Calculus MATH 140, Fall 2012

McGill University

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Exam viewings are currently being arranged for this course. To participate, you must enrol in one (and only one) of the viewings below. Click on the link to the Doodle Poll. Enter your student number, not your name. Choose your timeslot. Do not forget to click the save button. It is not enough just to show up at the viewing. In this case, your exam booklet will not be available.

• Viewing 1, Monday, January 21, 1 pm. to 4:30 pm. Burnside Hall Room 1021. Now closed. Note that someone booked the slot at 14: 20 but did not identify themselves. Please e-mail me to correct the situation.
• Viewing 2, Thursday, January 17, 1 pm. to 4:30 pm. Burnside Hall Room 1008. Now closed.

Course Outline

Prerequisite: High school calculus.

Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 120, MATH 139 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent. Not open to students who have taken MATH 122, MATH 130 or MATH 131 except by permission of the department of  Mathematics & Statistics.

Book: Stewart, Single Variable Calculus (Early Transcendentals Edition), Seventh Edition, Brooks Cole. The student solutions manual is strongly recommended. If you are planning to eventually take Calculus 3 (MATH 222) then buy the full calculus text : Stewart, Calculus (Early Transcendentals Edition), Seventh Edition, Brooks Cole.

Syllabus:

1. Review of functions and graphs.
2. Limits, continuity, derivative.
3. Differentiation of elementary functions.
4. Applications.
5. Antidifferentiation.

The syllabus is covered in chapter 1 thru 4 of the text. Note that the same book will be used if you decide to continue to take Calculus 2 (MATH 141).

Note: Students register for one lecture session and one tutorial session.

Diagnostic Test: This year, the Quebec election delays the second Tuesday/Thursday class to September 11 and it is doubtful whether the results could be processed before the add/drop dealine. Therefore, this year, the diagnostic test will be optional and offered as a self-assessment test. The diagnostic test is not for credit i.e. has no bearing on the mark you will get for the course. More information on course selection and the diagnostic test.

Assessment: Assessment for the course is based on the following:

• Exam: The final examination will be of 3 hours duration. There is no "additional work" option and the grade of incomplete will not be given. A supplemental exam will be available for eligible students. There will be a machine-scored component in the final examination. The written component will consist of short answer questions and full solution questions.
  
  • In a brief solution question, the student writes his/her answer in a box provided. The answer is marked either right or wrong depending on what is written in the box. There are no part marks for any paricular answer. Usually these questions have more than one answer box so that part marks can be obtained.
  • In a full solution question the student is expected to show all their work. Full marks will be given for a correct full solution. Part marks may be given for a partial solution.
    
• Assignments: There will be a number of assignments during the semester delivered on-line using the Webwork system. It is the student's responsibility to check the Webwork site from time to time to check for assignments to be completed. The instructor reserves the right to set written assignments.
• Quizzes: There will be three or four quizzes during the semester given in the tutorial sessions. The quizzes must be taken in the tutorial section in which the student is enrolled. For students who are unable to attend a quiz click here.

The assessment formula is 0.1 a + 0.2 q + 0.7 f where q  and  f  are percentage marks for the quizzes and final examination respectively. The quantity a is the adjusted assignment mark equal to the minimum of the percentage raw assignment mark and the percentage exam mark + 25. Note that there is no 100% final exam option in this course. If the student misses assignments or quizzes he/she cannot get 100% on the course.

Exam Viewing: The instructor reserves the right to set a specific time or times for  the purpose of exam viewing. If such times are set, they will be announced on the course webpage.

Note: In accord with McGill University's Charter of Students' Rights, students in this course have the right to submit in English or in French any written work that is to be graded.

Note: In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University's control, the content and/or evaluation scheme in this course is subject to change.

Academic Integrity: McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore, all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see http://www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/ for more information).

Assignment Plagiarism: Assignments must be done individually. You may not copy another person's work. Furthermore, you must not give a copy of your work to another student. If you do plagiarize your assignments, in all probability you will not get caught. However, do not lose sight of the fact that you need to do the assignments yourself in order to develop the skills you will need for the final exam. In reality, the only person you would be cheating would be yourself.