York College of Pennsylvania
MAT171: Calculus 1
Fall 2017 Syllabus
Instructor
David Kaplan
Office
LS-121
Email:
dkaplan@ycp.edu
Office
Phone
717-815-1455
Office
Hours
MW 4:45-5:45 TR 5-6
Class
Times and Location
MAT171.801 MW 6:30-8:10 HUM15 or PAC186/7
Welcome!
With the techniques learned in calculus 1, we can analyze with great accuracy how functions behave and we can determine their slope; find maxima, minima and optimal values; and make extremely accurate estimates about complex functions when exact answers are elusive. We will also learn about anti-derivatives and how calculus is used to find areas—leading to a more in-depth analysis of the computation of and applications of anti-derivatives in calculus 2.
On the first day, the class will be divided into groups of four. Prior to each class, there are videos you will watch that outline the theory and techniques for the day's class.
In approximately one-third of the class periods your group will discover calculus topics via the Exploring Calculus modules (8, 10, 12-14) with me facilitating your learning. For the remainder of the classes, we will first review the day's topics that you learned from watching the relevant video. Then, each group will given a problem (or problems) to solve. You will write your solution on the board and each group will present their solution to the class.
Official YCP Information about Course
Calculus 1: MAT171:801
Catalog Course Description
Both a theoretical and an applied approach to physics
and engineering are emphasized in this in-depth study of introductory calculus
topics. The topics of the course include a review of Algebra and Trigonometry,
limits, differentiation, and applications of the derivative. Prerequisite: A
strong background in algebra and trigonometry or pre-calculus.
Course Prerequisites:
Strong background in algebra and trigonometry or
PreCalculus.
Required
Materials
Textbook
Calculus
Made Clear, 2nd edition by David Kaplan,
Kepler Press, ISBN9780615309538
Additional
items/resources
Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93NjEu7X8evnvUDDbjMBwA/videos?flow=list&view=0&sort=da
Course Resources
The course Moodle site has
· The detailed course calendar
· A set of online quizzes for every section you will take to ensure that you are making progress throughout the courses
· Any new or updated information about the course
Learning Outcomes
1. To develop
proficiency with the algebra and trigonometry as applied to calculus concepts
and techniques
2. To develop an
understanding of the limit concept and skill at determining limits
3. To build proficiency
in determining the continuity of various types of functions
4. To build
proficiency with the techniques of differentiation
5. To develop skill
and proficiency in graphing functions using both algebraic and calculus
techniques
6. To build skill
solving maxima and minima problems using differentiation techniques
7.
To build an understanding of numerical integration and its importance
and its tie-in with the first fundamental theorems of integral calculus.
8.
To build and understanding of basic integration properties and skill
with basic integration techniques.
Evaluation Criteria
Here are the components that comprise your final course
grade:
|
Project/Exam |
% of Final Grade |
|
|
Four
in-class exams |
80% |
|
|
Group
grades on modules and quiz performance |
20% |
|
Homework and In-class Work.
Each
class when we are not reviewing for a test or working a module, your group will
solve homework problems and present them on the board to the class.
Final Grade Criteria
Final
grades correspond to the following percentages:
|
4
(Excellent) = 93-100% |
2
(Average) = 68-75% |
|
3.5
(Very Good) = 87-92% |
1 (Below Average) = 60-67% |
|
3
(Good) = 80-86% |
|
|
2.5
(Above Average) = 76-79 |
|
4 (Excellent): This grade denotes accomplishment that is truly distinctive and
decidedly outstanding. It represents a high degree of attainment and is a grade
that demands evidence of originality, independent work, an open and
discriminating mind, and completeness and accuracy of knowledge, as well as an
effective use of the knowledge.
3.5 (Very Good): This grade denotes mastery of the subject matter. It represents
very good achievement in many aspects of the work, such as initiative, serious
and determined industry, the ability to organize work, and the ability to
comprehend and retain subject matter and to apply it to new problems and
contexts.
3 (Good): This
grade denotes considerable understanding of the subject matter. It represents a
strong grasp and clear understanding of the subject matter and the ability to
comprehend and retain course content.
2.5 (Above Average): This grade denotes above average understanding of the subject
matter. It represents a good grasp of the subject matter and the ability to
comprehend and retain course content.
2 (Average): This
grade denotes average understanding of the subject matter. It represents the
grade that may be expected of a student of normal ability who gives the work a
reasonable amount of time and effort.
**1 (Below Average): This grade denotes below average understanding of the subject
matter. It represents work that falls below the acceptable standard.
**0 (Failure): This grade denotes inadequate understanding of the subject
matter. It signifies an absence of meaningful engagement with the subject
matter and that the student is not capable of doing or understanding the work
or has made little or no effort to do so.
**In order to fulfill the general
education requirement, students must pass 200-level FCOs with a minimum grade
of 2.0. If a student earns a final course
grade of less than 2.0, it means that the student has failed to complete enough
work to demonstrate that they have mastered basic college level communication
skills or that the student has not fulfilled the course requirements or
policies outlined by the instructor in the syllabus. The student may repeat an FCO course for
which less than a 2.0 was earned; it does not affect the student’s grade-point
average.
Attendance Policy
You are
expected to come to every class on time, having completed all assigned readings
and homework, and to actively participate in all class activities. You’ve got
to be here. You can miss three
classes with no penalty; each absence after that will lower your final course
grade by ½ grade point (e.g., four absences will reduce an 4.0 to a 3.5,
five absences will reduce it to a 3.0, and so on). If you hit six absences
(which equals two weeks of class), I’ll recommend that you drop the class.
Lateness. Please don’t be late. If you’re more
than twelve minutes late, I’ll consider you absent. Given that this class is
very much a participation class—one in which significant time will be devoted
to you and your peers presenting your own and discussing each other’s ideas and
work—please show your peers respect and be on time.
Missing class. If you know
you’re going to miss class ahead of time, please let me know so we can figure
what you should do and by when. Unless we make other arrangements, you’re
responsible for whatever work is due, even if you’re not in class. If you have a true, documentable
emergency or illness that will keep you out of class at an extended time,
contact me as soon as possible; I will ask for your documentation.
If you
miss a class, it is your responsibility to contact your peers to find out what
you missed.
Revision Policy
You will have the opportunity to
rework the errors on your exams by submitting revisions within one week after
they are returned. This work will allow you to earn back 3-5 points of the
points missed out of 100 points.
CTL and Writing Center
Students are encouraged to enhance
their learning by meeting with the tutors and the study skills coaches in the
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and in the Writing Center. The CTL and
Writing Center offers one-on-one sessions with peer and professional tutors who
will provide feedback and suggestions for assignments in every course. Contact
the CTL to make an appointment by calling 815-1216 or stopping by HUM Room 01.
Late Submission of Course Materials
If you will be
absent, please submit any assignments electronically before class begins. If
you are sick you are responsible for completing the work that your group
completed and turning it to me electronically within one week after your return
to class.
Communication Standards
York
College recognizes the importance of effective communication in all disciplines
and careers. Therefore, students are expected to competently analyze,
synthesize, organize, and articulate course material in papers, examinations
and presentations. In addition, students should know and use communication
skills current to their field of study, recognize the need for revision as part
of their writing process, and employ standard conventions of English usage in
both writing and speaking. Students may be asked to further revise assignments
that do not demonstrate effective use of these communication skills.
Use of Personal Technology in the Classroom
While
York College recognizes students’ need for educational and emergency-related
technological devices such as laptops, mobile devices, cellular phones, etc.,
using them unethically or recreationally during class time is never
appropriate. The college recognizes and supports faculty members’ authority to
regulate in their classrooms student use of all electronic devices.
Disability Support Services
In
accordance with the provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, York College and its
faculty are obliged to make reasonable classroom and physical accommodations
for students with disabilities. If you are a student with a disability in need of classroom
accommodations and have not already registered with Linda Miller, Director of
Disability Support Services, please contact her at 815-1785 or lmille18@ycp.edu
to discuss policies and procedures related to disability services and to
establish the accommodations for which you are eligible.
Academic
Integrity Policy (Philosophy Statement)
York College of Pennsylvania, as an
institution of higher education, serves to promote and sustain the creation, acquisition,
and dissemination of knowledge. In order to fulfill this purpose, an
environment of integrity, dependability and honesty must be maintained by all
members of the York College community. Without a foundation based on
intellectual honesty and integrity, the very ability to uphold the academic
endeavors that York College strives to pursue is inhibited. The Spartan Oath
embodies the expectation that all members of the York College community foster an
environment of integrity and responsibility. Recognize that adhering to an
ethical standard of honesty leads to professional, mature and responsible
citizens, and enables society at large to trust our scholarship, research, and
conferred degrees. Thus, each member of the York College community must be
truthful, honest, personally and professionally responsible, and respect the
intellectual contributions of others.
Definition of
Academic Dishonesty
Engaging in academic dishonesty is a
violation of the school’s academic integrity policy and is not tolerated at
York College. Examples of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to,
cheating on assignments or examinations, plagiarism (i.e. passing someone else’s
words or ideas off as one’s own without proper attribution), improper
paraphrasing, fabricating research, falsifying academic documents, handing in
material completed for another course, and submitting work not done independently
(unless part of an explicitly collaborative project).
Academic
Integrity Procedure – Reporting
· When a faculty member believes a student has violated the Academic
Integrity Policy, the faculty member is encouraged to discuss the incident in
person with the student promptly, identifying the sanction he or she is going
to apply. The faculty member should then reiterate the charge and sanction in
writing to the student.
· The faculty member has full discretion to determine a suitable
sanction, such as a “0” on the assignment in question, up to a course grade of
“0”. In the case of an egregious first offense, the faculty member may request
that the Student Welfare Committee conduct a hearing and determine a sanction,
which may involve academic probation, suspension, or dismissal from the
College.
· The faculty member has ten days from the written notification to
the student to report the incident to the Department Chair and Associate
Provost of Academic Services. The faculty member must submit as part of the
report: 1) a detailed description of the incident, 2) a course syllabus, 3) an
assignment sheet or assignment instructions, 4) the assignment in question, and
5) supporting documentation, such as copied material. The documentation will be
kept on file in the student’s permanent record.
· Students cannot withdraw from a course in which they have been
accused of academic dishonesty, until the accusation is withdrawn by the
faculty member, or is overturned by the Student Welfare Committee or the
Associate Provost of Academic Services. Academic Integrity Procedure – Appeals
· Students who believe they have been unjustly charged or sanctioned
have ten days after receiving written notification from their instructor
regarding the incident to file an appeal with the Student Welfare Committee by
submitting a formal letter to the Associate Provost of Academic Services.
· If an appeal is filed, the Student Welfare Committee will schedule
a hearing which includes inviting the student and faculty member to attend to
provide additional information or clarity regarding the incident. The Student
Welfare Committee will then review the charge and/or sanction.
· If the Associate Provost of Academic Services determines that the
incident of academic dishonesty is the student’s second or subsequent offense,
he or she will provide written documentation to the student, faculty member,
and Department Chair. The Student Welfare Committee will automatically conduct
a hearing to review the charge and decide on an appropriate sanction: academic
probation, suspension or dismissal from the College.
· Academic Services will receive written notification of the Student
Welfare Committee’s decision. Students who are unsatisfied with the decision
may submit a second and final written appeal to the Associate Provost of
Academic Services within 72 hours of receiving notification of the Student
Welfare Committee’s decision.
·
All decisions
made by the Associate Provost
of Academic Services will be final.
Additional Course Information
Course Topics and Schedule
Detailed course calendar: https://moodle.ycp.edu/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=41177
I reserve the right to change this schedule; any changes will be announced and posted on Moodle.
Disclaimer
This syllabus is subject to revision by the instructor.