Course+Syllabus

=ABRG 1412 - Videoconference, Fall 2009=

Class time: Tuesday 5:00 - 8:00 Class location: N015 on campus (or at your own community)

**Instructor**: Andrea Belczewski **Contact information** : abelczew@unb.ca (506) 451-6890 (direct office line)

**Text**: //Finite Mathematics and Calculus with applications// (8th edition) by M.L. Lial, R.N. Greenwell and N.P. Ritchey

Applications to business and economics.
 * Course Description**: Polynomial, logarithmic and exponential functions. Limits and derivatives. Simple integration.


 * Grading**:
 * Series of short quizzes 40%
 * Assignments 40%
 * Journals/blogs 10%
 * Attendance and participation 10%
 * (optional final exam) 20%

*** I just had an update from another math instructor who thinks that equation editor is already part of the Microsoft Word package but just needs to be unlocked or have its toolbar shown. I checked it out on my computer but because I purchased MathType, the equation editor that came with Word has been overridden.**
 * Assignments**: will be posted each week on this site. You will usually have one week to complete the assignment. Please feel free to work together on your assignments or to work with a tutor. Assignments can be faxed to me or scanned and e-mail attached. For those of you who are computer savvy, you can download //equation editor// for free. This program runs in word and allows you to easily do math type. If you choose to use this program, you can download the assignments from the wiki, type in your answers and e-mail the assignments back.

Letter Grades**: A+..................... 90 - 100 A ....................... 85 - 89 A-....................... 80 - 84 B+.......................75 - 79 B.........................70 - 74 B-........................65 - 69 C+.......................60 - 65 C.........................55 - 59 D.........................50 - 54 F..........................< 49**

Tentative Course Timeline**:** September 22: **Introduction to the course**

September 29: **10.1 - properties of functions, domain, range, vertical line test 10.2 - quadratic functions, graphing, transformations of quadratic functions**

October 6: **10.4 - exponential functions**

October 13: **10.5 - logarithmic functions**

October 20: **11.1 - limits, finding limits**

October 27: **Unscheduled class**

November 3: **11.3 - average and instantaneous rates of change 11.4 - definition of the derivative**

November 10: **12.1 - techniques for finding the derivative 12.2 - derivatives of products and quotients**

November 17: **12.3 - Chain rule**

November 24: **12.4 - derivatives of exponential functions 12.5 - derivatives of logarithmic functions**

December 1: **15.1 - antiderivatives 15.2 - substitution**

December 8: **15.3 - area and the definite integral**

December 15:** 15.4 - the fundamental theorem of calculus