Nick Andersen

Math 220 U1 Fall 2014
9:00 - 9:50 daily
40 Allen Hall

Calculus I. This is the first in a three-semester calculus sequence. Here is the official department syllabus.

Nick Andersen
nandrsn4 [at] illinois [dot] edu

8:30 - 9:00 daily
40 Allen Hall

www.math.uiuc.edu/~nandrsn4/220

Calculus: Early Transcendentals (with enhanced WebAssign), 7th ed. by James Stewart

The homework for this course will be on WebAssign. You will need to purchase an access code (see here for purchasing options). Once purchased you can login to WebAssign (https://www.webassign.net/uiuc/login.html) with your NetID and Active Directory password. If you have any problems with your registration, please contact WebAssign Student Support (http://www.webassign.net/user_support/student/).

Every student is required to obtain a minimum ALEKS placement score of 70% or better between 15 April and 29 August 2014. Students may take the ALEKS placement exam as often as they wish during this period. Anyone who does not meet this requirement will be automatically dropped from the course. Click here for more information about ALEKS.

Daily attendance is expected. You are allowed 5 unexcused absences; every subsequent absence will decrease your final grade by 1/3 of a letter (e.g. a 'B' will decrease to a 'B-').

Homework is worth 10% of your grade. It will be assigned, completed, and graded through WebAssign. I will drop your four lowest homework scores. Homework will be assigned roughly three times per week (usually MWF).

Calculators will not be allowed on quizzes/tests, neither will they be necessary for homework/worksheet problems. However, a graphing calculator can be a huge help on homework problems, especially when visualizing graphs of functions. I suggest that, if you don't have a good graphing calculator, you learn to use wolfram|alpha to assist with certain homework problems. Of course, you should know how to do every problem without the assistance of a computer or calculator, otherwise you may not do well on the exams.

Each week we will have at least two in-class group worksheets, to be turned in for credit. I will grade one worksheet per group (randomly selected each time). Worksheets are worth 5% of your total grade.

We will have approximately 12 in-class, 20 minute quizzes throughout the semester, to be completed individually. Your top 10 quiz scores will make up 10% of your final grade.

Your total exam score accounts for 50% of your grade. There will be three 50-minute in-class exams. Your lowest exam score will count toward 10%, while the other two exams will count toward 20% each. The schedule for exams is:

The final exam is scheduled for: The final will be comprehensive and will be worth 25% of your final grade.

Please come to my office hours when you need help with the material. If you would like to meet with me outside of office hours, please email me. Further help can be obtained from the department free tutoring service (see here for details).

The total number of points possible is 1000, broken up into: The grading scale will be no worse than