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Math 106Q Spring 2006 |
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Mathematics 106Q Spring 2006
Syllabus
for
Calculus for Business & Economics
Course Home Page: http://www.math.uconn.edu/~dgross/math106s06
Text: Calculus, Applications and
Technology, 3rd edition, by Edmond Tomastik,
Brooks/Cole Publishing
Preparation: It is highly recommended you have a good
background in algebra and non-integer arithmetic.
Note
on the calendar: There are no classes
from Monday, March 6 through Friday March 10 for Spring Break. Friday, April 28
is the last day of classes. Our Final Exam will be on Wednesday, May 3 at 10:30
am.
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Grading: |
Two exams (27% each) |
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Homework,
Quizzes, Worksheets (10%) |
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Final Exam (36%) |
Syllabus: The course will cover most of chapters 1 and 3 through 6, and a little of
chapter 7. Anticipated coverage of the text, subject to change, is as follows:
Covered on Exam I: 1.1, A6, A7, 1.2, 1.4, 1.3, 1.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Covered on Exam II: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5,
5.6, 5.8
Covered on Final Exam: all the above and 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7.2, 6.6,
6.7, 7.4
Goals: The goal for the semester is to learn, understand and be able to
work with the main ideas of differential and integral calculus, including
limits, continuity, differentiation, integration and various applications of
the derivative and the integral. This does not only mean that you should be
able to work through a bunch of problems similar to ones seen in the homework.
But that you should have the ability to articulate the
ideas presented in the course in a clear and coherent manner as well. You
should also be able to apply the theory in new and imaginative ways as it pertains business and economics.
Expectations: I expect you to do most of your learning outside of the
classroom. You should expect to spend 5-8 hours a week studying and working on
calculus outside of class. Mathematics, like most subjects, is
learned by doing it. We will not have time in class for you to do a lot
of mathematics yourself. However, I do expect you to come to class and
participate actively in class discussions. If you must miss a class, I expect
you to find out what happened, either from your instructor or one of your
classmates. You are responsible for everything that goes on in class.
Homework: As the name suggests, homework
is work to be done outside of class. We will not
devote much class time to discussing homework problems. Please feel free to see
your instructor or any of the other instructors to obtain assistance; their
office hours are posted online. You are encouraged to
work with other students on the homework. It would be a mistake to skip the
homework, because no skill (in mathematics, foreign language, athletics, and so
on) can be learned by passive involvement, but only by
regular practice.
Resourses: The
Q-Center offers peer
tutoring services at the main center in the
Graded
Work: The exams are
tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, February 14 and Thursday, March 30
during class. The final exam will be on Wednesday, May 3 at
10:30 am will be comprehensive (room to be announced). There will be
quizzes scattered throughout the semester (generally every week there’s not an exam). All quizzes and exams will be
closed notes and closed book. There will be no makeup’s for
missed work; an unexcused absence will be given a grade of 0,
and an excused absence (and there are very few reasons for excusing a missed
exam) may be replaced by the corresponding section of the final exam. The
instructor or coordinator should be notified before missing any exam or quiz if
at all possible and immediately thereafter when not
possible. The coordinator will determine if the absence from an exam will be excused. The contact information for all instructors
can be found on the class home page , the
department’s general number is 860-486-3932.
There
will be a curve used at the end of the semester in determining grades. To
account for differences in the quizzes, homework and worksheets given in
different sections, the curve will be based on the two
midsemester exams and the final exam. Using the
weighted average of these, a curve will be determined – this curve will be influenced mostly by the coordinator’s expectation
of your performance as well as the class’ performance as a whole. This
curve will be used to determine the number of A’s, B’s, C’s, etc that each section will be allotted. The
quizzes will then be averaged in and the resulting
grades will be assigned letter grades according to the allotment for that
section. Thus, the 10% of the grade coming from the quizzes, homework and
worksheets assigned in your section will affect only your standing in your
particular section, but will not effect the allotment of A’s, B’s,
C’s etc for your section.
Calculators
are more than welcome; indeed, they are necessary for some of the work. The
following policy holds for any calculator used on any graded work.
Calculators: We will be making frequent use of the TI-83 graphing
calculator in class. You will need to bring a TI graphing calculator (either 82,83,85 or 86) to class each time. You will be able to use
and for some questions, you will need to use, your calculator on the exams,
quizzes and the final. If you already have another graphing calculator, see me
to see if you can use it in this class.
Departmental Calculator Policy: Calculators that can perform symbolic operations or
store symbolic formulas (such as the HP 28 or 48 or TI-92 or 89) are not allowed,
even if all programs are erased before the exam begins. If you bring a
calculator to the exam, make sure it does not do alphanumeric manipulation. The
instructor may randomly ask for calculators and check programs stored in
memory. No alphanumeric formulas stored as programs are allowable. Discovery of
such material will result in confiscation of the exam paper of the person using
that calculator, and assignment of a grade of 0 for
the exam.
Course Policy on Academic Integrity: A fundamental tenet of all educational institutions
is academic honesty; academic work depends upon respect for and acknowledgment
of the work and ideas of others. Misrepresenting someone else's work as one's own is a serious offense in any academic
setting and it will not be condoned.
Academic misconduct
includes, but is not limited to, providing or receiving assistance in a manner
not authorized by the instructor in the creation of work to be submitted for
academic evaluation (e.g. papers, projects, examinations and assessments - whether
online or in class); presenting, as one's own, the ideas, words or calculations
of another for academic evaluation; doing unauthorized academic work for which
another person will receive credit or be evaluated; using unauthorized aids in
preparing work for evaluation (e.g. unauthorized formula sheets, unauthorized
calculators, unauthorized programs or
formulas loaded into your calculator, etc.); and presenting the same or
substantially the same papers or projects in two or more courses without the
explicit permission of the instructors involved.
A student who knowingly assists another
student in committing an act of academic misconduct shall be equally
accountable for the violation, and shall be subject to the sanctions and other
remedies described in The Student Code.
Sanctions shall include, but are not limited
to, a letter sent to the Dean of Students of the University; a grade of 0 on the assignment, quiz or exam; a grade of F for the
course.
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Homework Assignments |
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Section |
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Suggested Exercises |
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1.1 |
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18/ 1,3,5,7,11-31 odd, 35,37,43-55 odd, 65,77,96,98 |
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A6 |
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636/ 2,4,10,12,26,31,36,42 |
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A7 |
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650/ 2,6,19,23 |
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1.2 |
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41/ 1,3,5,7,13,17,19,31,33,35,37,39,40 |
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1.4 |
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75/ 1,3,9,15,17,19,21,23,25,31 |
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1.3 |
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67/ 1,3,5,9-39 odd, 43,45,47,55,57,59,61,65 |
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1.5 |
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89/ 1-43 odd, 49,53,55,57 |
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3.1 |
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157/ 1-6,9,11,13,15,17,21,23,27,29,31,33,35,39,43,47,49 |
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3.2 |
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179/ 1,3,9,11,13,19,23,27,33,35,39 |
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3.3 |
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198/ 3,5,9,13(3,5),17,19,21,23,27-32,36,37,39,43 |
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3.4 |
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211/ 1,3,5,7,9,11,25,27,29 |
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Feb. 14 |
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Exam 1 |
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4.1 |
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239/ 1,3,5,9,11,15,21,23,27,35,37,39,43,45,55,61,63,65,67,71,73,75 |
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4.2 |
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251/ 3,5,9,11,17,21,23,25,27,33,35 |
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4.3 |
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262/ 1,3,9,11,13,19,27,29,33 |
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4.4 |
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271/ 1,3,5,7,9,15,17,21,31,33,35,39,43,47,53,55,57,61 |
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4.5 |
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283/ 1,7,11,13,15,17,21 |
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5.1 |
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307/ 9,11,15,21,23,25,29,35,51 |
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5.2 |
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323/ 1,3,7,9,13-31 odd, 41,45,49,51,78,80,81 |
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5.3 |
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339/ 1,3,5,9,11,17 |
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5.4 |
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347/1,3,11,13,17,29,35 |
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5.5 |
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356/ 1-17 odd, 29 |
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5.6 |
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367/ 1,3,5,7,9,13,15 |
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5.8 |
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385/ 1,3,5,9,13,15,17,21,23,37,39,43 |
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Mar. 30 |
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Exam 2 |
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6.1 |
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406/ 1,3,5,7,11,15,21,25,29,31,35,39,43,45 |
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6.2 |
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414/ 1,3,5,9,11,13,21,25,27,37,39 |
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6.3 |
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429/ 3,4,5,9,17,19,21 |
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6.4 |
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444/ 13,15,17,23,25,27,29,37,43,47 |
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6.5 |
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457/ 1,3,5,9,13,15,17,19,21,23,35,37,39,41,64 |
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7.2 |
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498/ 1,5,9,11,15,19,21,23 |
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6.6 |
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469/ 1,5,9,11,15,19,23,25,31,33,35,41,55,59,61 |
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6.7 |
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481/ 1,5,7,9,13,15,17,21,23,25 |
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7.4 |
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517/ 1,3,7,10,13,31,33,37 |
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May 3 |
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Final Exam |
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