Required Text: Single Variable Calculus or Calculus, Stewart, 5^th edition.

Required Technology:  Palm-OS based PDA with at least Palm OS v.3.5

Instructor: Dr. Abigail Hoit.       ( Office hours are  listed on instructor's webpage.)

             Office: CS 219         Email: abigailh@elmhurst.edu        Phone: 617-3414        Webpage: www.elmhurst.edu/~abigailh
                 
Exams: There will be three in-class exams and a cumulative final exam. Calculators and PDAs will not be permitted on exams.

Exam Forgiveness Policy: All exams must be taken in class on the announced dates. If you take all three regular exams as scheduled, then the lowest one of the three scores will be replaced by your percentage score on the final exam, if this is to your benefit.

You will not be allowed to take any exam early or late for any reason. If you miss any of the three regular exams for any reason (even a really, really good reason), your percentage score on the final exam will serve as your score for the missed exam(s), and only the missed one(s) will be replaced.

Quizzes: Beginning February 11^th, there will be a quiz every Wednesday unless there is an exam that week. Your lowest two quiz grades will be dropped at the end of the semester. If you miss a quiz for any reason (even a really, really good reason), that is one of the grades that will be dropped. No makeup quizzes will be permitted.  Calculators and PDAs will not be permitted on quizzes.

Labs:  Roughly once a week, you will be required to complete a lab assignment using the PDA.  These assignments may not be turned in past their due date, without insructor permission.  If you have completed all of the labs, your lowest lab grade will be dropped at the end of the semester.

Homework: Homework assignments will be given each night. I will usually not collect the homework, but I reserve the right to do so. Any collected homework assignment grades will either be included in the quiz grade or counted as extra credit.  For homework problems, you are welcome to use whatever technology you feel comfortable with (PDA, calculator, computer, slide rule, etc.) and are strongly encouraged to work with other students, come to homework help hours, and visit the math tutors.

Remember: In this course, doing the homework is absolutely required if you want a C or higher.  "Doing homework" means correctly completing the assignment, often with the help of the instructor, tutors, study groups, etc.  It does not mean looking over the problems and assuming that you could do them correctly if you wanted to.

Grading:

Accommodations: The College will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. If you have a disability that may have some impact on your work in this course, please contact Maureen Connolly at the Learning Center (630-617-3753).

Inclement Weather:  If you think classes may be canceled due to bad weather, power outages, etc., call the school hotline at 630-617-3777 to find out.

For Secondary Education Majors:  A link to the Illinois Secondary Education Mathematics Content-Area Standards for this course can be found at:  http://www.elmhurst.edu/~mth