AMS 151.1 APPLIED CALCULUS I Fall, 2005

Class Time and Place: TuTh 12:50-2:10 pm, Union rm236.

Instructor:: Prof. Alan Tucker

Office: Math Tower P-138; Office Hours: MWF 10:30am-1:00pm, TuTh 2:20-4:00 pm, in Math P138;

NOTE: Prof. Tucker is normally in his office M-F 10am to 4pm except when he is teaching this course.
How to Reach Prof. Tucker: telephone: 632-8365; e-mail: atucker@notes.sunysb.edu

Course Text: CALCULUS, Fourth Edition, by Hughes-Hallet, Gleason et al.

Quizzes: A quiz every other week on recent homework problems.
FIRST QUIZ IN SEPT. 8TH COVERS PREREQUISITE MATERIAL FOR THIS COURSE. COPIES OF OLD PREREQUISITE QUIZZES ARE GIVEN BELOW. Quizzes count for 30% of course grade.
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT TAKE THE PREREQUISITE TEST WILL BE DE-REGISTERED FROM THE COURSE.
Tests: One 2 1/2-hour Final Exam. Final counts 40% of course grade
Homework: Weekly assignments generated and graded by computer and done on the Web. You may try problems as many times as you want, until the stated deadline for the assignment. Each student gets their own individualized version of each problem.
The address of the Webwork homework webpage is webwork.ams.sunysb.edu/ams151-2 .
Your login name is your first initial and last name (type only first 10 letters of your last name if it is long), your password is your USB identification number.
Homework counts for 30% of the course grade and you must have a homework average of at least 50% to pass the course.


Course Assistant:None .

Students with disabilities or who need special assistance with exams or other aspects of the course are asked to let Prof. Tucker know about their circumstances at the beginning of the course.
Harriman 010 Help Room The Harriman 010 Help Room has computers where Webwork assignments can be done.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1 -- Aug.30 - Sept 1:   Section  1.1
Week 2 -- Sept. 6 - Sept. 8:   Sections 1.2,1.3 
 Webwork #1 due; Prerequisite test on Sept 8. 
  2002 Prerequisite Test Questions
  2005 Prerequisite Test Questions
  Solutions to Prerequisite Tests
Week 3 -- Sept. 13 - Sept. 15:   Sections 1.4,1.5
 Webwork #2 due 
Week 4 -- Sept. 20 - Sept. 22:   Sections 1.6,1.7  
 Webwork #3 due
 First quiz on Sept 22.

Week 5 -- Sept. 27  - Sept. 29:   Sections 2.1-2.3 
 Webwork #4 due
Week 6 -- Oct. 6:   Section 1.8 ,3.1 
 Webwork #5 due on Friday night Oct. 7th
Week 7 -- Oct 11 Sect 3.1 NO WEBWORK ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK

Week 8 -- Oct. 18- 20:  Sections 3.1, 3.2
 Webwork #6 due
Week 9 -- Oct. 25 - Oct. 27:   Section  3.3, 3.4
 Webwork #7 due; Third quiz in Oct 27th

Week 10 -- Nov 1 - 3 Section 3.5-3.7
 Webwork #8 due
Week 11-- Nov.  8 - Nov. 10:   Sections 4.6 (related rates), 4.7 (L'Hopital's Rule), 4.1 (Max, Min, Inflection)
 Webwork #9 due; Fourth Quiz on Nov 10th   

Week 12-- Nov 15- 17: Sections 4.2, 4.3
 Webweork #10 due
Week 13-- Nov. 22:   Sections 4.4, 4.5
 Webwork #11 due;  
Week 14-- Nov. 29 - Dec 1: Section 3.8, 5.1 
 Webwork #12 due on Dec 2nd; Additional homework problems: Sect 5.2:
11,12,14,15,20.

Week 15-- Dec. 6 - Dec.  8:   Sections 5.2-5.3 and Review
 Webwork #13 due Dec. 6. 
Week 16- Dec. 12: Review
 Old 2002 Final Exam
 Old 2004 Final Exam
 Old 2005 Final Exam
  Solutions for Old Final Exams
Finals Week: FINAL EXAM Thurday, December 15 or Dec. 22 (a choice of Thursdays), 11:00-1:30pm, location: Regular classroom.  

Expected Curve in Prof. Tucker's AMS 151 class:
 
approximately 25% A's, 35% B's, 30% C's, 10% D's,F's, & W's