MATH 1300 3.00, Section D, Fall 2018
Differential Calculus with Applications
Days: Thursdays
Time: 7:00 p.m– 10:00 p.m
Place: Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (DB), (Formerly known as Technology Enhanced Learning Building), 88 The Pond Road. See the campus map.
Room:-0016
Office hours: (DB or known as Tel building) 2036, Thursday 6:00 – 7:00 p.m
Email: vnika@yorku.ca
Main Objectives: One overarching objective of this course is to use limits, continuity and the derivative to understand the behavior of functions of one variable. Another one is to define the definite integral of a function and show how it is related to its antiderivative or indefinite integral. The students are first expected to come to grips with the notion of a limit, which lies at the heart of the definitions of continuity, the derivative, and the definite integral. Of particular importance in this course is that the students must understand the role played by the derivative of a function in the theory and applications of differential calculus. The theory includes sketching and hence understanding the graphs of functions and Newton's Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to the effect that differentiation and integration are inverse to each other. Applications of the derivatives such as Approximations, Related Rates, and Optimization Problems are features of the course. Applications of indefinite integrals and definite integrals in distances and areas, respectively, are also given.
Textbook: James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Eighth Edition, Cengage Learning, 2016, and Enhanced WebAssign (EWA). You may buy the standalone multi-term version of EWA that includes the online version of the textbook. You can buy it online at www.bookstore.yorku.ca or pick up a flyer and take it to the cashier at the bookstore.
Syllabus: The following sections of the textbook will be covered, but not necessarily in the order indicated here. Sections 2.1-2.8, 3.1-3.6, 3.8-3.10, 4.1-4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 5.1-5.3
Course Important Dates
- Test 1 on Thursday, October 4, 2018
- Test 2 on Thursday, November 15, 2018
- Final Exam: TBA
Grading Scheme:
- Assignment (WebAssign): 15%
- There will be 8 assignments in total
- Assignment #1 is 1% of the final grade
- Assignments 2-8 are 2% each
- Two Class Tests: 20% each.
- Final Exam 45%
Tentative Schedule: The following schedule is tentative, it will get more accurate as the semester progresses.
| Nr | Date | Lecture Topics | Assessment/Evaluation |
| 1 | Sept. 6th, 2018 | Introduction, Sec 2.1-2.3 | |
| 2 | Sept. 13th, 2018 | Sec 2.4 – 2.6 | Assignment #1 (Sec 2.2, 2.3) |
| 3 | Sept. 20th, 2018 | Sec 2.7, 2.8, 3.1 | Assignment #2 (Sec 2.4, 2.5) |
| 4 | Sept. 27th, 2018 | Sec 3.2-3.3, Test 1 Review | Assignment #3 (Sec 2.5, 2.6) |
| 5 | Oct. 4th, 2018 | Test #1, Sec 3.4 | Test #1 (Sec 2.2-2.6, 2.8, 3.1,3.2) |
| Oct.11th 2018 - No Class (Thanksgiving) | |||
| 6 | Oct. 18th, 2018 | Sec 3.5, 3.6, 3.8 | Assignment #4 (Sec 2.8, 3.1, 3.2) |
| 7 | Oct. 25th, 2018 | Sec 3.9, 3.10, 4.1 | Assignment #5 (Sec 3.3, 3.4) |
| 8 | Nov. 1st, 2018 | Sec 4.2 – 4.4 | Assignment #6 (3.5, 3.6, 3.9, 3.10) |
| 9 | Nov. 8th, 2018 | Sec 4.5, 4.7, Test 2 Review | |
| 10 | Nov. 15th, 2018 | Test #2, Sec 4.9 | Test #2 (Sec 3.3 – 3.6, 3.9, 3.10, 4.1, 4.2),
Assignment #7 (Sec 4.1, 4.2) |
| 11 | Nov. 22nd, 2018 | Sec 5.1 – 5.2 | Assignment #8 (Sec 4.3, 4.4, 4.7) |
| 12 | Nov. 29th, 2018 | Final Exam Review+Sec.5.3 | |
| 13 | Dec. … 2018 | Final Exam | Final Exam |
An Important Note about Tests and the Final Exam:
There will be no make-up tests. Students who have to miss a test for any good reasons with proof(s) may petition to have the weight of the test moved to the final exam. No calculators of any kind are permitted for the tests and the final exam.
University Important Dates:
- First class: Sept. 10, 2018
- Fall reading week (no classes, University open) Oct. 6-12, 2018
- Thanksgiving Day-University closed: Oct 8, 2018
- The last date to submit fall term work: TBA
- Fall classes end: Dec. 4, 2018
- Last lecture of fall term: Dec. 3, 2018
- Fall Study Day (no classes; University open): Dec. 5, 2018
- Fall examinations: Dec. 6 - 21, 2018
- Last date to enroll without my permission: Set.18, 2018
- Last date to enroll with my permission: Oct. 2, 2018
- Last date to drop the course without receiving a grade: Nov. 9, 2018
- Course Withdrawal Period (withdraw from a course and receive a grade of “W” on transcript): Nov.10-Dec.4. 2018
Attendance: If you do miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out what was covered and whether any important announcement was made. Class participation is strongly encouraged. You can participate both by asking some questions and by answering others. Please don’t hesitate to ask for clarification.
