New York City College of Technology

Mathematics Department

MAT 1475/D606 Calculus I

Tuesday/Thursday 10:00 am – 11:40 am, rm. N717

PLTL Workshop (T 11:50-12:50 PM in N702)

Peer Leaders: Samuel Wong,  Matheus Figueroa and Farjana Shati

Instructor: Dr.  Bonanome

e-mail: mbonanome@citytech.cuny.edu, phone: 718-260-5292

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1 pm – 2 pm, Thursdays 12 pm – 1 pm, room N602B.

Text: Calculus, version 3.0 G. Hartman, B. Heinold, T. Siemers and D. Chalishajar

Course Description: Topics include functions, limits, differentiation, and tangent lines, 

L’Hôpital’s Rule, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and Applications.

Prerequisites: MAT 1375 or scores of 35 or higher on the Pre-Algebra, 65 or higher on the Algebra, 50 or higher on the College Algebra, and 36 or higher on the Trigonometry sections of the ACT placement exam.

Calculators: Graphing calculators are a requirement for this course.

Grading:

93.0–100 A 77.0–79.0 C+
90.0–92.9 A- 70.0–76.9 C
87.0–89.9 B+ 60.0–69.9 D
83.0–86.9 B 0–59.9 F
80.0–82.9 B-

 

 

W = withdrawal up to 11/5/2019

WF = withdrawal after 11/5/2019 (WF = F)

Note: Students who are failing should consider withdrawing officially before //2019 to avoid an F or WF.

Exams (50% of grade):

 There will be 4 exams + a final exam. The lowest of the 4 exam grades will be dropped. Exams will last for 1 hour and will start at the beginning of the period. No extra time is given for students who arrive late. Exam dates are: 9/19, 10/22, 11/14, and 12/12.

There will be no ‘make–up’ exams. Unless a valid excuse (medical or family emergencies, University related travel such as athletic or academic competitions) is presented in advance, a missed exam will receive the score 0. Students must look at this syllabus carefully and plan well ahead: personal travel is NOT a valid excuse. If a student misses an exam for a valid reason and provides a written verification from an appropriate authority (not a family member), that percentage of the grade may be made up on the final. No extra time will be given in exams to students who arrive late.

 Workshop Participation (5% of grade):

On Tuesdays from 11:50 am – 12:50 pm in room N702 a PLTL Workshop for this class will be held. Participation in this workshop is mandatory and will contribute 5% of your grade.

 Final Exam (30% of grade):

 A full period final examination is given the last class meeting of the semester on 12/19. It covers all topics studied.

The final exam must be taken to pass the course. No student will be allowed to take the final exam early.

Homework (15% of grade):

 Homework will be assigned via WeBWorK and open source, online homework system.

 OpenLab: 

General information on the course, homework, assignments and tests can be found on our

course OpenLab site at: 

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/bonanomemat1475fall2019/

You are expected to consult our OpenLab site and check your City Tech email regularly. It is strongly recommended that you become a member of our course site so that you will receive email notifications of important posts and files uploaded

Attendance will be taken at the beginning of every class. Lateness and students leaving before the end of the period will be recorded.  It is important that you attend class and that you are on time. 

Help is available during my office hours or in the Liberal Arts Learning Center AG18. Do not wait until the last minute before an exam to get help. If there is something you are having trouble with, get help as soon as possible.

City Tech’s Academic Integrity Policy can be found here.