This is the first in a sequence of three calculus courses for science and engineering students. The goal is to prepare you to make use of calculus as a practical problem-solving tool.
Minimum ALEKS math placement score of 76 or Math 0200 with minimum grade of C.
The text for this course is James Stewart, Essential Calculus, Early Transcendentals, second edition.
Students may choose to use the first edition of the text, which may be available used at a lower cost. If you wish to do that, you should visit http://calculus.math.pitt.edu and click the Textbook information link.
Each Monday you will meet at 7:20pm–8:10pm in the Calculus/Engineering Computer Lab in Posvar Hall (WPPH 1200A). In the lab, you will work individually on problem solving skills, using computer generated problems. Your TA will be available to help if you get stuck, but your are expected to solve all problems yourself.
You may not complete all of your work during the scheduled lab sessions, in which case you are expected to complete it on your own. You will be able to work on your lab problems from any computer with an Internet connection and a web browser.
On Wednesdays at 7:20pm–8:10pm you will meet with your TA in a classroom (without computers) to go over problems related to the material covered the previous week and to take a short quiz.
Make-up midterm exams can only be given in extreme circumstances. If you miss the final exam for a serious documented reason, you may apply for a grade of incomplete.
You will be provided a list of practice problems from the textbook. You are expected to solve these problems, although they will not be collected and graded. Exam and quiz problems will often be modeled on these problems.
Your course grade will be determined as follows:
The precise course schedule will be given later. You may follow http://calculus.math.pitt.edu/syllabi/0220schedule.html for an approximate schedule (from which we will deviate slightly).
Your final grade will not exceed your final exam grade by more than one letter grade.
Walk in tutoring is available in the Calculus/Engineering Lab and in the Math Assistance Center (MAC) on the second floor of the O'Hara
Student Center. Tutoring hours will be posted outside the lab and the MAC,
as well as on the web at
MAC
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Lab
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Calculus home page
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You should go the Calculus/Engineering Lab for help with computer work, and to the MAC for assistance with pencil and paper work.
In addition to the textbook, you will need at least a scientific calculator. Any calculator with logarithms, exponentials, and trigonometric functions will do. Programmability is desirable but not essential. A graphing calculator, such as the TI83 or TI86, can be used.
As a University of Pittsburgh student, you should already have a Pitt computer account. You will need to know your username and password to access the computer resources in the lab.
If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Office of Disability Resources and Services, 140 William Pitt Union, 412-648-7890 as early as possible in the term.
Cheating/plagiarism will not be tolerated. Students suspected of violating the University of Pittsburgh Policy on Academic Integrity will incur a minimum sanction of a zero score for the quiz, exam or paper in question. Additional sanctions may be imposed, depending on the severity of the infraction.