Instructor: Dr. Shidong Li
Office: TH 929
Phone: 338-1481 Email: shidong@math.sfsu.edu
Office Hours: M, W 11:10- 12:00, or by appointment.
Prerequisite: C or better in Math 107 or Math 109 or equivalent
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Text: CALCULUS Early Transcendentals, by James Stewart, 5th Edition.
Chapter
Topics
0
Review of lines and preview of calculus
1
Functions (omit 1.4; 1.6 will be covered when we need it in Chapter
3.)
2
Limits and derivatives
3
Differentiation rules
4
Applications of differentiation (omit 4.6; 4.7 is optional if time
permits)
5
Integrals: 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3
Grading:
| Homework | 15% |
| Weekly quizzes | 25% |
| Mid-term (tentatively 10/25 (Monday)) | 30% |
| Final Exam (12/14 Tuesday for 12:10 class: 10:45-1:15; and 12/17 Friday for 9:10 class: 8:00-10:30) | 30% |
Pay attention to Fall's calendar and deadlines
Exam/Quiz policy: There will be generally 1 quizzes every
Monday with an exception
on exam weeks. Quizzes are based on homework and lectures of
the previous week.
No make-up quiz will be allowed. 2 lowest quiz grades will
be dropped from the
course grade. Make-up exams may be allowed only if you
have verifiable and
compelling reason(s). In this case, the student should notify
the instructor prior to the exam.
Such a notification can be done through email.
Homework
Policy: Homework will be assigned on each lecture, and it is due every
Monday. Graded homewok will be returned to you on Friday.
The quiz for the following
Monday will be based on the last homework (that you got back on the
previous Friday).
You should expect to spend a minimum of 2-3 hours on each assignment.
The assigned problems
prepare you minimally for the exams. Doing homework promptly is
by far the most important
activity you will be engaged in and the best predictor of your
success in this course.
Working in a group on homeworks (to help each other) is strongly
encouraged! Homework should show
sufficient steps for your solutions.