Course: Math 20A
Title: Calculus for Science and Engineering
Credit Hours: 4 (2 credits if taken after Math 10A; no credit if taken after Math 10B or Math 10C)
Prerequisite: Math Placement Exam qualifying score, or AP Calculus AB score of 3 (or equivalent AB subscore on BC exam), or SAT II MATH 2C score of 650 or higher, or MATH 4C or MATH 10A.
Catalog Description: Foundations of differential and integral calculus of one variable. Functions, graphs, continuity, limits, derivative, tangent line. Applications with algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. Introduction to the integral. (Two credits given if taken after MATH 1A/10A and no credit given if taken after MATH 1B/10B or MATH 1C/10C. Formerly numbered MATH 2A.)
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, fourth edition, by Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, and Robert Franzosa; published by W. H. Freeman and Company; 2019
Subject Material: We shall cover parts of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the text.
Please Note: Because of the uncertainty we're experiencing, the details listed in the syllabus are subject to change. Please check back frequently and stay up to date.
Lecture: Lectures will be delivered remotely this term. Check the website and/or Canvas site of the instructor for the course you're enrolled in for zoom links and/or links to recordings of your instructor's lectures. Attending the lecture (or reviewing the recording) is a fundamental part of the course; you are responsible for material presented in the lecture whether or not it is discussed in the textbook. You should expect questions on the exams that will test your understanding of concepts discussed in the lecture.
Reading: Reading the sections of the textbook corresponding to the assigned homework exercises is considered part of the homework assignment; you are responsible for material in the assigned reading whether or not it is discussed in the lecture. It will be expected that you preview the assigned reading in advance of each lecture and carefully read it after the corresponding lecture.
Instructional Resources and Tutoring: There are several instructional resources freely available to Mathematics students. Please see the Mathematics Tutoring page for a listing of these resources and make use of them.
Electronic Computing Devices: Graphing calculators and computer programs (or online computing websites such as WolframAlpha) can be very helpful when working through your homework. However, a calculator/computer should be used as an aid in the learning concepts, not just as a means of computation.
Homework: Graded homework will be assigned using WebAssign and will be accessible via the MATH20A_FA20_WebAssign Canvas site. Additional textbook homework exercises are posted on the course textbook homework page with the same due date as the WebAssign homework. The textbook homework exercises will not be collected and will not be graded; however, if you seek help from the instructor or TAs, they will often do these problems.
Quizzes: There will be six (6) 30-minute quizzes given given on the days specified in the course calendar. You will be given exactly 30 minutes to complete your quiz in Canvas and will be provided a 12-hour window within which to do so. See your instructor's Canvas site for details. Your cumulative quiz score will be based on the best 4 of 6 possible quiz scores. There will be no makeup quizzes. If you miss a quiz for any reason, your cumulative quiz score will be based on the best 4 of your remaining 5 quiz scores.
Exams: There will be three 60-minute exams (including the final exam) given given on the days specified in the Schedule of Classes and the course calendar. You will be given exactly 1 hour to write your exam and upload it to Gradescope and will be provided a 12-hour window within which to do so. See your instructor's Canvas site for details. Your cumulative exam score will be based on the best 2 of 3 possible exam scores. There will be no makeup exams. If you miss an exam for any reason, your cumulative exam score will be based on your remaining 2 exam scores.
Regrade Policy: Your exams will be graded using Gradescope. You will be able to request a regrade via Gradescope for a specified window of time. Be sure to make your request within the specified window of time; no regrade requests will be accepted after the deadline.
Administrative Deadline: It is your responsibility to check that your exam scores, quiz scores, and WebAssign homework scores are correctly recorded in Canvas. Contact your TA before the end of the 10th week of the quarter to resolve recording errors.
Grading: Your course grade will be determined by your cumulative average at the end of the term and will be based on the following scale:
| A+ | A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- |
| 97 | 93 | 90 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 70 |
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