Calculus I (Biology and Social Sciences) (110.

106) Spring 2022

Staff:
Ashwin Iyengar (instructor)
Tomás Mejia Gomez (TA)
Francisco Lizano (TA)

Course designed by Emily Braley, Maru Sarazola, and their TA team from Fall 2021.
Textbook:
Calculus for Biology and Medicine, 4th edition, C. Neuhauser and M. Roper, New Jersey:
Prentice Hall, January 2018, ISBN-10: 0134070046, ISBN-13: 978-0134070049
Lecture:
Course hours are MWF 10:00am 10:50am.
Monday and Friday are live synchronous lectures on Zoom
o During the live lectures, the instructor will provide opportunities for the students
to think and investigate content for the week and participate in polls, chat blasts,
small group activities, whole class discussions and more. Materials, Zoom links
and recordings of the sessions will be posted in Blackboard.
Each Wednesday an asynchronous pre-recorded lecture will be posted.
Zoom office hours will be held Wednesday 10:00am-10:50am.
Sections:
In these interactive sessions students will alternate between small group projects that will
seed the final portfolio assignments, and bi-weekly review and quizzes.
Technology:
Zoom: The lectures will be delivered on Zoom. A link to the Zoom room will be hosted
on Blackboard.
Blackboard: Most of the course materials and course content will be hosted on
Blackboard, accessible at https://blackboard.jhu.edu/. There will also be online
homework assignments which students will complete on the Blackboard website.
Panopto: Recordings of the lectures will be posted to Panopto, which is available as a
link in the sidebar on the Blackboard interface.
Gradescope: Gradescope is accessed through a link in the sidebar on Blackboard.
grades for each assignment will be stored on Gradescope. Written homework
assignments and project assignments will also be uploaded on Gradescope. Please make
sure you are comfortable scanning and uploading your assignments. There are excellent
smartphone apps which scan documents into high resolution PDF files.
In the project work in the course, you may be instructed to use Excel or google sheets,
desmos.com, WolframAlpha or other tools and collaborate using shared documents or
shared white boards. Please ask each other, TAs, and the instructor for help if you are
struggling to use any of these tools.
Grading:
Your final course grade will be computed as a weighted average of your coursework with
the following weights:
5% Participation
20% Homework Collaboration encouraged
15% Project work
40% Quizzes
20% Final Portfolio Collaboration prohibited
Participation (5%):
Determined by the number of PILOT working groups you participate in, held once per week.
The PILOT meeting in the first two weeks (course shopping period) is optional. PILOT leaders
will be in touch about enrolling in PILOT sessions.
Homework (20%):
There will be two homework assignments per week:
1. Online homework (5%) is released Friday and due Monday 11:59pm ET on Blackboard.
You are allowed unlimited attempts at each online homework problem set.
2. Written homework (15%) is released on Monday, due Friday 11:59pm ET on
Gradescope (scanned and uploaded). There are no resubmissions and no drops. Only
some of the problems will be graded, but you are required to submit every problem.
to ask any
question about any problem.
ask about it using this feature and the TAs will respond to your questions/comments.
Late policy: There will be a 48-hour late window to upload and/or complete assignments
and a late penalty of 10% per day applied to the late submissions. No assignments will be
accepted after the late deadline has passed except in extenuating circumstances (in the
case of extenuating circumstances please coordinate with your case manager and reach out
to your instructor and TA ASAP.)
Project work (15%):
There will be biweekly group projects in this course that you will start with your group
during your Tu/Th section.
Group project assignments are due on Gradescope 48 hours after 11:59pm the day of
your section. So if your section is on Tuesday, then the due date is 11:59pm Thursday,
and if your section is on Thursday, then the due date is 11:59pm Saturday. Only one set
of responses needs to be submitted to Gradescope per group.

On Gradescope there will be separate assignments listed for Tuesday and Thursday;
please upload your group project to the correct one.
Each project will include an individual follow-up as well, which will be added to the
Each student will do this individually, and this will not be
submitted to Gradescope.
Late policy: There will be a 48-hour late window to upload and/or complete assignments
and a late penalty of 10% per day applied to the late submissions. No assignments will be
 accepted after the late deadline has passed except in extenuating circumstances (in the
case of extenuating circumstances please coordinate with your case manager and reach out
to your instructor and TA ASAP.)
Quizzes (40%):
There will be 6 written quizzes given in your section workshop meetings, given every other
week starting with the second week.

Practice quizzes: Approximately one week in advance before a quiz, a practice quiz will be
uploaded to Blackboard. On the day of the quiz, your section will begin with a 20min review
of the practice quiz, followed by the 30min real quiz.

Corrections: All students will complete quiz corrections and write a quiz wrapper as part of
their final portfolios (see more information about this below.)

Retakes: There will be 3 re-take dates, and students are permitted to attend 2 of them. Your
highest score will be counted. In each session you will be allowed to retake one of two
quizzes: the first session is Quiz 1-2, the second session Quiz 3-4, the third Quiz 5-6. Dates
will be announced later. At the retake you are required to also submit your quiz corrections
and wrapper for the quiz you are retaking.

Make-ups: No quiz make-ups will be available unless students have an excused absence due
to illness, sports or club travel, or a personal issue being navigated with a case manager.
Students must notify their instructor and TA via email before the quiz. Students who miss
a quiz may make-up the quiz during the quiz retake block.
Final Portfolios (20%):
There will be a final portfolio in the course that you will add materials to throughout the
semester. We strongly advise students to work on their portfolios throughout the semester
as the assignments are given. This is an individual assignment you may ask questions
and ask for feedback from your instructor and TAs, but the work that is submitted should be
entirely your own. There will be a mid-semester checkpoint, where you will turn in your
portfolio to get feedback from your instructor and TA.

Your portfolio will include:

Project work individual follow ups (see the project work section above).
Quiz corrections & wrapper, to be done after each quiz. This is to help students identify
individual strengths and weaknesses in the understanding of the material and reflect on
study habits. The wrappers will ask students to set goals for studying moving forward.
Synthesizing assignments. At the end of the term there will be 2 of these. Details will be
provided later.
The final portfolio assignment should be referenced using APA 7 and all sources used
should be referenced.
In the computation of the portfolio grades the project work will be weighted more heavily
than the quiz corrections and wrappers.
 The due dates will be as follows:
Portfolio checkpoint: Friday March 19th 11:59pm ET (Friday before spring break)
Final portfolio: Friday April 29th 11:59pm ET (last day of spring classes)
Weekly schedule:
Here is an outline of what will happen each day of the week, including due dates for
assignments.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Live lecture Asynchronous Live lecture
Sections (01) video lecture Section (02)
Online and (03) meet posted online meets Written
homework due (Quiz / Project) (Quiz / Project) homework due
on blackboard Office hours on Gradescope

Course content:
Here are the sections in the textbook corresponding to the material covered each week.

Introduction to the syllabus

Week 1 1/23 1/29 Project 1
§ 2.1. Exponential growth and decay
§ 2.2. Sequences
Week 2 1/30 2/5 Quiz 1
§ 4.1. Formal definition of the derivative
§ 3.1. Limits (with formal definition from § 3.6)
§ 3.2. Continuity
Week 3 2/6 2/12 Project 2
§ 3.4. Trigonometric limits and the sandwich theorem
§ 3.5. Properties of continuous functions
§ 3.3. Limits at (with formal definition from § 3.6)
§ 4.2. Basic rules of derivatives
Week 4 2/13 2/19 Quiz 2
§ 4.3. Power rule and the rules of differentiation
§ 4.7. Higher derivatives
§ 4.9. Derivatives of exponential functions
§ 4.11. Linear approximation
Week 5 2/20 2/26 § 5.1. Extreme and Mean Value Theorems Project 3
§ 5.2. Monotonicity and concavity
§ 5.3. Extrema and inflection points
§ 5.4. Optimization
§ 4.4. Product and quotient rules
Week 6 2/27 3/5 Quiz 3
§ 4.5. The chain rule
§ 4.8. Derivatives of trigonometric functions
§ 4.6. Implicit functions and implicit differentiation
Week 7 3/6 3/12 Project 4
§ 4.10. Derivatives of inverse functions
Week 8 3/13 3/19 related rates, § 4.10. Derivatives of inverse functions Portfolio 1
Week 9 3/20 3/26 Spring Break no class N/A
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Week 10 3/27 4/2 Quiz 4
Net change in amount
§ 5.10. Antiderivatives
Week 11 4/3 4/9 § 6.1. The definite integral Project 5
§ 6.2. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
§ 6.1. The definite integral
Week 12 4/10 4/16 Quiz 5
§ 6.2. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Week 13 4/17 4/23 § 7.1. The Substitution Rule Project 6
Week 14 4/24 4/30 § 6.3. Applications of integration Quiz 6
Week 15 5/1 5/7 Final portfolio drafts due
Week 16 5/8 5/14 Final portfolio due

Expected Learning Outcomes:

Each individual lesson will have targeted learning objectives that will inform the questions
that you see on homeworks, practice quizzes and quizzes. By the conclusion of this course,
you are expected to have gained the ability to:
Interpret a function from algebraic, numerical, graphical and verbal descriptions.
Calculate the limit of a function at a point numerically and algebraically using
appropriate techniques including l Hô
Compute and interpret the expression for the derivative of a function using the rules of
differentiation including the power rule, product rule, quotient rule and chain rule.
Apply the derivative to solve problems in curve sketching, optimization, related rates
and other word problems.
Identify antidifferentiation as the inverse process of differentiation and understand the
relationship between the two described by the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and
apply these concepts to applications involving areas and distance.
Resources and Support:
There are sources of support if you want to connect about the content in the course, study
skills, organizational skills, maintaining a weekly calendar, well-being and positive mental
health, nutrition and more.
To access support about content in the course from Instructors and TAs you can:
Attend office hours: schedule TBA
Join us in the Math Help Room: schedule TBA
To access support about content in the course from The Office of Academic Support you can
visit https://academicsupport.jhu.edu to join a group or learn more about:
PILOT Learning Peer-Led Team Learning, Instagram: @jhupilot
Learning Den - Small Group Tutoring, Instagram: @jhulearningden
To access support with study strategies, time management, and more, from The Office of
Academic Support you can visit https://academicsupport.jhu.edu to sign up for an
appointment or learn more about:
The Study Consulting Program, Instagram: @jhustudyconsulting
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Absences:
Attendance in live online lectures on Mondays and Fridays is mandatory unless an absence
is approved by the instructor. Attendance in workshop sections is mandatory in your
assigned section. Attendance in PILOT sessions is mandatory. If you have a valid excuse to
miss a quiz, you must provide a letter from the Office of Academic Advising verifying this.
Students who require classroom accommodations or other arrangements must make this
known to their instructor as soon as possible at the beginning of the semester and be
registered with Student Disability Services.
Collaboration:
Collaboration on homework is allowed and encouraged. However, each student must write
up their solutions to the problems individually and in their own words copying from
another the course
material. Failing to give it proper attention will significantly harm your performance on the
quizzes and your overall grade for the class. There is no collaboration on quizzes or the final
portfolio.
Student Disability Services:
We all work together to foster an accessible classroom for every students. If you have a
disability and need accommodation in this class, please visit Student Disability Services in
Shaffer Hall to obtain an accommodation letter. You can call the office for more information
(410) 516-4720 or send an email to [email protected].
JHU Ethics Statement:
The strength of the university depends on academic and personal integrity. In this course,
you must be honest and truthful. Ethical violations include cheating on quizzes, plagiarism,
reuse of assignments, improper use of the Internet and electronic devices, unauthorized
collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating
academic dishonesty, and unfair competition. Report any violations you witness to the
instructor. You may consult the associate dean of students and/or the chairman of the
Et
more information. Consequences include failure on an assignment, failure in a course,
permanent transcript notation, suspension and/or expulsion. Offenses will be reported to
medical, law or other professional or graduate schools. Ignorance of these rules is not an
excuse.