Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Math 0220 Fall 2009

Instructor

Piotr Hajlasz
Office: Thaceray Hall 622
Office hours: MWF 11:10-12:10
E-mail: hajlasz@pitt.edu

This term I will teach two sections of Analytic Geometry and Calculus I:

First section meets at CRAWF 169 MWF 10:00-10:50am
Second section meets at BENDM 823 MWF 01:00-01:50pm

The information enclosed below is for both of the sections.

The University of Pittsburgh Calculus

Textbook

James Stewart, Essential Calculus, Early Transcendentals.

Grades will be determined as follows:

Two midterm exams 50% (25% each)
Final exam 30%
Lab assignments (LON-CAPA) 10%
Quizzes 5%
Homework 5%

The course will be curved to have a right distribution of grades.

Exams

First Exam: October 7 in class. Sample Exam I First Exam with solutions
Second Exam: November 13 in class. Sample Exam II
Final Exam: December 16; 4:00-5:50 location TBA

The final exam is the departmental one and it is the same for all the sections.

Labs (LON-CAPA)

An important part of your work will an assignement generated by a computer.To do this you will need a computer with an Internet connection and you can do the problems even from home. The problems, are, however, difficult and you will need to attend the scheduled sessions at the Lab.

One session each week will meet in the Calculus/Engineering Computer Lab in the Gardner Steel Conference Center (GSCC 126). In the lab, you will work individually on problem solving skills, using computer generated problems. Your TA will be available to help if you get stuck, but your are expected to solve all problems yourself. You will be able to work on your lab problems from any computer with an Internet connection and a web browser, but you should do the most of the work in your scheduled lab sessions.

There may not be enough computers in the Lab you you are encouraged to bring your laptop that has an Internet access to the University network.

You can find the link to LON-CAPA at

LON-CAPA

Quizzes

Weakly quizzes will be held during recitations. There are no makeup quizzes, but the two lowest scoress will be dropped. Each quiz will last approximately 5-10 minutes and will consist of 2 short problems. Each problem will be scored on the scale 0-2.

Homework

Weakly homework with due dates will be posted online. Each problems will be graded on the 0-10 scale.

Exercise 1.2.4 means Exercise 4 at the end of Section 1.2.

HW#1 Due day: recitations in the week of September 14-18, 2009.

HW#2 Due day: recitations in the week of September 21-25, 2009.

HW#3 Due day: recitations in the week of September 28 - October 2, 2009.

HW#4 Due day: recitations in the week of October 12 - October 16, 2009.

HW#5 Due day: recitations in the week of November 2 - November 6, 2009.

HW#6 Due day: recitations in the week of Thanksgiving.

Schedule and Practice Problems

Below you will find the link with the detailed schedule. This link contains also a list pf pracitce problems for each unit. You have to solve these problems yourself. You do not return the problems for grading. This is for your own practice.

Schedule and Practice Problems

Important links

2009-2010 Academic Calendar

FALL TERM DEADLINE is Friday October 30. Instructors may not assign "W" grades to students. The only valid "W" grades are pre-marked on the form indicating a student has officially withdrawn from the class. Students who wish to withdraw from an undergraduate CAS course without penalty must complete a Monitored Withdrawal from by Friday October 30. These forms are available in CAS Associate Dean's Office. 140 Thackeray Hall.

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and Disability Resources and Services, 140 William Pitt Union, 412-648-7890 or 412-383-7355 (TTY) as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course.