Calculus
I
Math 150A - Fall 2009 - Section 15608
California State University Northridge
Bruce E. Shapiro, Ph.D.
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Syllabus
Final Exam, Friday Dec 11, 2:00-4:00 PM
Sierra Hall 184
Calculators or Graphing Calculators Allowed
One page (letter size) of handwritten notes (both sides) allowed
Sample Problems for Final
Exam 1-4 Solutions / Statistics are on the notes & handouts page.
You are no doubt aware of the California's budget deficit and economic crisis. The CSU (California State University System) is facing a $585 million dollar reduction in funding. The cut to CSUN is in the tens of millions of dollars. By cutting back on salaries for faculty, administrators, managers, staff workers, maintenance workers, nurses, instructors, librarians, etc., our campus can make up a part of this shortfall. This is in addition to significant tuition increases and cuts to classes. All of these are ways this campus is trying to deal with the reality of the budget cuts to CSUN. Most of the workers mentioned above are covered by a "furlough" plan, which means the workers will see a ~10% reduction in pay over the school year and a corresponding reduction in their workload. This semester you will see the whole campus closed on designated days. Each faculty member will also have nine furlough days during the semester. During these furlough days faculty cannot do any work (for the university): no returning or taking of phone calls, no reading emails, no grading papers, no teaching, no meeting with students, nothing. You are paying more for your education now than ever before but note that these new rules for faculty mean that your instructors may have to cancel or reschedule some class meetings; may not get papers back as quickly as in the past; some assignments may not be collected or checked at all; may have to reduce office hours; and may have to omit material from some classes. As you know this crisis has also meant that many course sections cannot be offered, have limited seats available and/or classes have been canceled. This situation is outrageous and heart breaking for us. We want you to have the best academic preparation possible, but that goal is becoming more difficult to reach given the economic realities we all face. We encourage you to step up and get involved in your higher education, your future, and the future of California. Contact your state legislators and tell them what you think. Contact our Governor. Attend the rallies and events that will occur on campus this semester. Join the Students for a Quality Education (SQE) group on campus. Take action! By taking action, we can make change! Go to leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html to find out who your assembly and legislative representatives are.
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Pre-requisite: Math
105; or Math 102 and Math 104; with a C or better. Limits, derivatives, applications of
differentiation. Definite and indefinite integrals, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. (Available
for General Education, Basic Skills Mathematics)
I encourage
students to bring snacks to share with me and the rest of the class.