MATH 1410: Calculus for biological sciences- Spring 2021- MWF 2pm - 2:50pm
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Course Description and Course Learning Objectives: Fundamental concepts and techniques of differential and integral calculus, logarithms, exponential and trigonometric functions, examples and applications from biology and medicine. Learning Outcomes for the Knowledge Area of Mathematical Reasoning::Learning Outcomes for the Knowledge Area of Mathematical Reasoning: 1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the mathematical sciences in describing the world. 2. Analyze quantitative information symbolically, graphically, numerically, and verbally for the purpose of solving problems or drawing conclusions. 3. Construct logical arguments in support of mathematical assertions.Prerequisites:MATH 1100 or equivalent. Equivalent is three years of college preparatory mathematics. Textbook:Hughes–Hallett et al, Calculus: Applied Calculus 5th edition, Wiley 2014. Any additional material will be shared via Marquette University’s Course Management System (https://d2l.mu.edu/).
The students are expected to read the text before attending the class. It will help the students master the material. Any sections/parts of sections that are not required from Chapters 1-6 will be stated in class. I encourage all students to read prior to class to help them solidify the material during class. Also, they should review the previous day(s) material prior to a new lecture. Any additional material will be shared via Marquette University’s Course Management System (https://d2l.mu.edu/). Some notes will be shared for the course. These notes should only be used as a supplement and not as an alternative to your personal notes. The instructor will help you to understand the material taught in the lectures and will also help you by doing some review problems before the exams. It is very important that you practice these examples. Calculators:No calculators on quizzes or exams. Note that future courses may require calculators, and you may use them on some homework problems.Exams:There will be two midterm exams and a final exam:
Your final grade will be determined as follows:
Total score= 0.2*quiz score+0.25* exam1 score+0.25*exam2 sore+ 0.3*final exam score. The expected minimum final score is 94%, for an A, 90% for an A-, 86% for B+, 82% for a B, 78% for a B-, 74% for a C+, 70% for a C, 66% for a C-, 62% for a D+, 58 % for a D, and in the range 0-57.9% for an F. Grades for assignments and exams will be posted on D2L. Please check your recorded grades regularly to monitor your progress in the course and to ensure accuracy of recorded grades. will be assigned but will not be graded. I strongly recommend neatly writing up solutions to the homework and saving these solutions. These solutions will be a valuable resource when you come to office hours or review for an exam. Problems like the homework will appear on quizzes and exams. In order to master the material of the course, it is key that you do your homework. You should make every effort to solve the assigned problems using the concepts learned from the lectures and readings. If you have not practiced the techniques within the homework problems, you will have serious difficulties to work problems on exams. I recommend you to focus working on Below is the list below of the homework problems from the textbook: For Chapter 1: Pbs: 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 25 pages4-7 from section 1.1 pbs: 1-4, 9, 10, 14, 19 pages 12-14 from section 1.2 pbs: 1-4, 7, 8, 9,15, 16, 17, 19, 27, 34 from section 1.3 pbs: 1-4, 7-9, 15-17, 19, 27, 34 pbs: 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 18, 19,29 from section 1.5 pbs: 1-16, 21-28, 29-30 from section 1.6 pbs: 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 27, 33 pages 57-60 from section 1.7 pbs: 1-4, 7-8, 12, 20-21, 37-38 from section 1.8 pbs: 1-12, 18, 25 pages 69-70 from section 1.9 pbs: 1-6, 9-10, 16, 18, 20, 24 pages 76-77 from section 1.10 - For chapter2 : Pbs: 4,8, 17, 18 pages 95-97 Pbs: 7,12, 13, 24, 25 from the section 2.2 Pbs: 17, 16, 22, 23, 48, 51 from section 2.3 Pbs: 1, 2, 4, 10, 18, 20 pages 115-117 from the section 2.4 - For chapter 3: Pbs: 4, 6, 8, 13, 18, 20, 25, 30, 51, 62 from section 3.1 Pbs: 2,3,4,5,6,7,9, 10, 12, 18, 26, 40, 46, 44, 45, 38 page 148-149 from section 3.2 Pbs: 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 28, 29, 34 page 155 from section 3.3 Pbs: 3, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 34, 41, page 160 from section 3.4 Pbs : 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25 page 164 from section 3.5 other problems 6,7, 9, 13, 17, 21, 23, 26, 25, 28, 32, 37, 43, 42, 47, 48 page 165 - For the homework problems of chapter 4,5 and 6, I recommend you work the following: 14-15 page 220; 1,8 page 225-226 ; 2,3,5,7 pages 246-247 10, 12, 15 page 254; 6,11,13,19 pages 258-259; 24, 35,36,37 pages 265-267 2,14,15 pages 270-271; 5,6,7,8,9,21,23,24 pages 294-296 1,2,3, 14, 16, 18, 25, 26, 31, 38, 50, 52, 62, 73, 69, 74 page 301 1,2,3,5,6,7, 14, 16, 20, 29 page 305; 1,3,4, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20 page 323 4,5,6, 10, 15, 20, 22, 25, 29, 37, 38, 40 page 324-325. Online quizzes will make up 20% of your final grade. We will generally have one or two online quizzes for each chapter which will be posted on D2L. There will be no make-up quizzes unless for sudden medical emergencies until proven. The lowest quiz score (including any ‘0’ for absences) will be dropped. Unless explicitly stated, calculators and notes will not be allowed on quizzes. There will be two in–class exams: Exam 1 will be given on Friday 03/05/2021, exam 2 will be given on Friday 04/16/2021 and each exam is counted 25% toward the final grade. There will be no makeup exams unless for sudden medical emergencies. There will be a comprehensive final exam grade will be counted as 30% of your final grade. The final exam will be on 05/12/2021 from 10:30AM - 12:30PM. Exam 1 date: Friday, 03/05/2021 Exam 2 date: Friday, 04/16/2021 Final exam date: 05/12/2021 from 10:30AM - 12:30PM. Classes resume: Jan 25, 2021 Classes end: May 8, 2021 Our class meets remotely on MWF, 2:00pm–2:50 p.m. Attendance is required and will be recorded. Attendance is essential to succeed in this course. Missing class almost always results in poorer performance on exams and homework. By attending lectures you will get a sense of what I consider important and that should help you know what to focus on when you study for the exams. You are responsible for lecture notes, any course material is posted on D2L, and announcements are made during class. You are expected to attend class on time with the appropriate lecture notes for the class, having completed the assigned reading for the current lecture and assigned problems for the previous lecture. You are expected to stay through the entire lecture, be prepared to ask questions, and be willing to learn mathematics. If you have a good reason to miss a class, please inform the instructor as soon as possible (preferably via email) to mitigate penalties. The university attendance policy considers more than 6 absences in a 3-credit course to be excessive. With 7 absences you may be dropped from the class. Note that with very few exceptions, the University does not make a distinction between excused and unexcused absences. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to obtain and learn the material you missed. In the event that you miss a class you should get the material you missed (e.g., from another student) and make an attempt to learn it yourself (or with a tutor). I will also be happy to answer your questions about the missed class. The attendance policy of this course follows the College of Arts and Sciences policy in the Undergraduate Bulletin. - Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 - Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Class participation and active learning are important aspects of this class, so your engagement is critical to your success regardless of modality/delivery. However, I understand that sometimes you must miss examinations or other academic obligations affecting your grades because of illness, personal crises, and other emergencies. As long as such absences are not excessive (no more than a total of 8 absences per semester), I will work with you as best I can to help you succeed in the course. Please contact me as soon as possible when such absences arise so we can make arrangements to get you caught up. This policy will not apply in the case on non-emergency absences. All students who participate in class will receive extra credit points for (correctly) answering specific extra credit questions. Do not miss this opportunity to improve your grade. To be successful in this course, you will need to have foundational experience with D2L, the University’s Learning Management System, and the videoconferencing tool Microsoft Teams. If you’re not familiar with these technologies, review the D2L Student Help resources and Students Use Microsoft Teams for online/live classes webpage. I recommend you also visit the Technology for Remote Learning webpage for information on the technology you will need to be successful. For general questions about technology, contact the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@mu.edu or 414-288-7799. High standards of personal conduct and consideration of others are required in order to create a classroom climate conductive to learning. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Norms for classroom conduct are based on respect for the instructor and the fellow students. Behavior such as texting, updating social media, playing games, or otherwise distracting fellow students is inappropriate. It is your responsibility to keep abreast of the course, to master the material covered, and to take the initiative for getting the help you need. You are encouraged to obtain help from the course instructor. However, if you miss a class, you are responsible for the missed materials. The MUSC Tutorial Program offers tutorial. For more information see the MUSG website at http://www.mu.edu/oses/ . If you have a disability and require accommodations, please contact me early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Office of Disability Services. If you are unsure of what you need to qualify for services, visit the Office of Disability Service's website or call the Office of Disability Services at 414-288-1645. The office of Disability Services is also prepared to help students process accommodation requests based on medical or personal needs related to COVID-19. Please contact ODS@marquette.edu as soon as possible if you feel you may need to explore modifications related to a disability or COVID-19, even if that need may not be immediate. Marquette University’s policy on email: “E-mail is an appropriate and preferred method for official communication by Marquette with students unless otherwise prohibited by law. The university has the right to send official communication to students by e-mail with the assumption that students will receive, read and, if necessary, act in a timely manner based upon these e-mails.” If I need to contact you outside of class, I will use your Marquette email address, and expect that you will read and respond to this communication in a timely manner. Additionally, please recognize standard email etiquette. Initial emails to me should contain (minimally) a subject, greeting and closing. I will attempt to respond to students within 24 hours. If you have not received a reply from me within 24 hours, please resend the email. Since this is a fully online course, your communications with me and other students are critical to your learning experience. Please be respectful to others as you communicate. In addition to Netiquette at Marquette policy, I would like to ask you to be cautious of dominating any discussion, keep an open mind and be sure to proof read and edit prior to publishing anything to D2L. This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor to accommodate instructional and/or student needs. Such change will be announced to the class at the appropriate time. |
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The table below lists the main textbook sections and topics to be covered in class.
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1.1 What is a Function? |
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2.1 Instantaneous Rate of Change |
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3.1 Derivative Formulas for Powers & Polynomials |
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4.1 Local Maxima and Minima |
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5.1 Distance and Accumulated Change |
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6.1 Analyzing Antiderivatives |
Supplement notes and slides:1- Slides for chapter1: Slide1 Slide2 Slide3 Slide4 Slide5 Slide6 Slide7 Slide8 Slide9 Slide10 Slide11 Slide12 Slide13 Slide14 Slide15 Slide16 Slide17 Slide18 Slide19 Slide20 Announcements: |
Mon, Jan 25: Welcome to Math 5510! I wish you all the best for this spring term. |