The final exams have been graded, and course grades assigned. Your grade should show up on the registrar's website soon, or you can email me or Hetal for your grade.
Stats for the final exam (out of 80). Average 40, Median 43. Numbers of students in grade range on final exam: 72-80: 6; 64-71: 8; 56-63: 17; 48-55: 21; 40-47: 17; 32-39: 13; 0-31: 46. Come by my office next semester if you want to see your final exam (check my website for office hours).
Stats for the course: Grade: number of students; A: 11; B+: 9; B: 31; C+: 22; C: 23; D: 15; F: 28.
The final exam will be held on Wednesday, December 17, from 3-6pm (in Boyden 100). The final exam will cover all the material covered in the course, but will emphasize the material after Test 2 (Sections 4.4,4.5,6.1,6.3,6.5). Here are some sample questions for the final exam, with solutions.
Graded quizzes (and tests) are on the door of my office, Smith 309, in an envelope, if you want to pick them up to study for the final.
Here are solutions to Test 2: Version A, Version B, Version C.
W, Dec 10, Office hour 11-12, 309 Smith, Review for final in
class, 1-2:20
F, Dec 12, No recitation, review/question session 10-11:20,
Bodyen 100
M, Dec 15, Office hour 11-12, 309 Smith
W, Dec 17, Office hour 11-12, 309 Smith
W, Dec 17, FINAL EXAM, 3-6pm, Boyden 100
Here are sample questions for the material on Test 2. Solutions.
During the test, you will be provided with a copy of this sheet of trigonometric formulas from the textbook. You will also be provided with this list of the standard values of sine and cosine in the first quadrant. You need to memorize the derivatives of the trig functions.
Here are solutions to Test 1: Version A, Version B, Version C.
Here is the sample test for the material on Test 1, with solutions.
M 2:30-3:50, W 1:00-2:20, Boyden Hall 100
Recitation Sections, held on Fridays, Smith B24. Please attend the section you are enrolled in.
Course Schedule (including syllabus)
Homework Schedule
| Instructor | Prof. John Loftin, 309 Smith Hall, Phone: (973)353-5156, ext. 3910. |
| loftin AT rutgers DOT edu Email is the best way to get in touch with me. |
Teaching Assistant | Hetal Kapadia, 232 Smith Hall, Phone: (973)353-5156, ext. 7819. |
| TA's Email | hetalk AT rutgers DOT edu |
| Website | http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~loftin (this syllabus is attached to the website) |
| Department Website | http://math.newark.rutgers.edu/ |
| Prerequisite | Math 114 (Precalculus) or placement by examination. |
| Who Should Take This Course | This course is intended for students majoring in computer science, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics or geology. CREDIT IS NOT GIVEN FOR BOTH BASIC CALCULUS AND CALCULUS I. The prerequisite for this course is Precalculus (21&62:640:114) or placement by examination (Placement Exam). The course covers an introduction to analytic geometry, inequalities, functions, limits, continuity, differentiation of functions, applications, and introduction to integration. |
| Course Material
(more details are on the Course Schedule) |
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| Text | Calculus, 9th edition, by Varberg, Purcell and Rigdon, published by Prentice Hall. |
| Free Tutoring | Available at the Rutgers Learning Center, Room 140, Bradley Hall. |
| Homework | The homework will be assigned but not collected or graded. However, the quizzes will be strongly based on the homework problems (and will typically include some homework problems verbatim). Homework will be assigned a week or so ahead of time: See the Homework Schedule. Students are encouraged to work together on the homework. |
| Quizzes | About every week, in your Friday section, there will be an in-class 15-minute quiz based on the homework. These quizzes will make up 20% of your grade. THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUPS FOR THE QUIZZES. The lowest 2 quiz grades (including absenses for any reason) will be dropped. | Recitation Sections | Recitation Sections will be held on
Fridays in
Smith B24, led by our TA Hetal Kapadia. Quizzes will be given during
these recitations. Your section number determines when your
recitation meets:
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| Exams | There will be two exams during the term and a final exam. The first two exams will be held in class, on MON, OCT 6, and on MON, NOV 17, and will test your knowledge of the material covered in the past few weeks' classes. The final exam will be comprehensive. The final exam will take place on WED, DEC 17, from 3:00-6:00pm, in our usual classroom Boyden 100. YOU MAY NOT TAKE THE FINAL EARLY. (See the Course Schedule.) |
| Attendance | Attendance in lecture and recitation section is essential to learn the material. In recitation section, your attendance will be required to take the quizzes. In lecture, attendance will be taken on some days. PLEASE BE AT LECTURE ON TIME. The attendance record will affect your final grade in marginal cases: For example, if you have a final grade close to the cutoff between a C+ and a B, and your attendance record is good, you will get the B; if your attendance record is not good, you will get a C+. |
| Grades | Your grade will be determined by your quizzes (20%), Exam 1 (20%), Exam 2 (20%), and the Final Exam (40%). In addition, your attendance record will affect your final grade in marginal cases: For example, if you have a final grade close to the cutoff between a C+ and a B, and your attendance record is good, you will get the B; if your attendance record is not good, you will get a C+. |
| Cell Phones | Please turn your cell phone off during class (or at least to silent mode). Cell phone conversations during class are forbidden. YOU MAY NOT USE A CELL PHONE OR TEXT MESSAGING DEVICE DURING AN EXAM (NOT EVEN AS A CALCULATOR). |
| Calculators | Calculators are not required for this course. You may use a calculator on exams, but you will only get full credit if you show your work (as opposed to simply writing down what your calculator computes). In other words, you may find it useful to use a calculator to check your work, but you must do the computations yourself. YOU MAY NOT USE A CELL PHONE AS A CALCULATOR DURING EXAMS. |
| Office Hours | MW 11:00-12:00, in 309 Smith Hall. You may see me any time during office hours without an appointment. You may also make an appointment to see me at other times. |
| TA's Office Hours | Tu 1:00-2:00, in 232 Smith Hall. |
Exam 1 is in class, Monday 2:30-3:50. It will cover the material we covered from Chapters 1.1,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,2.8 in the book. Here is a sample test with solutions.
During the test, you will be provided with a copy of this sheet of trigonometric formulas from the textbook. You need to memorize the derivatives of the trig functions.
Test 2 is graded. Out of 36 points, Average, Median 21
Grade range No. of students
33-36 6
29-32 9
26-28 18
22-25 32
18-21 38
0-17 31
Test 2 will be held in class on Monday, November 17, 2:30-3:50. It will cover sections 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,3.8,3.9,4.1,4.2,4.3 in the book.