Syllabus, Math 241, Calculus for Business & Social Science I, Fall 2007 (CRN 13129) 

 
  • INSTRUCTOR: Associate Professor Arkady Berenstein, Fenton 330, Phone: 346-5624, Email: arkadiy@math.uoregon.edu
  • TA for the class is Aaron Montgomery, Fenton 204, Phone: 346-4737,  Email:  amontgom@uoregon.edu.
  • CLASSES: 110 Fenton: MWF, 2:00--2:50 p.m.
  • TEXT: Waner and Costenoble, Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus, 4th Edition Chapters 1-5.
  • PREREQUISITES: MATH 111 or satisfactory placement test score.
  • COURSE CONTENT: This is the first term of a calculus sequence for students in the business and social sciences. Students will learn techniques and applications of differential calculus.
    The first term course covers rates of change of functions, derivatives of polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithm functions, and functions arising from these functions as building blocks, optimization, and graphing. The course emphasizes modeling and applications to business and the social sciences. Applications include polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic models; polynomial regression; marginal cost, profit, and revenue; present and future values; optimization; marginal analysis; related rates of change; exponential growth and decay; graphing: concavity, convexity, and critical points.
  • ATTENDANCE: Please remember that if you miss a class it is your responsibility to find out what happened in that class.
  • COURSE WEB PAGE: The homework and other class material is also available at the web page http://math.uoregon.edu/~arkadiy/241new.html
  • GRADING: Total 100%. Will be based on:
  • HOMEWORK  (10%): Homework are due on Wednesdays. The first homework due on Wednesday October 3. We will be using WebAssign (http://www.webassign.net) to deal with homework. You need to have a WebAssign access code in order to do the homework (if you have difficulty accessing  WebAssign, please contact Aaron Montgomery at amontgom@uoregon.edu). 
  • QUIZZES (20%) There will be six quizzes, which are administered during discussion section. The lowest quiz score will be dropped. There will be no make-up quizzes given.
  • MIDTERM 1 (20%) on Wednesday October 24.
  • MIDTERM 2 (20%) on Wednesday November 14.
  • FINAL (30%) on Tuesday December 4 at 3:15pm.
  • REMARK. You may need a graphing calculator for homework and discussion sections. We recommend the TI-83 (the TI-83 Manual is available online at: http://www.ti.com/calc/docs/83guide.htm)
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      Tentative Schedule
         
      Week 1/Sep 24-Sep 28
      		 sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
      Week 2/Oct   1-5 sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
      Week 3/Oct  8-12 sections 10.4, 10.5, 10.6
      Week 4/Oct 15-19 sections 10.7, 10.1, 10.8 
      Week 5/Oct 22-26 Review,  Midterm, section 11.1 
      Week 6/Oct 29-Nov 2
      		 sections  11.2, 11.3
      Week 7/Nov 5-9 sections 11.4, 12.1
      Week 8/Nov 12-16 Review, Midterm,  section 12.2
      Week 9/Nov 19-23* sections 12.2, 12.3
      Week 10/Nov 26-30 sections 12.4, 12.5,  Review

      *No class on Nov 23 - Thanksgiving vacation
         

      Important dates (See Schedule of Courses or Academic Calendar):

      Sep  30:   Last day to drop a class without a "W;"
      Oct    3:   Last day to add a class;
      Nov 11:   Last day to drop a class with a "W", change grade options (Graded or P/N).