Spring Semester, 2024
MATH 1413–5, Survey of Calculus
TR, 3:30 PM–4:45 PM
Technology-Enhanced Learning Center, Room 1105
Text: Calculus and Its Applications, Brief Version, Twelfth Edition, by Marvin L. Bittinger, David J. Ellenbogen, and Scott Surgent, Pearson Education Inc.,
2020.
Instructor: Dr. Mark Faucette
Office: Technology-Enhanced Learning Center, Room 2247
Phone: My phone number is
470-729-1129. This is my Google voice phone number. It will ring my campus phone, my home phone,
and my cell phone.
Call and leave a message.
I screen my phone calls, so make sure you leave a
message.
E-Mail: My e-mail address is faucette@westga.edu
The Web:
My web site is at URL faucette.dyndns.org.
The full course syllabus is located on my web site
and can be downloaded as a pdf file. It is the student's responsibility to download and/or
to print the syllabus and to
follow it.
Office Hours:
My office hours are
- MW: 2:00–3:00 PM
- TR: 10:00–11:00 AM
- F: 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
I do not help students with homework or quiz problems.
I do not provide private instruction or individual tutoring.
If you need help with the content of the course, go to the STEM
Tutoring Center or the Center for Academic Success.
I do not hold office hours during
final exam week.
Required Equipment:
- A graphing calculator is required for this course.
Graphing calculators equivalent to the TI-83, 84, 85, and 86 will be allowed on the
tests and the final examination, as will scientific calculators.
The TI-89 and other equivalent calculators will not be allowed.
You must have your calculator with you every class day.
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instructor have partnered together to provide the most cost effective option for you to receive your
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This gives you access to the text book, the homework, and the quizzes.
(See the section on homework below.)
Common Language for Course Syllabi:
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It contains important material pertaining to your rights and responsibilities in this class.
Because these statements are updated as federal, state, university, and accreditation standards change,
you should review the information each semester.
Grading Policy
Homework (200 points)
Homework will be completed online using MyMathLab.
Homework will be scaled to count two
hundred points.
Quizzes (150 points)
Quizzes will be completed online using MyMathLab most every Friday.
Quizzes will be scaled to count one
hundred fifty points.
Tests (400 points) There
will be four tests, each counting one hundred points.
Final Examination (250 points) There will be
one comprehensive final examination counting two hundred fifty points.
At the end of the semester, the following grading scale will be used:
- 1000 points is the total number of points possible.
- A total of 900–1000 points earns an A.
- A total of 800–899 points earns a B.
- A total of 700–799 points earns a C.
- A total of 600–699 points earns a D.
- A total below 600 points earns an F.