Math 251 - Calculus I
MTWHF 1:00  // 308 Zimmer
 Professor Michael Goldberg

Office Hours:  Held in 831 Old Chem.
Monday 2-3pm and Wednesday 3-5pm.
Office Phone: (513) 556-4070
Email: Michael (dot) Goldberg (at) uc.edu

GA: Marcos Lopez.   Email: lopezms (at) ucmail.uc.edu
        One of the class meetings each week will be run by the Graduate Assistant.

You can also get help at the Math Learning Center in 110 Sander Hall. They are open 9am-8pm on Monday-Thursday and 9am-4pm on Friday.

Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals
by J. Rogowski, first edition, W. H. Freeman.
ISBN:  1-4292-1073-7

We anticipate covering Chapters 1-4. Later chapters are covered in the rest of the Calculus sequence.

Additional Resources: The textbook comes packaged with CalcPortal, a suite of tools including an e-book version of the text, detailed examples, and practice problems.

Course materials and assignments will be posted to Blackboard as well as here. The Blackboard site also contains an electronic gradebook where you can view your scores and calculate your current average.

Prerequisites:  A satisfactory grade in Math 250, or a score of 670 or above on the Mathematics Placement Test

Homework: The course syllabus and a list of homework assignments will be posted here.

Homework assignments are due by the beginning of lecture on Monday. Late homeworks will not be accepted; however the lowest score will be dropped when computing your overall homework grade.

There are two parts to the homework ssignments: an electronic part to be submitted to the CalcPortal system and a written part to be handed in during Monday's class. The written portion will receive substantially greater weight in calculating course grades.

You are permitted, perhaps encouraged, to discuss homework problems with other students. This collaboration should not extend to the process of writing up solutions. The work that you turn in should be written by you, in your own words, without supervision or other well-meaning influence from anyone else.

Grading:   15% Homework,     15% Each Midterm Exam,     40% Final Exam.
    5% CalcPortal    There are three midterms.  
  10% Written HW

Exam Dates:   Midterms in class on Oct. 13, Nov. 10, and Dec. 1. These are all Tuesdays.

Final:  Monday, December 7, 4-6pm, in Zimmer Auditorium.

The first half of the exam is prepared by the Department and is given to all sections. It consists of approximately 20 multiple-choice questions. The second half is prepared by your instructor and will be different from the exam given to other sections.

The use of calculators will not be permitted in either part.
[During the second half, other sections of the course may have a different calculator policy.]

You are expected to attend class and take exams as they are scheduled. Unexcused absence from the midterm exam carries a penalty of one full letter grade reduction from your final course grade. Students who miss the final exam, without a valid and well-documented explanation will automatically fail the course.

Medical Contingencies: Missed midterm exams will not be made up; the remaining homework and final exam will be given correspondingly more weight to take up the slack. In order to do this, I must receive written confirmation of the severity of your illness, and preferably a letter from the Dean's office requesting special consideration.

Please review the university's information about H1N1 flu, which is posted at the following web address: http://www.uc.edu/pubsafety/emergency_services/Swine_Flu.html

Do not come to class if you are sick. Notify your instructor(s) that you will miss class and make arrangements to make up all course work.

Students with special needs should meet with the instructor as soon as possible to arrange for reasonable provisions to ensure an equitable opportunity to meet all of the requirements of this course. At the discretion of the instructor, some accommodations my require prior approval by Disability Services.

Academic Integrity: Quite simply, you are expected to do your own work, using only the resources authorized by the course instructor. Any attempt to cheat on exams and/or assignments, to circumvent course policies, or to receive credit for work that is not your own, will be punished in accordance with the University Rules and Code of Conduct.

In this course you may collaborate with other students while attempting to solve homework problems, but only under the guidelines described above. Your work on any exam, whether in class or take-home, must be entirely your own. If you are having difficulty with a particular exam question, it is permissible to ask the instructor (but no-one else) for clarification.

For more information, see the UC Student Code of Conduct.