MATH 2250 Fall 2009

 

Class meetings

Period 04 (11:15-12:05 P.M.) MWF
Room 322Graduate Studies Building

Period 73 (11:00-12:15 P.M.)
Room 304 Graduate Studies Building

Instructor

Professor Leonard Chastkofsky

Office: 403 Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, (706) 542-2569

Email: lenny@math.uga.edu

Office Hours

MWF 1:45-2:30 P.M., or by appointment.

Academic Honesty Statement

The following is the university policy concerning academic integrity:

 All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.

Tests, homework, and grading

There will be 3 tests and a final exam. Homework will be assigned every day. It will be not be collected for grading, but there will be quizzes taken directly from the homework about once a week. Term tests count for 60% of the grade, quizzes 15%, and the final counts for 25%.  Your lowest test grade and lowest quiz grade will be dropped. If you miss a test for whatever reason, that test will be counted as your dropped test.

Text  University Calculus, by J. Haas, M. Weir, and G. Thomas, Pearson Education Inc., 2007,
ISBN 0-321-35014-6






Topics (Chapters 2-5 in text) Tangent lines and limits Continuity
The derivative
Differentiation rules
Maxima and minima
Derivatives of transcendental functions
Implicit differentiation and related rates
Linear approximation
Mean Value Theorem
Curve sketching
Antiderivatives
Indeterminate forms and L’Hopital’s Rule
Integration



Grading Quizzes
Hour Tests (3 tests) 
Final Exam		 15% of grade 
60 percent of grade 
25 percent of grade


 

The first test will be Tuesday, Sept.15.

Final Exam: Thurs., Dec. 10
12:00 - 3:00 pm
Room 322Graduate Studies Building