Calculus

Instructor: Prof Shulin Liu Office: # 1202 Boxue Building Phone: 64493319 Email: slliu258@163.com Office Hours: Friday, 14:00 15:00

Name: Muhammad Usman, PhD student at

SITE with UIBE

Email: usman.bhutta@yahoo.com Class Time:

Friday, 8:00 a.m. ~9:30 p.m (Group 1); Friday, 9:50 a.m.~11:20 a.m (Group 2)

Classroom: # 317 Chengxin Bld

Information for Tutorial

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 We will cover Chapter Appendix A, Chapter R, Chapter 1 to Chapter 6 Chapter Appendix A and R are intended for reviews although you are supposed to learn and study them during your middle or high school. These two chapters play important roles in learning the main chapters 1 to 6 Remind you that we have a total of 23 lectures, two tests, the mid-exam, and final exam Calculus Content
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Calculus course will improve your abilities of

Abstract thinking Visual thinking Logically reasoning Inductive thinking Deductive thinking

Roles of Calculus Course

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 Calculus course plays important roles in your studying some subsequent courses such as
Economics course including (Major in Economics, International Trade, and Finance) Principles of Microeconomics Principles of Macroeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics Intermediate Macroeconomics Advanced Microeconomics (only Major in Economics) Advanced Macroeconomics (only Major in Economics) Investment Analysis (only Major in Finance)

Roles of Calculus Course

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Calculus course plays important roles in your studying some subsequent courses such as
Econometrics courses including (Major in Economics, International Trade, and Finance )
Econometrics Applied Econometrics

Statistics courses including

Applied Statistics Statistical Methods in Economics and Business

Calculus course plays important roles in your pursuing both Master and PhD Degrees later Roles of Calculus Course
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Test one: Oct 11; cover chap 1 Mid exam: Nov 10; cover chaps 1~3 Test two: Nov 24; cover chap 4 Final Exam: Dec 20 or 21; cover chaps 5 and 6 The dates may be changed for some unforeseen reasons

Important dates
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Attendance: 23% (23 pts) since we have a total of 23 lectures Homework: 12% (12 pts) since TA will collect HW for a total of 12 weeks Two tests: 20% (20pts) Mid-exam: 25% (25pts) Final exam: 20% (20 pts) If you attend all the classes and submit all the HW, you will get 23 + 12 = 35 pts Grading Procedure
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 I will send all the teaching material for each chapter into the common email box, including
All the lecture notes (pdf files). The software Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat is needed to install into your computer to open the files. Announcements

the common email box

log on website http://mail.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! ID: shulinliu16 Password: qweasd

My Teaching Activity
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I will make a record of your attendance.

For each class, you are supposed to sign your name on the name list after the end of class Always remember to sign your names since each signature is worth of 1 point No signatures, no points

My Teaching Activity
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 The structure of each lecture

State the learning objectives Introduce some concepts and definitions Give or deduce some formulas Introduce some properties and approaches Show you how to use the above highlighted parts to do several examples (in mathematics and/or applied business and economics) Assign some homework to you to practice and understand the highlighted parts

My Teaching Activity
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Tutorial will demonstrate how to understand and solve some typical exercises in his class time In each class, he will collect and make a record of your two homework for the last week. After that, he will upload Answers to the homework for last week into the common email box For detailed TAs activity, see pdf file Usman_Activity.pdf in the common email box Teaching Activity by TA
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Textbook Exercise book Scientific calculator Pens and pencils Ruler

What you should bring during my lecturing

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Power off your cell phone or put it in a meeting mode and listen to me carefully Always pay attention to or focus on my lecturing Note: If you miss previous parts of a lecture, then I am sure that it is difficult for you to under the subsequent parts of that lecture since the lectures are organized in logical orders You can interrupt me by raising your hand at any moment if you want to ask a question and at the same time you need to write your question on the paper so I can understand it and give an answer to it

What you should do during my lecturing

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Talking Chatting Leaving the classroom without permission Answering your cell phone Calling Eating Sleeping We should respect each other. What are you not allowed to do during my lecturing

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After each lecture of the sections,

Download the lecture notes from the common email box and review it Review the textbook, especially the corresponding section summary in Chapter Summary Understand and remember the concepts, definitions, formulas, principles Then be ready to do the homework in time by yourself on A4 papers

Suggestions for doing HW

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 Go to my office for help at my office time Get TAs help at the beginning or ending of your TAs class Discuss with your classmates and ask help from them

Having problems in doing HW

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Submit a total of 12 HW to TA at TAs class When you submit your HW, be sure to write your name clearly together with a number assigned to you. You can find your number in the Excel file named nameList_1.xls in the common email box

About submitting your HW

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 Students are expected to attend every class. One point will be deducted from 23 pts for the complete attendance per unexcused absence If a class is missed, the student is responsible for all material, assignments, and announcements Five unexcused absences lead to a failure

Attendance Policy
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Homework will be assigned during each class. At the next week meeting with TA, you must complete and submit your homework to TA, regularly and on time. One HW is worth of 1 point. No make-up or late homework will be accepted without any excuse.

Homework Policy
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 Mid Exam Policy: No make-up mid exam is permitted without any excuse Final Exam Policy: No make-up final exam is permitted without any excuse

Other Policy
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I will try my best to give lecture to you. It is ESSENTIAL to your success in the course that you focus on listening the lecture, remember the concepts, definitions, approaches, etc, and do and submit the homework regularly and on time I hope everyone will enjoy the calculus course study, have a good grade, and have a good time in the fall term Last Thing to Say
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 log on website Yahoo! ID: Password:

http://mail.yahoo.com/ shulinliu16 qweasd

The Common Email Box

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Usman_Activity.pdf: tell TAs teaching activity nameList_1.xls: tell the number assigned to you Course syllabus:

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