Math 118, Fundamental Principles of Calculus, Fall 2018, Section 39441

Exterior Course Website: http://www.stevenheilman.org/∼heilman/1182f18.html

Prerequisite: Math 108 or Math 117 or Placement exam in Math.
Course Content: Derivatives; extrema. Definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus. Ex-
trema and definite integrals for functions of several variables. Not available for credit toward a
degree in mathematics.

This Document: Reading this syllabus counts as one homework grade. In order to receive credit
for reading the syllabus, you must read the syllabus by August 24, 5PM PST Make sure to read to
the end.

Lecture Meeting Time/Location: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 12PM-1250PM, SOS

B46
Instructor: Steven Heilman, stevenmheilman@gmail.com
Office Hours: Mondays, 11AM-12PM, 1PM-230PM, KAP 406G
TA: Mengsha Yao, mengshay@usc.edu
TA Office Hours: Occur in the Math Center. Discussion Session Meeting Time/Location:

• 39436, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8AM-850AM, KAP 165

• 39437, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9AM-950AM, KAP 165

You are not required to buy a textbook. Free lecture notes are provided on the course
website. However, you are required to access wileyplus in order to complete online
homework assignments. If you buy a textbook, make sure it comes with an access code. If
you do not buy a textbook, you can purchase access to wileyplus separately. Access to wileyplus
includes access to a (non-downloadable) online version of the course textbook; everyone will have
a 14 day free trial for wileyplus at the beginning of the semester. Once you have your access code,
you can input it to your online homework assignment in blackboard.
Recommended Textbook: Hughes-Halett, Applied Calculus, any edition. The usual Hughes-
Halett textbook for this course is a custom USC edition that is not sold on Amazon. The USC
edition has some material that does not appear in the version sold on Amazon, but this extra
material also appears in our freely available lecture notes.
First Midterm: Monday, September 24, 12PM-1250PM, SOS B46
Second Midterm: Friday, November 2, 12PM-1250PM, SOS B46
Final Exam: Wednesday, December 5, 2PM-4PM, Location TBD. (This final is for all 118 stu-
dents)
Math Center: The Math Center is located in 263 KAP and is open Monday-Friday from 8am to
7pm on most days. It is primarily run by math graduate students here at USC.

Email Policy:

• My email address for this course is stevenmheilman@gmail.com.

• It is your responsibility to make sure you are receiving emails from stevenmheilman@gmail.com,
and they are not being sent to your spam folder.
 • Do NOT email me with questions that can be answered from this document.

• Homework questions sent to me by email will be answered altogether in the form of a “digest.”
I will get to every question, but I cannot reply to every email. This digest will be sent out
typically two days before the homework is due. So, one digest will answer online homework
questions on Sunday, and another digest will answer quiz questions around Tuesday.

Exam Procedures: Students must bring their USCID cards to the midterms and to the final exam.
Phones must be turned off. Cheating on an exam results in a score of zero on that exam. Exams
can be regraded at most 15 days after the date of the exam. This policy extends to homeworks
as well. All students are expected to be familiar with the USC Student Conduct Code. (See also
here.)

Disability Services: If you are registered with disability services, I would be happy to discuss
this at the beginning of the course. Any student requesting accommodations based on a disability
is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of
verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter
is delivered to me as early in the semester as possible. DSP is located in 301 STU and is open
8:30am-5:00pm, Monday through Friday.
https://dsp.usc.edu
213-740-0776 (phone)
213-740-6948 (TDD only)
213-740-8216 (fax)
ability@usc.edu

Exam Resources: Here is a page containing some old calculus exams. Here is another page
containing old calculus exams. Here is a page containing final exams for Math 118 at USC.

Occasionally these exams will cover slightly different material than this class, or the material will
be in a slightly different order, but generally, the concepts should be close. (Even the old Math
118 exams have different material than the current 118 class.)

Homework Policy:

• Online homework will be due on Tuesdays at 11PM PST. Since computer issues are possible,
I recommend that you complete the online homework well before this deadline.

• Online homework is accessible under the ”Content” tab of the blackboard course site. The
default homework settings (subject to change) allow ten attempts per question, with a 25%
score penalty and hint after the fifth attempt.

• If you miss the deadline for the homework, then the number of days it is late will be deducted
from the score, with at least a 20% score reduction. (The estimate of the number of days is
rounded arbitrarily and not guaranteed to be accurate.)

• All online homework scores will be finalized at 8:00PM on the last day of class (November
30), i.e. your online homework score cannot change after this time.

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 • I will not answer any questions related to technical issues with the wileyplus system. For
technical support, see Wileyplus Tech Support or send an email to tokorche@usc.edu

• You may not use the internet to try to find answers to homework problems.

• The lowest two online homework grades will be dropped. This policy is meant to account
for illnesses, emergencies, etc.

• Do not submit homework via email.

• In addition to the online homework due on Tuesday, there will be several quizzes occurring
in discussion section on Thursdays. (See the quiz policy below.)

• Collaboration on the homework is allowed and encouraged.

• All homework assignments must be written by you, i.e. you cannot copy someone else’s
solution verbatim. I would encourage you to understand carefully how the homework solutions
work, and how you would find such a solution on your own. Overusing collaborations or search
technology should result in poor performance on the exams.

• Quiz solutions will be posted each Saturday, after the quizzes occur.

• Reading this syllabus counts as one homework grade. In order to receive credit for reading
the syllabus, you must read the syllabus by August 24, 5PM PST.

Quiz Policy:

• There will be several quizzes throughout the semester, as listed in the schedule below. Each
week, a list of quiz problems will be posted on the course website. The quiz will have a few
problems similar or identical to the posted list of problems. The quiz could also repeat a
question from the online homework.

• The lowest two quiz grades will be dropped. This policy is meant to account for illnesses,
emergencies, etc.

• Quizzes will be administered in your discussion section on Thursdays. Each quiz should last
about 15 minutes.

• No notes, no books, no calculators, etc. will be allowed during the quizzes.

Grading Policy:

• The final grade is given by the larger of the following two schemes. Scheme 1: online homework
(5%), quizzes (10%), the first midterm (20%), the second midterm (25%), and the final (40%).
Scheme 2: online homework (5%), quizzes (10%), the largest midterm grade (35%), final
(50%). The final grade will be curved. However, anyone who exceeds my expectations in the
class by showing A-level performance on the exams and homeworks will receive an A for the
class.

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• If you cannot attend one of the exams, you must notify me within the first two weeks of the
start of the quarter. Later requests for rescheduling will most likely be denied.

• You must attend the final exam to pass the course.

• Since this class has a coordinated final, you cannot take the final at any time other than its
schedule time. If you are passing the class at the time of the final, and if you are unable to
attend the final, you will be assigned an Incomplete grade and then take the final of 118 in
the next semester. If you are not passing the class at the time of the final, you cannot receive
an Incomplete grade.

• Since this class has a coordinated final, the curve for your final course grade will take into
account your performance compared to all students in all sections of the 118 course this
semester.

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Tentative Schedule: (This schedule may change slightly during the course.)
Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 Aug 20: Introduc- Aug 21 Aug 22: 1.1, 2.1, Aug 23: Quiz Aug 24: 2.1, Evalu-
tion, The Calculus Limit Laws, Conti- in Section ating Limits
Paradigm nuity (based on
Q1). Read the
Syllabus
2 Aug 27: 2.1, Inter- Aug 28: On- Aug 29: 2.1, Aug 30: Quiz Aug 31: 2.2, 2.3,
mediate Value The- line Homework Derivatives in Section 3.1, Derivative as a
orem 1 due (based on Q2) Function
3 Sep 3: No class (La- Sep 4: On- Sep 5: 3.4, Product Sep 6: Quiz in Sep 7: 3.3, Chain
bor Day) line Homework and Quotient Rule Section (based Rule
2 due on Q3)
4 Sep 10: 2.4, Higher Sep 11: On- Sep 12: 3.2, Expo- Sep 13: Quiz Sep 14: 3.2, Inverse
Derivatives line Homework nential Functions in Section Functions
3 due (based on Q4)
5 Sep 17: 3.2, Loga- Sep 18: On- Sep 19: 2.3, Linear Sep 20: No Sep 21: 4.1, Ex-
rithmic Functions line Homework Approximation quiz. treme Values and
4 due Optimization
6 Sep 24: First Sep 25: No Sep 26: 4.2, 4.3, Sep 27: Quiz Sep 28: 4.4, Ap-
Midterm homework due Graph Sketch- in Section plied Optimization
ing, Mean Value (based on Q5)
Theorem
7 Oct 1: 5.1, 5.2, Def- Oct 2: On- Oct 3: 5.3, 5.4, Def- Oct 4: Quiz in Oct 5: 7.1, Indefi-
inite Integral line Homework inite Integral Section (based nite Integral
5 due on Q6)
8 Oct 8: 5.5, Funda- Oct 9: On- Oct 10: 5.5, Funda- Oct 11: Quiz Oct 12: 7.2, Inte-
mental Theorem of line Homework mental Theorem of in Section gration by Substi-
Calculus 6 due Calculus (based on Q7) tution, 6.1, Average
Value
9 Oct 15: 7.4, Inte- Oct 16: On- Oct 17: 7.3, Im- Oct 18: Quiz Oct 19: Vectors in
gration by Parts line Homework proper Integrals in Section the Plane
7 due (based on Q8)
10 Oct 22: Vectors in Oct 23: On- Oct 24: Dot Prod- Oct 25: Quiz Oct 26: Planes in
Three Dimensions line Homework uct in Section Three Dimensions
8 due (based on Q9)
11 Oct 29: 9.1, 9.2, Oct 30: On- Oct 31: 9.3, Partial Nov 1: No Nov 2: Second
Functions of Two or line Homework Derivatives quiz. Midterm
Three Variables 9 due
12 Nov 5: 9.4, Partial Nov 6: No Nov 7: 9.4, Differ- Nov 8: Quiz in Nov 9: Gradient
Derivatives Homework due entiability and Tan- Section (based and Directional
gent Planes on Q10) Derivatives
13 Nov 12: Gradi- Nov 13: On- Nov 14: 9.5, Opti- Nov 15: Quiz Nov 16: 9.5, Opti-
ent and Directional line Homework mization in Section mization
Derivatives 10 due (based on
Q11)
14 Nov 19: 9.6, La- Nov 20: On- Nov 21: No class Nov 22: No Nov 23: No class
grange Multipliers line Homework (Thanksgiving) class (Thanks- (Thanksgiving)
11 due giving)
15 Nov 26: Double In- Nov 27: On- 5 28: Triple Inte-
Nov Nov 29: Quiz Nov 30: Review of
tegrals line Homework grals in Section Course (last day of
12 due (based on class)
Advice on succeeding in a math class:

• Review the relevant course material before you come to lecture. Consider reviewing course
material a week or two before the semester starts.

• When reading mathematics, use a pencil and paper to sketch the calculations that are per-
formed by the author.

• Come to class with questions, so you can get more out of the lecture. Also, finish your
homework at least two days before it is due, to alleviate deadline stress.

• Write a rough draft and a separate final draft for your homework. This procedure will help
you catch mistakes.

• If you are having difficulty with the material or a particular homework problem, review Polya’s
Problem Solving Strategies, and come to office hours.

Compliance

Ten percent of your homework grade is reading and complying with this document. To acknowledge
that you have read and agree to the above, click here, and follow the instructions. (This link may
not work on some smartphones, so make sure to use a computer instead.) To receive credit, this
form must be submitted by 5PM PST, August 24, 2018.