Welcome to Calculus 1. The
purpose
of this page is to make certain resources available and keep you
up to date with everything going
on in the course.
** REMINDER: If you're having trouble with the
course,
there are video clips available
on which
many
typical problems are presented and explained. It's worth taking a look
at if you
feel the
need.
They are available here
and may also be available on CD in the bookstore.
Our final exam, which is required for
everyone, will be held on Thursday, May 17 from 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
in
WEST HALL AUDITORIUM.
No calculators or other electronic devices are permitted in the exam.
Prof. Schmidt will have office hours
at the following times in Amos Eaton 408:
Thursday, May 10, 11 AM - 12 PM
Monday, May 14, 11 AM - 12 PM
Wednesday, May 16, 4 - 5 PM
Joe Pedersen will have office hours
from 1 - 2 PM on Wednesday, May 9th and Wednesday, May 16th.
Approximately 80 %
of the final exam will consist of problems
similar to those appearing on our first four exams. The remaining 20%
will
not necessarily be similar to any of the homework problems.
The final exam will consist of three parts:
The first part
will consist of 10 problems worth 5 points each. You will have to
solve all of these problems.
The second
part will consist of 5 problems worth 10 points each. You will have to
solve 4 of these 5 problems.
You will need to
indicate on the front of the exam which problem you do not want graded.
The third part will consist of 5 skills problems worth 2 points each.
You will have to solve all 5. These problems will be
graded on a no
partial credit basis.
Thus, the final exam is worth 100 points.
The exam
will potentially
cover material from the sections summarized below:
Absolute Values and Inequalities (Appendix 1)
Functions and
Basic Graphing Techniques (1.1, 1.2)
Trigonometry
Review (1.3)
Exponential Functions (1.5)
Inverse Functions, Inverse Trig Functions, Logarithmic Functions (1.6)
Office Hours Information:
Prof. Schmidt's Office Hours (in Amos Eaton 408): Monday 3 - 4 PM, Wednesday 3 - 4 PM, Thursday 9 - 10 AM
Recitation Instructor Office Hours:
Richard Lee: W 1-1:50, R 3-3:50, F
12-12:50 in Amos Eaton 317
Mike McClure: W 11 AM -12 PM in Amos Eaton 433
Joe Pedersen: T 8-9 AM in Amos Eaton 433
General Resources for Calculus:
This web
page
collects many helpful resources, including information about
Supplementary
Resources,
on-line video clips and much, much more!
Resources Specific to our class:
Resources for Calculus Skills Problem Set:
The Calculus Skills Problem
Set
is a set of problems designed to test your ability to carry out the
basic
computations
from Calculus accurately.
Throughout
the semester you will be tested (during quizzes and the final exam) on
algorithmically generated
versions
of these problems.
These problems will always be
graded
with no partial credit, and will account for approximately 20 % of
the course grade.
The Calculus Skills home
page
is here. This
page
contains much important information
pertaining to the Calculus skills problem set,
including
rules pertaining to how the problems will be graded
and academic integrity guidelines. It also
contains a list of all the calculus
skills problems and resources for practicing
different
versions of them.
MAPLE Resources:
MAPLE
Files This is a series of tutorial files explaining how
MAPLE can be used to perform different pre-Calculus
and Calculus tasks. MAPLE (or a graphing calculator) may be handy now
and
then if you need to
quickly sketch a graph or solve an equation, although neither resource
may be used on exams and
quizzes.