1420 - Calculus
I Section 1
Spring 2026
Dr. Michael Prophet Office Hours: Tues 9:30-10:30am; Thurs 1-2pm
Office: WRT 320 or by appointment
Office Phone: 273-2104 TA Hours (WRT 338): Mon. 12:00-2 pm
prophet@math.uni.edu Tues. 3:30-5 pm
www.math.uni.edu/~prophet/courses/Calculus1 Wed. 9-10:50 am
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Final Exam: 10:00 - 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, May 12
- Prerequisites:
- Pre-Calculus
- Credit
Hours: 4
- Note that this course meets the Course Credit Hour Expectation
outlined in the Course Catalog. Students should expect to work
approximately 2 hours per week outside of class for every course
credit hour
- Text:
- Calculus:
Single Variable (Eighth edition), Hughes-Hallet, et al.
- Technology:
- You are free to use a
graphing calculator on all quizzes and exams.
- Course
Organization:
- Our coverage will be
divided into four Categories:
1.
Functions, Limits and the Definite Integral
2. Functions and Derivatives
3. Applications of the Derivative
4. Connecting Derivatives and Integrals
There will be an exam covering each Category
- Course
Description:
- We will cover most
of chapters 1-5. This first semester of calculus essentially
deals with (only!) two basic problems: 1 - describe how a
particular quantity changes (differential calculus) and 2 -
determine how much of a particular quantity we have
(integral calculus) (in fact, these two problems are very
much related, as we will see). In attempting to answer these
questions, we will encounter a common theme; we will first
try to solve the problems in the most simple cases, using
only basic algebra and geometry. And then, after feeling
comfortable with our solution techniques, we will try to
extended our methods to more difficult (or general) cases.
This idea of solving `hard' problems by studying `easy' ones
will allow us to develop an understanding that is rooted in
graphical, numerical and analytical perspectives.
- Homework:
- There is a homework assignment for every section we
cover. While it will not be collected, it is (obviously)
very important that you work through all assigned homework
problems. Homework problems will appear on our Quizzes and
Exams. Solutions to all assigned problems will be available
under our Assignments link.
- Quizzes:
- We will have approximately 8 in-class quizzes
during the semester. The quizzes will reflect problems you
have practiced in class and in the Homework.
- Exams:
- There will be 4 in-class exams, 100 points each.
Our fourth exam will be on the date and time of our Final
Exam. The exam questions will be problems you have seen
before - either on homework, quizzes or class work. There are no make-up
exams. You are expected to take each exam on the day it is
given. A missed exam results in 0-point score.
- Blackboard
Disclaimer:
- During the semester we will use Blackboard to access the
textbook and record grades. But otherwise it is a "third
party" in terms of accomplishing the learning goals of this
course. And Blackboard does not determine your grade. Your
final grade is determined by the Grading Rubric described
below and based on this rubric, you should be able to,
throughout the semester, estimate your current grade without
the use of Blackboard.
- Grade
Calculation:
- The points for this course are distributed like
this:
|
Quizzes
|
100
points
|
|
4
exams
|
400
points
|
- I
will assign final grades based on the higher of your two
averages: Quizzes + Exams (500 points) and just Exams
(400 points).
- Grading Rubric:
-
|
100%-90%
|
A
|
|
89%-80%
|
B
|
|
79%-70%
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C
|
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69%-50%
|
D
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