet #1A; p.19: #6, 7, 8, 11, 24. p.103 #3, 9, 10, 13, 21, 23, 24.
09/16.
Homework: Do: p.109: #1, 3, 5, 7, 9-12,
13, 14, 17, 19-26, 29. p.116: #3, 10, 15, 18, 21, 37. p.122
#1-7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 21, 29.
09/21. Homework: Do: p.122 #1-7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 21, 29. p.139 #1, 9-18. p.147 #1-35(odd), 43, 47, 51, 59. Read: p.135-p.139
09/28. Homework: Do: p.157 #1-33(odd), 39, 48. p.161 #3-31(odd), 39, 42, 43. Worksheet #3A, 3B.
10/05. Homework: Do: p.165 #1-19(odd). p.180 #1-5, 7, 8, 14-18, 22, 27-29. Worksheet #3B: 7, 8.
10/07. Homework: Do: Classpac: p.21-23. (Try to do as much as possible.)Quizzes
09/21. Quiz 1 (Solution): Sections:1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.
Result: Ave.:16.79 (out of 20) ; Median:18 ;
| Grade | A (19-20) | A- (18-18.5) | B+ (17.5) | B (16.5-17) | B- (16) | C+ (15.5) | C (14.5-15) | C- (14) | D+ (13.5) | D (12.5-13) | D- (12) | F (< 12) |
| # of students | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10/01. Quiz 2 (Solution): Sections: 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4.
Result: Ave.:15.47 ; Median: 16 ;
| Grade | A (19-20) | A- (18-18.5) | B+ (17.5) | B (16.5-17) | B- (16) | C+ (15.5) | C (14.5-15) | C- (14) | D+ (13.5) | D (12.5-13) | D- (12) | F (< 12) |
| # of students | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
10/15. Quiz 3 (Solution): Sections: 3.5, 4.1.
Result: Ave.:17.16 ; Median: 18.5 ;
| Grade | A (19-20) | A- (18-18.5) | B+ (17.5) | B (16.5-17) | B- (16) | C+ (15.5) | C (14.5-15) | C- (14) | D+ (13.5) | D (12.5-13) | D- (12) | F (< 12) |
| # of students | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
10/22. Midterm (solution): Practice Problems and its solutions.
Result: Ave.:84.95 ; Median: 87 ;| Grade | A (93-100) | A- (90-92) | B+ (87-89) | B (83-86) | B- (80-82) | C+ (77-79) | C (73-76) | C- (70-72) | D+ (67-69) | D (63-66) | D- (60-62) | F (< 60) |
| # of students | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11/05. Quiz 4: Sections: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 7.1, 7.3.
Result:
Ave.:15.81 ; Median: 15.78 ;
| Grade | A (19-20) | A- (18-18.5) | B+ (17.5) | B (16.5-17) | B- (16) | C+ (15.5) | C (14.5-15) | C- (14) | D+ (13.5) | D (12.5-13) | D- (12) | F (< 12) |
| # of students | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
11/19. Quiz 5: Sections: ClassPac p.25-p.26, Section: 10.4.
Result:
Ave.:12.32 ; Median: 14.5 ;
| Grade | A (19-20) | A- (18-18.5) | B+ (17.5) | B (16.5-17) | B- (16) | C+ (15.5) | C (14.5-15) | C- (14) | D+ (13.5) | D (12.5-13) | D- (12) | F (< 12) |
| # of students | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Course Description ( Complete Syllabus )
Grading: There will be Five30-minute Quizzes counting 40% or 32% in all (The lowest one will be dropped). One Midterm counts 20% or 18%. The two-hour Final Exam will count 40% or 50% if it is better than the pre-final average.
Scales: 93-100 = A; 90-92 = A-; 87-89 = B+; 83-86 = B; 80-82 = B-; 77-79 = C+; 73-76 = C; 70-72 = C-; 67-69 = D+; 63-66 = D; 60-62 = D-; and below 60 = F.
Homework:
Homeworks will be regularly assigned and discussed in class. You are
expected to work on all of the homework problems assigned for each
topic. Although the homework is not counted in grading,
the quizzes and the final exam will consist of similar problems so
doing it is very essential.
Final Exam:
All students without legitimate conflicts must take the final exam at
the scheduled time. Contact the Registrar in the first two weeks of
classes if you have a time conflict or three finals in one day.
Attendance Policy:
Your regular attendance is expected. It is your responsibility to know
assignments and other class information including any changes to the
syllabus the instructor may make as they are announced in class.
Students are responsible to know about all information given, even when
they are absent. Feel free to use e-mail to ask me.
To talk to someone else:
If you have a concern about the course or the instructor that cannot be
resolved by speaking to the instructor, the next step is to speak with
the course coordinator, Prof. A. Iarrobino, (526 NI, x5524, a.iarrobino@neu.edu).
Tutoring: Free tutoring is available to all students at the Mathematics Tutorial Center, 540B Nightingale (x2328). All tutoring is done on a first come first served basis. Students must come in person to schedule appointments.