Check out daily activities at the course calendar.  You will find reading assignments, homework exercises, web links, and important due dates.  This calendar may change often, so return to it regularly throughout the semester.
 

Course Content:	This course provides the essential ideas about the two important concepts that make up the differential and integral calculus--the derivative and the integral.  These concepts are applied to functions which arise from modelling situations in business, finance, economics, and the medical sciences.  The derivative measures rates of change and is used to solve optimization problems; the integral measures total accumulations of change and turns up in fundamental economic models, for instance.  Both concepts are related to each other by the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Time & Place:	Alter 318, WF 1:30 - 2:45pm
Instructor:	Daniel E. Otero
Office Hours:	Hinkle 104, M 11:30 - 12:30, 3:00 - 4:00, W 11:30 - 12:30, F 11:30 - 1:30, or by appointment
Phone:	745-2012 (voicemail available)
Email:	otero@xavier.edu
Textbook:	Calculus Concepts: an informal approach to the mathematics of change, by LaTorre, Kennelly, Fetta, Carpenter & Harris. Second Edition.
Computing:	We will make substantial use of the TI-83 or TI-83 Plus graphics calculator, widely available in stores for under $100. These calculators are required for all mathematics courses at Xavier. Here is a brief web tutorial on Using your TI-83 in MATH 150. (Let me know if this is useful to you or not; this tutorial is freshly launched this semester, and we want to improve this.)
Grading:	A standard scale (A = 90%, B = 80%, C = 70%, D = 60%) based on a total 500 pts.  The final exam grade will replace the lowest of the first five 100 pt grades below:   Homework = 100 pts Projects = 100 pts Test 1 (Chapters 1 & 2) = 100 pts Test 2 (Chapters 3 & 4) = 100 pts Test 3 (Chapters 5 & 6) = 100 pts Final Exam = 100 pts Frequent homework assignments and occasional projects will be assigned.  The Department of Mathematics & Computer Science has adopted this Statement of Grading Standards which you should review.
Absences:	Attendance and participation in class is expected.  No extra credit work will be assigned.  If you foresee that you will not be able to attend a class during which a quiz or test is to be administered, you must make arrangements with me beforehand to schedule a time to make up the work.  Even a phone message before the time of the scheduled quiz or test is sufficient.  No arrangements will be made otherwise.
Homework:	Read the textbook; youÌll be surprised how much more useful class time is if you train yourself to read what will be covered in class ahead of time.  Be patient: reading mathematics is a different experience from reading anything else.  Have pencil, paper, and calculator handy as you read and work out examples for yourself.  The best preparation for quzzes and tests is diligent attention to working homework assignments as tests will contain problems based on these exercises.  Indeed, it is impossible to learn mathematical ideas without doing a fair amount of problems that explore these concepts. The homework assignments listed below appear in the calendar on the day they are due. Write up solutions neatly, and if you submit more than one sheet of paper, staple your assignment together. Do not submit loose pages, and assignments with folded corners will not be accepted.
Tentative Calendar:	Date Event Sec. Exercises due Aug 27 1.1   Aug 29 1.1 #1, 6, 8, 11-13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 30, 33, 36, 39 Sep 3   1.2 #1, 2, 4-6, 11, 12 Sep 5  NO CLASS     Sep 10   1.3 #2, 3, 5, 9-11, 14, 17, 18, 21, 24, 30, 33, 35, 37, 41 Sep 12 1.5 #3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 Sep 17   2.1 2.2 #1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 29 #2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11-14, 19, 21, 25, 29, 31 Sep 19 2.3 #7, 8, 14, 17, 20, 21, 25 Sep 24   2.4 #7, 8, 10, 11, 13-17, 25, 27, 29, 30 Sep 26   2.6 #8-12, 15, 17-19 Oct 1 Test #1 (Ch. 1 & 2)     Oct 3 Fall Holiday: NO CLASS     Oct 8   3.1 #1-5, 11-15, 17-20, 29 Oct 10 3.2 3.3 #8-10, 15, 17, 19, 24, 26, 27, 31, 32 #1-3, 5, 9, 10, 16-18, 20 Oct 15   3.4 #1-7, 9-12, 15, 17, 18 Oct 17 4.1 #5, 7, 8, 10-12, 15, 16 Oct 22   4.2 #1-3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 Oct 24 4.3 4.4 #1-14, 21, 23, 27-29 #8-10, 16, 22, 24, 25 Oct 29   4.5 #1, 4-7, 17-20, 24-31, 38, 40-42 Oct 31 4.6 #3, 5, 7-11, 14, 16-19, 27, 29, 31, 32, 35 Nov 5 Test #2 (Ch. 3 & 4) Nov 7   5.2 #3-6, 11, 12, 18, 20-23, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35 Nov 12 5.4 #3-5, 8, 9, 11-15, 19, 23, 24, 27, 30 Nov 14   6.1 #1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 18, 20-22, 24, 26, 29 Nov 19 6.2 #3, 4, 7-11, 14, 17, 18 Nov 21   6.3 #5-7, 9, 11-17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 28, 32 Nov 26 Thanksgiving Holiday:     Nov 28 NO CLASS Dec 3 6.4 6.5 #1-12, 17, 20, 24, 27-29, 34, 37, 38, 43, 48 #8, 9, 11-13, 19, 21-23, 27, 33 Dec 5   7.1 #1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 21 Dec 10 Test #3 (Ch. 5 & 6) Dec 12   7.4 #1, 4-6, 10, 12, 16 Dec 17 Final Exam (1:00-2:50)