MAT 175

Official Course Description. Differentiation of functions of one variable; applications to motion problems, maximum-minimum problems, curve sketching, and mean-value theorems. 

Text and Materials. The course will cover select topics from, Calculus Early Transcendentals by Briggs, Cochran, Gillet, and Schulz. The course will also utilize the text’s accompanying online interactive and educational system MyMathLab. We will rely heavily on MyMathLab and you are required to purchase an online access code worth around $100 by February 21st 2021. You are not required to purchase a physical textbook for this course.

Course Format. Several sections of MAT 175 are offered at Lehman during any given semester. Therefore, a uniform syllabus has been adopted and must be followed. The syllabus culminates in a uniform departmental final exam. A student must pass the final exam to pass the class; there are no exceptions to this policy. For this reason, topics will be covered at a predetermined pace.

More On The Course. Students are expected to learn both the mathematics covered in class and the mathematics in the textbook and other assigned readings. Completing homework is part of the learning experience. Although prerequisite material will be covered as needed, some individualized review outside of class will be expected. This class will satisfy your Mathematics graduation requirement.

Communication. Communication is essential to succeeding in this class – this cannot be stressed enough. After identifying topics that may be giving you trouble, please communicate this information to me. It is my goal to create an environment best conducive for learning.

Getting Help. There are three places that you can (and should) go to for help:

·  Me. I will hold office hours, check email, and make appointments to meet with you.

·  Math Lab. The Math and Computer Science Learning Center (MCSLC) is located in GI-222. It is open 5 days a week and staffed with well-qualified tutors.

·  Your Classmates. Your classmates are a valuable resource to ask questions to and exchange ideas with.

Your Final Grade. Provided that you attend class regularly and on time, AND pass the Final Exam, your final course grade will be calculated as follows:

Homework/Quizzes       20%

Exam I                            22.5%

Exam II                          22.5%

Final Exam                         35%

Homework Assignments. Homework will be assigned, collected, and graded about once every  week on MyMathLab. They will be announced ahead of time. Your homework grade will mostly consist on homework completion and correctness.

Quizzes. Quizzes will be given randomly throughout the semester on MyMathLab. For this reason, there will be absolutely no make-up quizzes. Quizzes are worth 5% of the homework/quizzes grade.

Exams. There will be three in “class” full period exams, Exam I, Exam II, and the Final Exam. The exams will be announced at least one week in advance. The Final Exam will be given during Final Exam week at a time and on a date determined by the College.

Notes.

·  There will be no extra credit given of any kind. Your grade will be calculated exactly as indicated above.

·  Students will excessive absences/lateness may fail the course despite having a passing average. This is particularly the case if a student does not log in to MyMathLab for extended periods of time.

·  Excellent attendance/participation will benefit students with border-line grades.

Topic Outline. We will cover the following topics:

·  Graphing functions and examining graphs, inverse functions, exponentials and logarithms, asymptotes

·  Limits: Numerical, algebraic, and graphical investigations, infinite limits and limits at infinity

·  Derivatives: Computing derivatives, the chain rule, visual interpretations, first/second derivatives test

·  Applications of the Derivative: Optimization problems, Newton’s method

·  Area under a curve: Antidifferentiation, Riemann Sums, basic integration techniques for indefinite and definite integrals

I Look Forward To A Great Semester. Please Contact Me With Any Questions/Concerns