Instructor and TA's
Florin Spinu. email: fspinu ++ at ++ math.jhu.edu
Nicholas Marshburn. email: marshbur ++ at ++ math.jhu.edu
Jin-Cheng Jiang. email: jiang ++ at ++ math.jhu.edu
Office Hours (walk-in): W 2-4 pm, Krieger 301 (Check the website for additional office hours.)
Course website: http://www.math.jhu.edu/~fspinu/108.html
Lecture I: MTW 10-11 am, Shaffer 301. Lecture II: MTW 11-noon, Shaffer 301.
Sections
Textbook: James Stewart, Single Variable Essential Calculus, Thomson, Brooks/Cole, 2007. (Chapters 1-5)
Course Description.
Fundamental notions and techniques of calculus. Limits, derivatives and integrals. Theory and applications.
Exams
First midterm: Wednesday, October 10, in class.
Second Midterm: Wednesday, Nov 14, in class.
Final exam: Thursday, Dec 13, 9-12 Noon. Location TBA.
Grading
Your final grade takes is a combination of your homework and exam grades, weighted as follows
Homework= 20%, First Midterm= 20%, Second Midterm=25%, Final Exam= 35%
Exam policy
Exams are closed book, closed notes, no calculators. There will be no make-up exams. If an exam is missed with a valid excuse, the grade for that exam will be a weighted average of the grades obtained on subsequent exams. The grade for an unexcused exam will be a zero. The instructor decides wether a certain excuse is valid or not (in case of health reasons, a doctor's note will be necessary).
If you need special arrangements for the exam, you must notify the instructor in writing at least two weeks in advance.
Homework
Homework is posted online after each lecture and is due on Monday, next week. It is your responsibility to check the course website regularly for updated information. The homework is to be handed in person, at the beginning of the lecture. No late homework is accepted. If you cannot turn in the homework on Monday, make arrangements to bring it to Krieger 301 before that day.
Expectations
Keep up with the work on a daily basis. Understand the concepts (definitions, theorems) before you work on the homework problems. Read the textbook.
Homework is your practice for the exam. Get used to writing down complete solutions. Being able to do that is not always the same as "understanding the material".
In order to complete your assignment, you are encouraged to seek help from: the instructor (during office hours); the TA (during office hours); the Math Help Room (open M-F, 9am-9pm, in Krieger 213). Both the instructor and the TA's office hours (as listed on the course website) are walk-in, no appointment needed. If you need to meet at a different time, set up an appointment via email.
Exams. Avoid "binge studying" the day before the exam. It is very important to get enough rest before the exam.
Attendance
Lecture and section attendance are mandatory. You will be responsible for all material covered in lectures, sections as well as in homework and assigned reading.
Ethics Statament
Cheating is wrong. Cheating hurts our community by undermining academic integrity, creating mistrust, and fostering unfair competition. The university will punish cheaters with failure on an assignment, failure in a course, permanent transcript notation, suspension, and/or expulsion. Offenses may be reported to medical, law, or other professional or graduate schools when a cheater applies.
Violations can include cheaing on exams, plagiarism, reuse of assignments without permission, improper use of the Internet and electronic devices, unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and unfair competition. Ignorance of these rules is not an excuse.
You may collaborate with other students in this course but only under the following conditions: you may discuss homework problems with your colleagues or in your study group, but you are required to write the homework independently, on your own. You may not discuss the homework while you are writing it. Collaboration is not allowed during the exams. If you have questions about this policy, please ask the instructor.
For more information, see the guide on "Academic Ethics for Undergraduates" and the Ethics Board website (http://ethics.jhu.edu)