Week | Tuesday | Thursday |
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1 |
August 29th |
August 31st |
2 |
September 5th |
September 7th |
3 |
September 12th |
September 14th |
4 |
September 19th |
September 21st |
5 |
September 26th |
September 28th Midterm 1 |
6 |
October 3rd |
October 5th |
7 |
October 10th |
October 12th |
8 |
October 17th |
October 19th |
9 |
October 24th |
October 26th |
10 |
October 31st |
November 2nd Midterm 2 |
11 |
November 7th |
November 9th |
12 |
November 14th |
November 16th |
13 |
November 21st |
November 23rd Thanksgiving - no classes. |
14 |
November 28th |
November 30th |
15 |
December 5th |
December 7th Midterm 3 |
Instructor: | Adam Cunningham | Lecture: | Tuesday-Thursday, 5:10 - 6:50 pm |
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Office: | Math Building 106 | Location: | Clemens Hall 19 |
Email: | adamcunn@buffalo.edu | Office hours: | Tuesday-Thursday, 3:00 - 4:30 pm |
For students in Management. Limits, continuity, differentiation of algebraic and exponential functions. Applications, partial derivatives and applications. Introduces integration.
NYS Regents Course B, or ULC 148, or MTH 115.
R. Barnett, M. Ziegler, K. Byleen. Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences. Third Custom Edition for University at Buffalo.
The course page on UBlearns will be used for posting grades.
Follow these instructions to register for MyMathLab.
We will be using Piazza, an online question and answer tool, to help each other with questions about the class.
Aspects include attending class, and asking and answering questions in class.
Homework assignments will be submitted every week via MyMathLab. The submission deadline will usually be 9 am on a Wednesday.
Course grades will be determined with the weightings:
Homework assignments | 40% |
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Three midterm exams | 20% each |
Incompletes will be given only under extraordinary circumstances (such as surgery during the last week of class).
You are expected to attend every class. If you miss a class you are responsible for getting the lecture notes and any other in-class information or materials from a classmate.
Absolutely no non-class-related computer or cell phone use during class. This includes texting, Facebook, emailing. If I see you on your cell phone during lecture I reserve the right to remove a minimum of 1 percentage point from your final course grade for each incident count. This is left up to the discretion of the instructor and is a non-negotiable policy.
Students are expected to adhere to the university policy on academic honesty. Cheating or misrepresentation of your work will result in formal charges.
Sustained steady effort, starting from day one. Make full use of the resources available to you: the textbook, MyMathLab, Math Help Center, The Math Place, Piazza, and each other. See me in office hours, email me, or make an appointment to see me at some other time. Start homework assignments early - they often take more time than anticipated.
Tuesday 5th September: Last day to drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Friday 10th November: Last day to resign from the course - an “R” appears on the transcript.
If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or psychological) which will make it difficult for you to carry out the course work as outlined, or requires accommodations such as recruiting note takers, readers or extended time on examinations, please advise me during the first two weeks of the course so that we may review possible arrangements for reasonable accommodations.
Weekly homework assignments, three midterm exams.
At the end of this course, students will be able to: | Assessment |
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- recognize polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions, understand their basic properties and know how to evaluate them. | Midterm 1, HW 1-2 |
- compute limits of algebraic functions graphically, numerically, and algebraically. | Midterm 1, HW 3 |
- interpret the derivative graphically and as a rate of change in business applications. - demonstrate the understanding of the derivative in marginal function analysis by finding marginal cost, marginal revenue, and marginal profit at different rates of production. |
Midterm 1, HW 4 |
- compute the first and higher order derivatives of basic algebra, exponential, and logarithmic functions using derivative rules, including the chain rule and implicit differentiation. | Midterm 2, HW 5-6 |
- use limits and derivatives to construct, analyze, and interpret the graph of a function. | Midterm 2, HW 7 |
- use derivatives to analyze and solve optimization problems, for instance optimizing cost, revenue and profit in business applications. | Midterm 2, HW 8 |
- compute partial derivatives of functions of more than one variable, and interpret these in economic applications. - solve basic optimization problems for functions of two variables using the second derivative test. |
Midterm 3, HW 9 |
- compute indefinite and definite integrals of functions using anti-derivative rules and the fundamental theorem of calculus. - compute indefinite integrals using integration techniques including substitution, tables, and integration by parts. - represent area as a definite integral and interpret the results in business applications. |
Midterm 3, HW 10-12 |
Grading is based on MyMathLab homework and three midterm exams, with the following breakdown:
Homework: | 40% |
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Midterms: | 20% each |
Course percentages will be converted to letter grades as follows:
Percentage | Letter Grade |
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90 - 100 | A |
87 - 89 | A- |
83 - 86 | B+ |
80 - 82 | B |
77 - 79 | B- |
73 - 76 | C+ |
70 - 72 | C |
65 - 69 | C- |
60 - 64 | D+ |
55 - 59 | D |
54 or below | F |
Week | Sections | Topics | Due Date |
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1 | 1.1 - 1.4 | Linear, quadratic, polynomial and rational functions. | Wednesday 6th September |
2 | 1.5 - 1.6 | Exponential and logarithmic functions. | Wednesday 13th September |
3 | 2.1 - 2.3 | Limits and continuity. | Wednesday 20th September |
4 | 2.4 - 2.7 | Basic differentiation. Differentials. Marginal analysis. | Wednesday 27th September |
6 | 3.1 - 3.3 | The constant "e". Continuous compounding. The product and quotient rules. | Wednesday 11th October |
7 | 3.4 - 3.7 | The chain rule. Implicit differentiation and related rates. Elasticity of demand. | Wednesday 18th October |
8 | 4.1 - 4.2 | First and second derivatives and graphs. | Wednesday 25th October |
9 | 4.3 - 4.6 | L'Hopital's rule. Curve sketching using derivatives. Absolute maxima and minima. Optimization. | Wednesday 1st November |
11 | 7.1 - 7.3 | Functions of several variables. Partial derivatives. Maxima and minima. | Wednesday 15th November |
12 | 7.4, 5.1 - 5.2 | Lagrange multipliers. Antiderivatives and indefinite integrals. Integration by substitution. | Wednesday 22nd November |
13 | 5.4 - 5.5 | Definite integrals. The fundamental theorem of calculus. | Wednesday 29th November |
14 | 5.3, 6.1 - 6.3 | Differential equations. Applications of definite integrals. Integration by parts. | Wednesday 6th December |
Exam | Date | Topics | Review | Practice | Answer Key |
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Midterm 1 | Thursday September 28th | Chapters 1 - 2 | Review Sheet 1 | Practice Midterm 1 | Answer Key 1 |
Midterm 2 | Thursday November 2nd | Chapters 3 - 4 | Review Sheet 2 | Practice Midterm 2 | Answer Key 2 |
Midterm 3 | Thursday December 7th | Chapters 5 - 7 | Review Sheet 3 | Practice Midterm 3 | Answer Key 3 |