Math 151: Calculus I

Instructor:

Andrew Leahy
Office: SMC E-211
Office phone: 341-7439
E-Mail: aleahy@knox.edu

Office hours:

Monday: 2:40 – 3:50

Tuesday: 12:00 – 1:20
Wednesday: 10:40 – 11:50
Thursday: 2:40 – 3:50

You can also set up an appointment (by phone or

e-mail). I will also schedule Google Meet
meetings on request. I teach 1st MWF and 5th
MWTF, but I'm usually in my office (or nearby)
otherwise.

Course Mechanics:

Course URL: https://classroom.google.com/c/MTUzOTU2MjE0MjMw

Problem Sessions: MWF Period Five, SMAC A-205 (limit of 16 students).
Assessment Day: Thursday, Period Five SMAC A-205 (limit of 16 students).

Text: OpenStax Calculus Volume 1, by Edwin Herman and Gilbert Strang. Available at the URL:
https://openstax.org/details/books/calculus-volume-1

This is available (freely) online and as a PDF. You can also purchase a printed copy. We will cover most of
Chapters 1-5 . Topics to be covered include: functions, limits, derivatives, applications of derivatives, and
definite integrals. However, we will not cover these topics in the order covered in the textbook, so you
should pay close attention to the day-by-day outline of topics below.

This class will be flipped. Lectures will be given in video format. Classes on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday will be devoted to discussing homework problems (but remember that you are always welcome to ask
me about them when I’m available in my office!) Classes on Thursday will devoted to weekly assessments.

Assessment:

Midterm Exams (approximately 30%)

There will be two mid-term examinations, each worth about 15% of the final grade. These exams will be held
during the 3rd and 7th weeks of the term. (See the course outline for tentative days.)
Final Exam (approximately 20%)

At the end of the term, there will be a comprehensive final exam. The registrar will produce a schedule of
final exam times at the beginning of the term.

Quizzes (approximately 25%)

Quizzes will be held on Thursdays during weeks when there is not an exam. These will cover the material
from the previous week, and each will be worth about 4% of your grade. One or two will be dropped in the
final grade calculation. As with exams, quizzes cannot be made up unless there are extenuating
circumstances.

Homework, Reading Quizzes, Attendance, and/or Projects (approximately 25%)

Homework will be of several varieties: (1) WebWork, (2) Required Pencil-and-Paper, (3) Required
Mathematica, (4) Problem Journals. Homework assignments will be found on the classroom page. Unless
otherwise stated, assume that all WebWork, Required Pencil-and-Paper, and Mathematica assignments need
to be turned in by midnight after the next class meeting, unless stated otherwise. You are also expected to
keep a “problem journal” of non-required problems, including your work for WebWork. These will be
collected and checked at some point during the term. Late homework will not be accepted unless there are
extenuating circumstances—and you should inform me before the deadline. The final homework grade will
be computed in such a way that it will be possible to miss "a few" homework assignments without hurting
your grade.

Projects will be extended problem sets, most likely dealing with the material that we cover in class but
covering the material in more detail. More specifics will be given later.

Attendance in class is expected. Attendance will often be taken, and may count for a small portion of your
final grade. You are responsible for informing me of any necessary absences, and you cannot make up work
from an unexcused absence.

Assistance and Information:

Ultimately, you are responsible for your learning. This means your are responsible for having your
questions answered. There are lots of places to find help! You can ask questions during class, see me
outside of class, or attend one of several Red Room or Mathematics Department walk-in tutoring sessions.
Details on these sessions will be posted later. Also, if you have academic accommodations, you need to let
me know.

Course Goals:

The learning goals for this course are:

1. To demonstrate understanding of the key concepts of (1) functions of one variable, (2) limits and
continuity, (3) the derivative, (4) the integral, and (5) their geometric interpretations.
2. To apply the derivative to problems involving rates of change, linear approximation, and
optimization.
3. To use standard techniques to evaluate limits, derivatives, and integrals.
4. To use technology appropriately to solve problems.
The content of this course is primarily differential calculus with some basic material from integral calculus.
However, I also hope that you will: (1) develop a broader general appreciation of the logical structure
underlying mathematics, (2) develop a sense of the importance of the applications of mathematics in the real
world, and (3) become more capable problem solvers.

Honor Code

Remember that all work you submit must be in accordance with the Knox College Honor Code:
http://www.knox.edu/offices/academic-affairs/honor-code-and-procedures

Note two passages from the Honor Code in particular:

Students are expected to leave books and notes elsewhere during an examination and to take
examinations in public places such as classrooms or open lounge areas nearby in the buildings.
Washrooms, storage areas, and maintenance areas in the basement and elsewhere are not public
places. Neither are carrels or other closed areas, nor anywhere upstairs in Seymour Library and
Science Library. Students should not bring examinations into these non-public places, should
keep examinations covered as they work on them, and should remove themselves and their work
from temptation and suspicion.
And
Faculty may require that students not bring books, notes or electronic devices into the building in
which an examination is administered. Alternatively, they may permit students to bring these
resources into the building but may require that these books, notes and electronic devices be left
in a central area or the classroom throughout the duration of the examination or other academic
obligation.

In accordance with these policies, you should not have a cell phone with you when taking exams.
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Monday Wednesday Friday

Sept 13 – Sept 19 Algebra review. (See PDF) Function concepts (Section 1.1) Types of Functions (Section 1.2)

Computing limits and limits of

Limits and continuity—including the Derivative as a function (Section
Sept 20 – Sept 26 difference quotients (Sections 2.3
IVT (Sections 2.2 and 2.4) 3.2)
and 1.2 [first part] and 3.2)

Differentiation formulas (Section Derivatives as rates of change

Sept 27 – Oct 3 EXAM
3.3) (Section 3.4)

Definition and properties of the

Oct 4 – Oct 10 Antiderivatives (Section 4.10) Approximating Areas (Section 5.1)
integral (Section 5.2)

Fundamental Theorem of Calculus The integral as net change (Section Review of trigonometric functions
Oct 11 – Oct 17
(Section 5.3) 5.4) (Section 1.3)

Calculus on trigonometric functions Implicit differentiation and related

Oct 18 – Oct 24 The chain rule (Section 3.6)
(Sections 2.3 [pp. 170-174] and 3.5) rates (Sections 3.8 and 4.1)

Derivatives involving exponential

Exponential and logarithmic
Oct 25 – Oct 31 and logarithmic functions (Section EXAM
functions (Section 1.5)
3.9)

Derivatives of inverse functions—

Linear approximation and Newton’s
Nov 1 – Nov 7 Inverse Functions (Section 1.4) including inverse trig functions
method (Sections 4.2 and 4.9)
(Section 3.7)

Derivatives and graphs of functions Limits, Asymptotes, and L’Hopital’s

Absolute and applied max/min
Nov 8 – Nov 14 —including the MVT (Sections 4.4 rule (Sections 2.2 [pp. 146-153], 4.6
(Sections 4.3 and 4.7)
and 4.5) and 4.8)

Substitution in indefinite integrals

Nov 15 – Nov 21 Reading Day FINAL EXAM TBA
(Sections 5.5 and 5.6)

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