MATH 141 B
Calculus I
MATHEMATICS
AT BARD COLLEGE
Coordinates RKC 111, TTh 2:30-3:50 PM, CRN 11059
Professor Greg Landweber
Office Hours Albee 304, Tu 11-11:50 AM, W 2:30-4:20 PM, Th 10-10:50 AM, or by appointment.
Other Help Try the Math Study Room, Sunday to Wednesday, 7-10 PM, RKC 111, starting Sunday, January 31,
or the Calculus I (Math 141B) dedicated tutor Cedric Cogell.
Cedric also holds an office hour on Thursdays, 12-1 PM in the Albee 3rd Floor math lounge.
No Class Spring Break: March 23, 25.
Advising Day: Tuesday, April 27.
Content An introduction to the basic ideas of differentiation and integration in one variable. Topics include limits, techniques of differentiation, definite integrals, the fundamental theorem of calculus, and applications.
Prerequisite Precalculus or the equivalent.
Textbook
   Calculus: Concepts and Contexts
Fourth Edition
by James Stewart
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning
Homework Homework must be stapled and is due at the start of class each Thursday, starting Thursday, January 28. Late or unstapled homework will not be accepted. Homework will consist of both odd numbered problems with solutions in the back of the book and even numbered problems to be turned in. The even numbered problems are shown in red below, and will be graded roughly based on the number of problems you attempt and the number of problems you answer correctly.
Quizzes There will be three 20 minute quizzes given in class on the Thursdays indicated on the schedule below. If you must miss a quiz, you must get permission from Professor Landweber and schedule a make up quiz in advance, unless you are physically unable to do so.
Exams There will be an in class Midterm Exam on Thursday, March 11, and an in class Final Exam on Thursday, May 13. Professor Landweber gives make-up exams only in case of emergencies, and if you miss an exam, you must get permission from Professor Landweber and schedule a make up exam in advance, unless you are physically unable to do so.
Grading 20% Homework
30% Quizzes (4 @ 7.5% each)
50% Exams (2 @ 25% each)
Schedule
Dates Topic Reading Homework Exam
January 26, 28Functions Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Algebra Review		 Do the Diagnostic Test: Algebra on pp. xxiv-xxv
Grade your test with the answers on p. xxv and turn it in.
Section 1.1: 5, 15, 23, 27, 33, 41, 45, 49, 59, 61, 67
Section 1.2: 3, 9, 13
Appendix C: 15, 23, 29
February 2, 4Exponentials and
Logarithms		 Sections 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 Section 1.1: 26, 30, 48, 52; Section 1.2: 8; Section 1.3: 38, 46; Appendix C: 24
Section 1.3: 37, 39, 41, 43
Section 1.5: 1, 3, 17, 21, 23, 25
Section 1.6: 35, 37, 39, 45, 49, 51
Algebra Review (optional, but highly recommended)
Feburary 9, 11Limits Sections 2.1, 2.2 Section 1.5: 2, 18, 22, 30, 32; Section 1.6: 22, 38, 40
Section 2.1: 5, 7
Section 2.2: 5, 9, 15, 17, 21
 Quiz
February 16, 18Continuity and
Derivatives		 Sections 2.3, 2.4 Section 2.1: 6; Section 2.2: 4, 8, 14, 18
Due Tuesday, February 23.
Section 2.3: 13, 17, 33, 37
Section 2.4: 9, 13, 15, 33
February 23, 25Differentiation Sections 2.6, 2.7 Section 2.3: 12, 18, 30; Section 2.4: 42
Due Friday, February 26, 5 PM.
Section 2.6: 3, 7, 9, 15, 17, 27 		No Quiz
March 2, 4Differentiation Sections 2.8, 3.1 Section 2.6: 8, 14, 20, 30; Section 2.7: 2, 14, 16, 28
Section 2.7: 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 25, 27
Section 2.8: 3, 15, 25, 43, 49
March 9, 11Review Practice Midterm Midterm Exam
March 16, 18Advanced Differentiation Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 No Homework!
March 30
April 1		Inverse Functions Sections 3.4, 3.5 Section 3.1: 8, 26, 50; Section 3.2: 4, 22, 40; Section 3.3: 4, 14
Section 3.1: 7, 9, 19, 25, 41, 45
Section 3.2: 1, 3, 7, 25, 21, 39
Section 3.3: 5, 13, 15, 17
April 6, 8Max and Min Sections 4.2, 4.3 Quiz
April 13, 15Graphing Sections 4.4, 4.6
April 20, 22Antiderivatives Section 4.8, 5.1 Quiz
April 29Areas Section 5.2
May 4, 6Integration Sections 5.3, 5.4
May 11, 13Review Final Exam
May 18 Calculus II Preview