This course is designed for students
in business, economics, and other social sciences. It introduces the basic
concept of the limit and its applications to continuity, differentiation,
integration, maximization, minimization, and partial derivatives. Applications
to social sciences, especially business and economics, are stressed. The
calculus of trigonometric functions is not covered.
Students who successfully
complete this course will be able to:
· Find limits of functions presented as
graphs, tables, or algebraic expressions.
· Use the concept of the limit to define the
derivative of a function.
· Differentiate functions involving powers,
exponentials, and logarithms.
· Apply the concepts of differentiation to
solve optimization problems.
· Use derivatives to hand sketch the graphs
of functions.
· Integrate functions involving powers,
exponentials, and logarithms.
· Use definite and indefinite integrals to
solve problems.
· Find partial derivatives of functions of
two variables.
· Apply the method of Lagrange multipliers
to solve constrained optimization problems.
Minimum math placement score of
61 or Math 0031 with a minimum grade of C.
This course will be taught
in-person unless the university health policy mandates that the course be moved
online. This means that the default format will consist of your instructor
presenting material in the classroom.
The course consists of lecture
and recitation components. Each student must register for a recitation that is
associated with the lecture that they are attending. Lectures are M, W, F.
Recitations are scheduled on Tu and Th of each week. Recitations will be
devoted to problem solving and/or quizzes. Each scheduled recitation will have
an assigned TA. The student should read each section of the textbook before the
lecture on that section. The default website for the course is the Canvas
webpage. Please check it regularly for announcements and assignments.
The textbook for this course is
Brief Applied Calculus, Seventh Edition, by Geoffrey C. Berresford
and Andrew M. Rockett; Brooks/Cole CENGAGE Learning. All students who register
for this course are automatically enrolled in the RedShelf Inclusive Access program and will be charged
on their Pitt student bill unless they opt out before the end of the add/drop
period. This program provides students with discounted access to the digital
version of the textbook and the publisher’s WebAssign content, but only the
textbook itself will be required. If you already have a copy of the textbook or
would prefer to purchase it from a different source, then you should opt out of
Inclusive Access. You will be able to opt
out by clicking on the “RedShelf Inclusive
Access” link in your course on Canvas. If you do not opt out of Inclusive
Access, then you will be able to access the digital textbook through a link to
WebAssign in Canvas.
You will meet with your TA twice
per week to work on practice problems related to the course material.
Homework will be completed online
through the WeBWork platform. Your TA will
demonstrate how to use WeBWork at the beginning of
the semester, but please also readh the WeBWork Instructions before getting started. You will need
to select your course from the list on the WeBWork
homepage http://webwork.math.pitt.edu/
and then log in with your Pitt username and password. Alternatively, you can
navigate directly to your course’s log-in screen via the URL https://webwork3.math.pitt.edu/webwork2-xxxxx/,
where XXXXX should be replaced with your
section’s five digit class number.
In addition to the graded
homework (WeBWork), you are expected, but not
required, to complete the practice problems listed for each textbook section on
the course schedule provided by your instructor. Although these problems will
not be graded, quiz and exam problems will sometimes be modeled after them.
The course usually includes three
midterm exams, and their approximate dates are listed on the course schedule.
Your instructor will let you know if the exams will be given at times that
deviate from the course schedule. Your instructor may also assign quizzes to be
completed during recitations. Exams and quizzes will be given in class.
All day sections must take a
departmental final exam at a time to be scheduled by the registrar. Calculators will not be permitted on the departmental final exam.
Evening sections will meet through final exam week, and the final exam will be
given during the last one or two scheduled class periods. The final exam will
be on Thursday April 29, 2:00 -3:50 PM. The exact location of the final exam
will be available in PeopleSoft, 8 weeks into the term. Again, calculators will
not be permitted on the departmental final exam.
Each student’s course grade will
be determined solely by their performance on the graded assignments and will be
calculated using a weighting scheme similar to the one
listed below. Some sections may deviate from this recipe, but any deviations
will be announced by your instructor at the beginning of the term.
Homework: 15%
Quizzes: 15%
Exam 1: 15%
Exam 2: 15%
Exam 3: 15%
Final Exam: 25%
Suggested grading scale:
A/A±: 90-100%,
B/B±: 80-89%,
C/C±: 70-79%,
D/D±: 60-69%,
F: 0-59%
In addition to the textbook, you
may find it helpful to use a scientific or graphing calculator while completing
homework and practice problems. Any calculator with logarithms, exponentials,
and trigonometric functions will do. Maple or Mathematica may also be a helpful
tool to have on your laptop.
Your instructor and TA will announce
their office hours and list them on Canvas. Your instructor or TA may opt to
hold office hours over Zoom.
The Math Assistance Center offers
free tutoring by appointment, including same-day appointments for those who
need immediate assistance, provided they are available. Appointments can be
made within Pathways. The MAC offers assistance with all courses in the math
department in the range 0010-0413, 1180, and 1270. For more information about
scheduling appointments or visiting the MAC for walk-in hours, please visit the
MAC
website.
If you have a disability for
which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to
contact both your instructor and Disability Resources and Services (DRS), 140
William Pitt Union, (412) 648-7890, drsrecep@pitt.edu, as early as possible in the term. DRS
will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this
course.
Cheating/plagiarism will not be
tolerated. Students suspected of violating the University of Pittsburgh Policy
on Academic Integrity may incur a zero score for the assessment in question.
Additional sanctions may be imposed, depending on the severity of the
infraction. If there is any doubt as to the originality of a student’s
submission for an assessment, they may be asked to explain their work during a
one-on-one meeting with their instructor. If the student’s explanations are
unsatisfactory, they may receive a zero score for the assessment, or the
instructor may choose to administer an alternative assessment in a different
format.
Assignments and assessments are
designed so that you learn by doing them, and only those resources authorized
by the instructor may be used to complete them. Copying graded homework or exam
answers from outside sources and other such violations of the academic
integrity code will compromise your learning. Passing a course without
adequately mastering the material may set you up to struggle in subsequent
courses. Also, it is a violation of the academic integrity code to share any
question from a graded assignment or an exam in any form. The instructor may
choose to post a solution set after the assessment, but these materials written
by the instructor are copyrighted, and you are not permitted to distribute them
in any way. If you inadvertently have access to a shared exam or graded
homework question, then you are obligated to inform the instructor. Academic
integrity is not about what you can get away with; it is about personal
accountability, honor, ethics, respect, trust, and fairness.
The University of Pittsburgh does
not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation based on
disability, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic
information, marital status, familial status, sex, age, sexual orientation,
veteran status, gender identity, or other factors as stated in the University’s
Title IX policy. The University is committed to taking prompt action to end a
hostile environment that interferes with the University’s mission. For more
information about policies, procedures, and practices, visit here.
We ask that everyone in the class
strive to help ensure that other members of this class can learn in a
supportive and respectful environment. If there are instances of the aforementioned issues, please contact the Title IX
Coordinator by calling (412) 628-7860, or emailing titleixcoordinator@pitt.edu.
Reports can be filled out online. You may also choose to report this to a
faculty/staff member; they are required to communicate this to the University’s
Office of Diversity and Inclusion. If you wish to maintain complete
confidentiality, you may also contact the University’s Counseling Center (412)
648-7930.
Each student is issued a
University email address (username@pitt.edu) upon admittance. This email
address may be used by your instructor and the University for official
communication with students. Students are expected to read email sent to this
account on a regular basis. Failure to read and react to University
communications in a timely manner does not absolve a student from knowing and
complying with the content of the communication.
To ensure the free and open
discussion of ideas, students may not record classroom lectures, discussions,
and/or activities not already recorded by the instructor without the advance
written permission of the instructor. Any such recording properly approved in
advance can be used solely for the student’s own private use.
Certain lectures may be recorded
by the instructor, and this may include student participation. Students are not
required to participate in recorded conversations. The recorded lecture may be
used by the faculty member and the registered students only for internal class
purposes and only during the term in which the course is being offered.
Recorded lectures will be made available to all students in the class via
Canvas and/or Panopto.
Some of the materials in this
course may be protected by copyright. United States copyright law, 17 USC
section 101, et seq., in addition to University
policies and procedures, prohibit unauthorized duplication or retransmission of
course materials. See the Library
of Congress Copyright Office for more information.