MATH 2200, Differential Calculus –Syllabus

Instructor: Dr. Csilla Tamás, 526 Boyd Graduate Studies Bldg.
Call number: 04-411
Class meets: Tu/Th 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. , Tucker Hall 405

Book: Calculus -Early transcendentals version, Edwards - Penney, 6th edition
Prerequisites: working knowledge of algebra, geometry, precalculus .

How to reach me: (706) 542-2210
ctamas@math.uga.edu
Office hours (tentative): Mondays 4-5 p.m. , Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
                                          –or by appointment (email me)

Course information: http://www.math.uga.edu/~ctamas/teach/MA2200.html

Also on WebCT: http://webct.uga.edu

Course objective: acquire a fundamental working knowledge of the theory one variable differential calculus (derivatives), and apply this knowledge to problems on maximizing/minimizing and to sketching graphs of functions.

Class structure:

• Quizzes will be given weekly, most probably on Thursdays (except on exam weeks).
• Homework is assigned every class, will be collected the next class.
• There will be three midterm exams, approximately every 4 weeks. Tentative dates are:

• Thursday, February 6
• Thursday, March 6 or Tuesday, March 11
• Tuesday, April 15 or Thursday, April 17

• Final exam: Monday, May 5, 3:30 - 6:30 pm (scheduled by the university)

Grades: By the end of the semester you can accumulate a total of 600 points (100 for HW and quizzes combined, 100 for each midterm and 200 for the final). Your final letter grade will depend on the actual points you have. If you have 90%, you will have an A; if you have 80%, you will have at least a B; if you have 65%, you will have at least a C.

Attendance: You are required to attend all class sessions. An excessive number of absences might lead to you being dropped from the class.

Important: No late HW-s or make-up quizzes allowed. If you miss an exam, you can make it up only if you have a serious (and documented) excuse. The final is given when scheduled by the university and cannot be moved.

Academic honesty: You are responsible for knowing and respecting the University’s policy on academic honesty (see the webpage
http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/culture_honesty.htm ; in particular, look at sections 5 and 7 ). I encourage you to discuss HW
assignments (and math in general) with each other. However, you have to think and compute for yourself, and have to write up your own
answers to the assignments.

Grading policy: You must show your work in order to get credit (be it on HW-s, quizzes or exams). The way you obtain the answer is just as important as the answer itself. Notes, books, and calculators are not allowed on tests or quizzes.

Course topics: the concept of limit of a function, continuity, the derivative of a function, tangent line to a curve, antiderivatives, and applications to practical problems such as those involving maximizing quantities, related rates, and efficient methods of sketching approximate graphs of functions. We cover chapters 1,2,3,4, and sections 5.2 and 8.3 of Edwards-Penney.

Homework and Quiz grade distribution:

• Quizzes will be given weekly; the total grade for the quizzes will be prorated to 50 points.
• Homework will be assigned every class; there are three components to the HW:
• Problems assigned from the text: you are expected to work them out and turn your solutions in the next class period. This will be graded for completeness; the final grade will be prorated to 25 points.
• Selected HW problems that will be graded on correctness. They will be assigned separately.
• The True-False questions found on the CD-Rom for each section. You will need to turn them in after we finish the section; these serve more as a self-test (and practice problems for possible true-false questions on the quizzes and exams). You get 1 point for each set turned in.
• The grade for these last two components of the HW will be prorated to 25 points, thus bringing the total number of points you can get for your homework to 50 (=25+25).

Extra credit: From time to time, extra credit problems will be assigned, most of them from the “Concepts: Questions and discussion” section at the end of each chapter, as well as other similar questions. These problems may be somewhat more challenging than “regular” HW problems and will be graded on correctness. You will usually have 1-2 weeks from the date they were assigned to turn them in to get the credit for them.