MAT 131 (CALCULUS I)-Fall 2019
The Final exam is on 12/11 from
http://bbernmath.com/mat131finakfall2014review.pdf
Special Announcement to students: If your final exam score is higher than exactly one of your midterm scores, that midterm score will be replaced by the final exam score. If your final exam score is higher than both midterm grades, the final exam score will replace the lowest midterm grade.
Course Description: This is a course in differential calculus and
integral calculus where you will learn about derivatives and integrals and
their applications as well as the amazing connections that exist between them!
Calculators will not be used
this semester. By the end of the course, students will be able to compute
limits, derivatives, and antiderivatives and apply them to a variety of
situations in and outside mathematics. There will be a focus on concepts and
theory as well as computations and applications. Topics will be addressed
numerically, algebraically, and graphically. This is an exciting 4 credit
course which will require a great deal of your attention! A grade of C or
higher in this course may be used to satisfy the Quantitative Problem Solving
requirement of the Stony Brook Curriculum.
Course Coordinator: Bill Bernhard (bill@math.sunysb.edu)
The meeting time of all
lectures and recitations with instructor names can be found under MAT 131 at http://www.math.sunysb.edu/schedules/currentsem.html
Tentative Weekly Schedule (Syllabus)
Required materials: Single Variable calculus 4th edition(stony brook
edition) and webassign.
Grading: Exam #1 (20%) Wednesday, 10/2 at
Exam #2 (20%) Thursday, 10/31
at
Final Exam (40%) Wednesday, 12/11 at
Recitation Participation (10%) Attending recitation with your homework is
considered mandatory! Here are the homework
problems from our textbook for the course. Please consult your TA for
his/her policy regarding this 10% of the course grade.
WebAssign (10%) Students will be assigned web-based exercises using an online system. You can purchase both the text and your access code at webassign.net. If you are continuing calculus after this semester, you might consider purchasing a multi-term access code. Your class key is sunysb 9048 0122. The first assignment is due Sunday, 9/8 by 11:59PM, and every two weeks thereafter until the end of the term. There are no make-ups, no drops, and no extensions! New assignments will be posted by 11:59PM beginning on 8/25, and every two weeks thereafter.
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Disruptive Behavior: Stony Brook University expects
students to maintain standards of personal integrity that are in harmony with
the educational goals of the
institution; to observe national, state, and local laws and University
regulations; and to respect the rights, privileges, and property of other
people. Faculty are required to report
to the Office of Judicial Affairs any disruptive behavior that interrupts their
ability to teach, compromises the safety of the learning environment, and/or
inhibits students' ability to learn.