Math 122 Intuitive Calculus
Syllabus           Spring, 2000

Professor Caristi
Office: 224 Gellersen   Phone: 5342
e-mail: James.Caristi@valpo.edu

Class web page: http://www.valpo.edu/home/faculty/jcaristi/m122/HomePage.html

Office Hours : 2:00 daily. Other hours by appointment.

Grading: 3 exams @ 15% each  = 45
Final Exam  = 20 ** Thursday, May 11 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Homework, etc. = 35

Exam Dates

Exam 1: Thursday, Feb. 10
Exam 2: Thursday, March 23
Exam 3: Thursday, April 27

Final Exam: Thursday, May 11 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Help Sessions are held on Monday through Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in Urschel 111.

Honor Code Regulations:

Homework: anything or anybody is authorized aid, but you must have permission.
Take-home portions of exams: textbooks, your notes, calculators of any kind, computers, and the instructor are authorized aid. No other personal communication involving take-home problems is authorized.
In-class portions of exams and quizzes: authorized aid includes non-graphing calculators. No communication (except with the instructor) or use of calculators that can draw graphs or perform calculus is permitted. Textbook: Brief Calculus, for business, social sciences, and life sciences by Hughes-Hallett et al. We will be covering most of the text.

You will need a simple, scientific calculator (cost: approximately $10) – one that is not a graphics calculator. You may use this calculator at any time, including on exams. We will be using a computer algebra system in the lab on Mondays for much of the course. If you have a graphics calculator and wish to use it, you may for homework and take-home portions of the exams. But there is no reason to buy a graphing calculator if it's just going to be used for this course.

Please turn in homework at the beginning of class. Late homework will be accepted, subject to a penalty, up to the time that the corrected homework is returned to the class. If you are sick or have another valid excuse, please write a note explaining the circumstances at the top of your homework when you turn it in to avoid a penalty.

If you have to miss class for any reason, it is your responsibility to get notes from a classmate. If you are seriously ill, or have to leave campus for personal reasons, please be sure to contact the Dean of Students, who can inform all of your instructors concerning the circumstances and expected duration of your absence.

At the end of this course you should:

  1. Understand how the derivative is the quantification of change.
  2. Recognize definite integrals as they occur in various contexts.
  3. Be able to set up and solve practical problems that involve calculus techniques.
  4. Be comfortable with using a Computer Algebra System as an assistant: verifying conclusions, trying possibilities, getting ideas, developing comprehension, doing computations.
  5. Interpret functions of more than one variable from a calculus perspective.