21:640:135:70 Calculus 1

Spring 2016 Syllabus

Cihan Karabulut
Email: cihan.karabulut@rutgers.edu
Office hours: Mon 5:00pm-6:00pm, Smith 203

Mon: 6:00pm-8:00pm (SMT-B27)

Wed: 6:00pm-7:35pm (SMT-B27)

Course Description: This is a course in single-variable calculus, covering functions, limits, continuity,
the derivative and rules for differentiation, applications, introduction to definite and indefinite integration,
calculus of exponential and logarithmic functions, and calculus of trigonometric and inverse
trigonometric
functions.

Prerequisite: 21:640:114 (Pre-calculus) or placement by examination.

Textbook: Calculus Single Variables with My Math Lab, 2 nd edition, by Briggs-Cochran, published by
Pearson, 2011.

Homework: Online homework assignment for each lecture will be posted on MyMathLab. To complete
the homework, you must have a MyMathLab account.

Quizzes: There will be weekly quizzes usually given on Tuesdays. The quizzes will be based on the
online homework assignments.

Exams: There will be two in-class exams during the semester and a final exam at the end of the semester.
Make-up exams: There will be no make-up exams for missed midterms or the final. In cases of
emergency, you must contact me before the exam date.

Grades: Exam 1 (20%); Exam 2 (20%); Final (30%); Quizzes (15% total); Homework (15% total).
Calculators: No calculators or any other electronic devices will be allowed during the exams or quizzes.
Cell Phones: Please turn your cell phone off during class. Cell phone and text-message conversations
during class are forbidden. YOU MAY NOT USE A CELL PHONE OR TEXT MESSAGING DEVICE
DURING AN EXAM OR A QUIZ.

Free Tutoring: Available at the Rutgers Learning Center, Room 140, Bradley Hall, 973-353-5608.
Plagiarism/Cheating: For the exact statement of Rutgers Universitys polices on plagiarism and
cheating see http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/files/documents/AI_Policy_9_01_2011.pdf. It is your
responsibility to read these pages and you are expected to abide by the policy. Cheating/Plagiarism in this
course could result in failure for the course and other disciplinary action.
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Schedule of lectures, Calculus I, Spring 2016 and other important dates

(This schedule is tentative and may change slightly as the course progresses.)
Day

Date

Topic(s)

Section of Book

Wed

Jan20

The Idea of Limits and Definitions of Limits

2.1, 2.2

Mon

Jan25

Evaluating Limits and Continuity

2.3, 2.6

Wed

Jan27

Introducing the Derivative

3.1

Mon

Feb1

Rules of Differentiation

3.2

Wed

Feb3

The Product and Quotient Rules

3.3

Mon

Feb8

Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions

3.4

Wed

Feb10 Derivatives as Rates of Change

3.5

Mon

Feb15 The Chain Rule

3.6

Wed

Feb17 Implicit Differentiation

3.7

Mon

Feb22

Derivatives of Logarithmic and Exponential

Functions; Infinite Limits

3.8, 2.4

Wed

Feb24

Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric

Functions; Limits at Infinity

3.9, 2.5

Mon

Feb29 EXAM 1

On the material we've covered in ch. 2 and 3

Wed

Mar2

Related Rates

3.10

Mon

Mar7

Maxima and Minima

4.1

Wed

Mar9

What Derivatives Tell Us

4.2

Mon

Mar21 Graphing Functions

4.2, 4.3

Wed

Mar23 More Graphing

4.3

Mon

Mar28 Optimization Problems

4.4

Wed

Mar30 Mean Value Theorem; L'Hpital's Rule

4.6, 4.7

Mon

Apr4

L'Hpital's Rule

4.7

Wed

Apr6

Antiderivatives

4.8

Mon

Apr11 EXAM 2

On the material covered since Exam 1

Wed

Apr13 Approximating Area under Curves

5.1

Mon

Apr18 Definite Integrals

5.2

Wed

Apr20 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

5.3

Mon

Apr25 Working With Integrals

5.4

Wed

Apr27 Substitution Rule

5.5

Mon

May2

4.8, 5.1-5.5

Practice Computing Integrals and Review

MON May9 FINAL EXAM (6-8:30pm)

The final is comprehensive, but will emphasize

the material after Exam 2
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