Text (Summer 2011): Calculus, Early Transcendentals (2008) by Jon Rogawski
Text (Beginning Fall 2011): Calculus, Early Transcendentals 7th Edition by James Stewart
This is a five (5) hour introductory calculus course designed primarily for engineering majors and certain other technical majors. The student is assumed to be versed in the standard pre-calculus topics of functions, graphing, solving equations and the exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. The beginning instructor should be aware that some students may have issues with algebra and trig which might preclude their success in Calculus I. No prior exposure to Calculus is assumed by the instructors of this class. Since this is a five hour class, the students should be given at least three exams but four exams would be a much more reasonable number. However, the testing and evaluation of each class is entirely at the discretion of the instructor. No departmental policy exists on the use of sophisticated calculators in the calculus classes. The decision on which calculators to permit on exams is also left to the instructor.