Course Description:

Limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, and applications.  This course will not substitute for MATH 1910.  Intended primarily for business majors.

Course Objectives:

The primary educational goal of this course is to provide the student with an intuitive understanding of differential and integral calculus and its applications to business and economics. As a result of successfully completing this course, students will have demonstrated an acceptable level of mastery of the concepts and applications of an introductory course in calculus.

MATH 1130 with a grade of C or better. This prerequisite is necessary to assure the student has the algebra skills necessary for successful completion of the course.

Functions, Graphs, and Limits

  Limits

Differentiation

  The Derivative

  Techniques of Differentiation

  Rate of Change and Marginal Analysis

  The Chain Rule

  Higher Order Derivatives

Applications of Differentiation

  Increase and Decrease; Relative Extrema

  Concavity; Curve Sketching

  Absolute Maxima and Minima

  Practical Optimization Problems

  Applications to Business and Economics

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

  Exponential Functions

  Exponential Models

  The Natural Logarithm

  Differentiation of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions

  Compound Interest

Integration

  Antiderivatives

  Integration by Substitution

  The Definite Integral

Applications of Integration

  Area

Applications to Business and Economics

• Connection to the web through a dependable Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Required Textbook (see below)
• Registration with MathZone (online homework)
• Scientific or approved Graphing Calculator (see below)
• Some proficiency in using the email, discussion board, and drop box components of D2L
• A valid Picture ID (e.g., driver's license)

Optional: A printed copy of all the PowerPoint slide Presentations (9 slides per page) may be obtained by sending a check for $10, the course number (MATH 1830), and your return address to:

     Prof. Ondis Bible

     Volunteer State Community College

     1480 Nashville Pike

     Gallatin, TN  37066-3188

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm. Specific hardware requirements for this course include a scientific calculator or a graphing calculator (nothing stronger than the TI-84). Hand-held computers and programmable computer-like calculators (like the TI-89 or TI-92) are not permitted.  You must also have a printer and speakers (internal or external).

The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm. Specific software requirements for this course include the web browser, Internet Explorer (a free download from Microsoft.com).

Please see the separate page inside the course to find instructor contact information as well as a statement of virtual office hours and other communication information.

Quizzes:  All scheduled Quizzes will be online (multiple choice and/or short answer).  Quiz problems must be worked on paper with answers submitted online to the instructor by the stated deadline.  The textbook, homework, and course notes may be used as a resource when doing a Quiz (but not on a Test).  Assistance from another person is not permitted.  A score of zero will be assigned for each Quiz not completed and submitted by the stated deadline.  Each student's lowest Quiz grade will be dropped.  Make-up Quizzes may be allowed (at the discretion of the instructor), provided the student contacts the instructor, preferably in advance, to offer an explanation and request an extension.  Detailed solutions to all Quiz (and Mod Check) problems may be viewed after the quiz has been submitted.  Quizzes are graded automatically by D2L immediately upon submission.

Tests:  There will be four major Tests (non-cumulative) and a comprehensive Final Exam.  All Tests will be done online on the scheduled test date.  All Tests except Test 2 and the Final Exam may be accessed via a computer at the student's home, school, workplace, etc.  Test 2 (at mid-term) and the Final Exam must be proctored on the campus of the student's "home school" or some other RODP test site.  The only materials allowed during a Test are pencil or pen, eraser, clean white paper, and an approved calculator.  A student who must miss a scheduled Test due to an emergency should make every attempt to notify the instructor prior to the test deadline.  A student who is allowed to do a Make-up Test may be required to do it on paper under the supervision of a proctor.  All Tests must be done entirely by the enrolled student, with no assistance from another person.  Anyone caught cheating will receive a grade of zero, a grade of F in the course, and may face other punitive measures.  For additional (partial) credit on Tests 1, 3, and 4, after submitting the Test online, you must send (preferably FAX) your worksheets to the Instructor. Be sure to number each problem, and write your name on the worksheets. After Test 2 and the Final Exam, give your worksheets to your PROCTOR to send to the Instructor.  Tests will be graded and grades posted within a week after the test date.  There will be no exemptions from taking the Final Exam.  An appointment to take a proctored Test should be made by the student about two weeks before the scheduled Test.  The appointed test time must be at least two hours before closing time at the testing center, and the student must show a picture ID.

The major Tests, Final Exam, Quizzes, class Participation, and Homework (including Assignments, Mod Checks, and Presentation scores) will count in the final average as follows:

Tests 1, 3, & 4 = 10% each                    Test 2 = 15%                    Final Exam = 25%      

Quizzes = 15%               Homework = 10%               Participation = 5%

Letter grades will be assigned according to the following intervals:

90.00   -   100 +   =   A

80.00   -   89.99   =   B

70.00   -   79.99   =   C

60.00   -   69.99   =   D

00.00   -   59.99   =   F

Withdrawal (W-grade):  The "Last Day to Withdraw" and receive a grade of "W" is different for each college or university.  Each student should contact his or her home school for this date.  All students who, as of this date, are failing the course should follow the established withdrawal procedures of the home school by the withdrawal date.

Incomplete (I-grade):  Generally, the Incomplete (I-grade) will NOT be given in this course.  One exception might be a student who misses the proctored Final Exam due to a serious, legitimate, and documented emergency.

Cheating, in any form, is absolutely forbidden.  Anyone caught cheating will receive a grade of zero, a grade of F in the course, and may face other punitive measures. 
WARNING: D2L provides the instructor with many tools for detecting cheating.  Don't do it; dishonest actions will be detected!  Your moral character is more valuable than any unearned grade in this course.

PowerPoint Presentations:  Students enrolled in this course are required to view the online PowerPoint presentation for each lesson before doing the homework.  Each presentation contains a "keyword" on a randomly selected slide.  Students are required to submit this keyword to the instructor (one of the questions in the Mod Check).  Printed versions of these presentations are available for purchase at a nominal fee, but should be used only for review.  The printed slides do NOT contain the required keyword.  Viewing the animated presentations diligently has proven to greatly increase the probability of success in this course!

Homework:  Homework assignments in MathZone consist of algorithmically generated problems, tied to the course textbook.  Homework must be submitted by 11:59 pm (Central time) on the due date.  The due date for each Homework assignment is listed in the D2L Course Calendar.  An individual student who occasionally may need additional time to complete an assignment may obtain an automatic 1-day extension by emailing the Instructor.  You may submit an assignment up to 3 times.  Your last submission will be automatically graded and recorded.  Homework grades will be transferred from MathZone to D2L Grades at the end of the semester. 

Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, and the Final Review are recommended (not required), and are NOT to be turned in.

Warning:  Doing the assigned homework is absolutely essential for students to learn the skills necessary to successfully complete the course.  Any student who has not completed the relevant homework before a scheduled Test may be denied access, will be graded more harshly, and is not eligible for any extra credit and/or grading curve that might otherwise be available.

Mod Checks:  The Mod Checks will count in the Homework Average and are to be done online after viewing the PowerPoint Presentation and completing the assigned Homework for that lesson.  A detailed solution of the included problem may be viewed immediately after submitting the Mod Check. 

Discussions:  Online discussions among students are to be posted at the appropriate time in the appropriate folder of the course message board.  Students are required to regularly read and post course-related messages.  D2L allows the instructor to track discussion messages posted, as well as messages read.  Both quantity (articles "read" and "posted") and quality of participation in these threaded discussions will count in the student's Participation grade, which counts 5% of the overall grade. The questions posted in each forum are intended only as suggested topics to begin the discussion for that module.  Other topics may be discussed, as long as the dialogue is primarily relevant to the course module --- and secondarily, to the course in general.

SmarThinking.com:  All students enrolled in the course have free access to this online tutoring service paid for by the Regents Online Degree Program (RODP).  Regular and significant utilization of this service is expected (and strongly recommended) of students who need tutorial assistance, and may be considered in the case of a borderline grade.

Homework assignments must be done on or before the due dates posted in the course Calendar.  Quizzes and Tests must be completed on the scheduled dates.  Any student who is unable to meet a stated deadline (or extension) should contact the instructor before the deadline to request an alternative due date.

Students are expected to participate in all interactive aspects of the course.  You should regularly communicate with other students and the instructor using the D2L online communication tools, including email and discussions.  View the online PowerPoint Presentation for each Lesson before attempting the homework.  Practice until you can navigate proficiently in D2L.  Check the course message board every day or two for new postings.  For this course, use the email component of D2L, in lieu of your regular email address, such as one supplied by your Internet Service Provider.  When you have technical problems with your computer or the online components of this course, get the necessary assistance immediately.  Observe course netiquette at all times.

The primary means of communication in this course will be D2L Email.  Messages should be sent to the Instructor any time a student feels the need.  Messages will be read and responded to every day --- even two or three times a day in the first week and at other critical times during the semester.  Whenever a student has something to share with classmates, the Discussion component of D2L should be used.  Tests and Quizzes will be graded and grades posted within a few days after the availability period has ended.  Homework grades will be posted periodically, e.g. a few days after each of the four major Tests.

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Library

The Tennessee Virtual Library is available to all students enrolled in the Regents Degree Program. Links to library materials (such as electronic journals, databases, interlibrary loans, digital reserves, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, and librarian support) are available.

Students With Disabilities

Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from the disability services staff at the home institution. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with their home institution's disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.

Syllabus Changes

The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course bulletin board.

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