Mathematics 170

Calculus I

Instructor: Stefan Geschke
E-mail: geschke at math.boisestate.edu
Office: MG 236C
Office Hours: MTWF 11.40-12.30 and by appointment.

Lecture:

MTWF 1:40-2:30 in MG 108

Lectures are optional. Attendance will not be taken. Students are, however, responsible for any material or information presented in lectures which is not available from other sources.

Grading

Homework Assignments	20%
3 Exams	15% each
1 Final Exam	35%

Exams

Exam dates are September 19, October 20, and November 15. The final is December 13 at 1:00 in the classroom.

The final exams are scheduled so that conflicts are avoided. This does not mean that students cannot have multiple exams on the same day.

No books, notes, or calculators are allowed on the exams. Nothing more than a pen or pencil and some paper.

Syllabi

Generic Syllabus

Specific Syllabus

There is a choice of texts for this course. Which one you should buy is determined by how much calculus your major requires. If you need one or two semesters of calculus, you should get the single variable text
James Stewart,
Single Variable Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Fifth Edition
Brooks/Cole(2003) ISBN 0-534-39330-6 If your major requires three semester of calculus, you should get
James Stewart,
Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Fifth Edition,
Brooks/Cole(2003) ISBN 0-534-39321-7 (If you choose the single variable book now to save $20.00, and find you need three semesters of calculus, the multivariable part is available as a separate text for $100.) These books are considerably cheaper if you order from England, even paying for the shipping. Amazon.com.uk is one source.

The course will cover Chapter 1 to 5 of the books.

Some of the homework that is assigned is not to be handed in. The homework that is required to be handed in will not all be graded, but some problems, usually three, will be. Most of the problems on the tests will be taken from the text, and most of those will be taken from the assigned problems.

Announcements

Emily Perri is the ALF for this course. She can be reached on Monday from 9.00 to 11.30 in Room 119 in the math-building and on Wednesday from 4.00 to 5.30 in the Multi Purpose Building in Room 408.

Here is some material that might help to prepare for the first exam.

Here is some material that might help to prepare for the second exam.

Here are the solutions for the second exam.

Here is some material that might help to prepare for the final exam, which takes place on Wednesday from 1:00 to 3:00pm.

Homework

Some of the homework that is assigned is not to be turned in for a grade, but you are responsible for it regardless. These and the graded problems will be considered fertile territory for exam questions, indeed, at least half the value of the points on any exam will be taken from these problems. Moreover, they may be useful in finding the solutions to the graded problems, especially in subsequent sections.

Homework must be neat and properly presented. If your handwriting is poor, use TeX or something else to present your work.

Every assignment is to be completed by you. You may work with others from the class on the material and you may consult other resources, but what you hand in for a grade must be your own work.