MATH 1431
Section 10405
MWF 10:00-11:00
100 SEC

Instructor: Dr. Jeff Morgan, 651 PGH, 713-743-3455, jmorgan@math.uh.edu

Office Hours: 11:00 am – noon, MWF or by appointment.

Course Homepage: http://www.math.uh.edu/~jmorgan/Math1431

Text: CALCULUS, 9th edition. Authors: Salas/Hille/Etgen. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Note: You do not need to purchase this text. You can access the text electronically by logging into CourseWare at  http://www.casa.uh.edu. More information can be found here.

Homework: Homework will be collected each Monday in lab from the sections covered the previous week in lecture, starting the second week of classes. A list of problems will be posted on the course homepage by the previous Wednesday along with a pdf file for completing the homework. You must print off this file and provide your work and answers on the sheets. Staple them in the upper left hand corner, and make sure that all information (name, etc.) is provided. Any deviation from these instructions will result in a quiz grade of ZERO. We will select 2-3 problems at random to grade. Your work on your homework will not be returned.

Daily Grades: Daily grades will be given in lecture beginning the first day of the third week of class. You need to purchase a course packet of Scantrons for Mathematics courses from the bookstore. This should be packet #23. NOTE: This is a Math 13xx packet. Ignore the Math 13xx handout. Just use the Scantrons! The cover for the packet is shown here, and this is an image of an actual Scantron. You must bring one of these Scantrons to class every day beginning week 3. No other Scantron will be accepted. Questions will be asked in lecture at random times. You will mark your answers on a Scantron and drop the form in a box at the end of class. Your Scantrons will not be returned. FYI: Your grading ID is your PeopleSoft ID.

Weekly Written Quizzes: Quizzes will be given most weeks in lab and/or lecture. It is possible for more than one quiz to be given each week. Quizzes will be returned in lab.

Weekly Online Quizzes: Online quizzes will be given most weeks, starting week 2. You can attempt these quizzes as many times as you like. The highest grade will be used for your score. If you fail to reach 70% during three weeks of the semester, the Department of Mathematics has the option to drop you from the course. You can access the quizzes by logging into CourseWare at  http://www.casa.uh.edu. More information can be found here.

Exams: All sections of Math 1431 take common exams. Three exams are given during the semester in CASA (located on the second floor of Garrison). You can access the scheduler for these exams by logging into CourseWare at http://www.casa.uh.edu. Each exam will consist of both multiple choice and written questions. The multiple choice questions will be machine graded. The written questions will be graded by the instructors and teaching assistants for all sections of Math 1431, and they will be returned in lab. More information can be found here.

Final Exam: A comprehensive final exam will be given in CASA. You can access the scheduler for this exam by logging into CourseWare at http://www.casa.uh.edu. More information can be found here.

Attendance is Mandatory!! Attendance will be taken in lab, and the poppers will be used to determine your attendance in lecture. I will allow you a total of 3 unexcused absences from lecture and lab (total). You will lose 1% of your grade for every unexcused absence from lecture or lab after the third. Documented University of Houston excused absences will be permitted.