Syllabus for: MAT 212  Brief Calculus

Glendale Community College
Fall 2008,  Section #33276, 10:00 -10:50 am,  MWF,  Room: MA-103


Instructor:  Tom Foley, Ph.D.(call me Tom,  Dr. Tom,  Dr. Foley or Hey You!, but not Mr. Foley)
  • Tom's Web Home Page -- http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~tfoley
  • Office: MA-195 (Math building)
  • Phone: (623) 845-3652
  • Email: tom.foley@gcmail.maricopa.edu
  • Office Hours:   MWF 8:00 - 8:50am;  TR 9:00 - 9:50am;  by email anytime;  in the Math Solution Tuesday 2 to 3pm;  or by appointment if the office hours don't work
Catalog Course Description: An intro to the theory, techniques and applications of the differential and integral calculus of elementary functions with problems of interest to students in business and the social sciences.
Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in MAT150, or MAT151, or MAT152, or equivalent, or satisfactory score on District placement exam.
Required Text:  "Finite Math & Calculus with Applications," by Lial, Greenwell & Ritchey, 8th ed., 2009.
The solutions manual is optional.
A graphing calculator is optional.
Course Content:
  • 1.1, 10.1, 10.4, 10.5 Quick review of lines, functions, exponential functions, logarithms
  • Chapter 11: Limits, Rate of Change, Derivatives
  • Chapter 12: Derivative methods, products, quotients, Chain Rule, exponentials, logarithms
  • Chapter 13: Graphs, increasing, decreasing, second derivatives, concavity, acceleration
  • Chapter 14: Applications, optimization problems, implicit differentiation, related rates
  • Chapter 15: Integration, antiderivatives, substitution, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, areas
  • Chapter 16: Integration tables, average values, money flow, improper integrals
Course Objectives: Learn the material listed above, see meaningful applications, communicate with others, be able to communicate witg math in the future, improve problem solving and critical thinking skills, have some fun.  We are in this thing together, so success depends upon your participation and attitude.  District objectives at the web site http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/cgi-bin/cpr.pl?trm=20072&crs=mat212&inst=99
Exams:  There will be 4 exams worth 100 points each. Schedule for the hourly exams: 
  • Friday, September 19
  • Friday, October 17
  • Friday, November 14
  • Wednesday, December 19,  final exam 10:00 - 11:50am
Missed exams:  There will be no make-up exams, unless I approve of your situation prior to the scheduled exam.  Contact me immediately (on the day of the exam) by phone or email if you miss an exam, and give me a phone number so that I can contact you.

 
Homework: Many problems of all sections will be required. These will be collected on exam days and they will be worth a total of 40 points.  These should be neatly done (showing important steps) on loose leaf paper with your name on it. If you do not show any work, you don't get any points.  Mathematics is not a spectator sport, doing the homework is important. It is essential that you keep up with your homework.  Homework Assignments are on the web at http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~tfoley/classes/homework212.htm
Grading: 90 - 100% A, 80 - 89.9% B, 70 - 79.9% C, 60 - 69.9% D, below 60% F

Total points (440): 4 Exams = 400 pts,    Homework = 40 pts
VIP Resource:  "The Math Solution" offers free drop-in tutoring to all GCC math students at the North end of the new Math building (MA).  This is a super resource which includes faculty and student tutors, who are there to help you as you work on your homework. Use it!   They are open from 8 am to 8:30 pm on MTWR,   8 am to 4 pm on Friday, and  10am to 2pm on Saturday.  I will be there Tuesday 2-3pm.
Withdrawal/Attendance: Attendance is critical to success in this class.  If a student misses 3 classes, the student may be withdrawn from the course by the instructor. Please contact me if you are going to miss a few classes. If you work with me, I'll try to work with you.  It is the responsibility of the student to make sure that they have been withdrawn from the class.  If you miss a class, please read over the next couple of sections in the book and try to do some of the homework problems.  In addition, get notes from a fellow student and/or get some help in the Math Solution.  In most cases in a math class, if you do not understand one section, then it is very likely you will not understand the next section, thus you could have trouble with many subsequent sections.  It is extremely important that you attend class and keep up with the homework.  If you have trouble with some material, get help as soon as you can.
  • It is the responsibility of the student for the information in this syllabus, together with the policies in the GCC college catalog and the GCC student handbook
  • Course content and policies may vary, with notice, according to the needs and circumstances of the class.
  • Any student is welcome to meet with me to discuss reasonable accommodations for a disability.  Please contact the Disability Services office at GCC in room TDS-100 if you have additional questions.
  • Audio/video taping of class material is not permitted without written permission from the instructor.
  • Mobile phones, games, and music players should be turned off.  Computers should be turned off if they are not part of the class.
  • Cheating will result in a failing grade for the course and removal from class.  If caught cheating, no sniveling is allowed!
  • Note: These True Type fonts are represented by a set of third degree polynomials that are pieced together.

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