Text: Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, by James Stewart, Brooks/Cole 1998
Optional: Student Solutions Manual, Single Variable by Jeffrey A. Cole, Study Guide by Dan Clegg, Scientific Notebook software, single version, Doing Calculus with Scientific Notebook, by Daniel W. Hardy, Carol L. Walker.
Technology required: You must have access to technology which enables you to (1) Graph a function, (2) Find the zeroes of a function.
Prerequisite: Students enrolled in MTH 1854 should have recently completed MTH 1753, Trigonometry, and MTH 1764, Precalculus, or the equivalent.
Syllabus/Calendar
| 16-Week Semester | 11-Week Semester | ||
| Week 1 | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 | Week 1 | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4* |
| Week 2 | 1.4*, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7* | Week 2 | 1.5, 1.6, 1.7*, 2.1 |
| Week 3 | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 | Week 3 | 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 |
| Week 4 | 2.4, 2.5 | Week 4 | 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 |
| Week 5 | 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 | Week 5 | 2.10, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3*, 3.4 |
| Week 6 | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3* | Week 6 | 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 |
| Week 7 | 3.4, 3.5 | Week 7 | 4.1*, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 |
| Week 8 | 3.5, 3.6 | Week 8 | 4.5, 4.6, 4.8* |
| Week 9 | 3.7, 3.8 | Week 9 | 4.9, 5.1, 5.2 |
| Week 10 | 4.1*, 4.2 | Week 10 | 5.3, 5.4 |
| Week 11 | 4.3, 4.4 | Week 11 | 5.5, Review |
| Week 12 | 4.5, 4.6 | ||
| Week 13 | 4.8*, 4.9 | ||
| Week 14 | 5.1, 5.2 | ||
| Week 15 | 5.3, 5.4 | ||
| Week 16 | 5.5, Review | ||
Time required and outside help: To do homework and study requires two or three times as much time outside of class as the time you spend in class in order to succeed in this course. If you need regular out-of-class help you may register for the optional Calculus Lab (MTH 0221) where you can receive about two hours a week of tutoring in a small group setting. Free tutoring is also available at any of the ACC's Learning Labs.
Testing, Grading, and Homework: Your instructor will give you an additional handout which will include a testing schedule, and details about grading, testing, and homework.
Attendance is required in this course. Students who miss more than 4 classes may be withdrawn. After the withdrawal date each semester, neither the student nor the instructor may initiate a withdrawal. It is the student's responsibility to initiate all withdrawals in this course. The instructor may withdraw students for excessive absences (4) or failure to meet course objectives but makes no commitment to do this for the student.
Incomplete grades (I) will be given only in very rare circumstances.
Generally, to receive a grade of I, a student must have taken
all examinations, be passing, and have a personal tragedy occur
after the last date to withdraw which prevents course completion.