MATH157: CALCULUS I FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

SEMESTER: Fall 2024 (202403)

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Nessim Tariq
EMAIL: [email protected]

CLASS TIME: Section 1 Tuesdays 8:30am-12:30pm Room 2360

Section 2 Thursdays 8:30am-12:30pm Room 2360
Section 3 Thursdays 1:30pm-5:30pm Room 2360

OFFICE HOURS: will begin in Week 2, exact dates and times TBA

PREREQUISITES

Pre-Calculus 12 (or equivalent) with a grade of at least B, or MATH100 with a grade of at

least C. Students with credit for either MATH150, MATH151, or MATH154 may not take
MATH157 for further credit.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES:

This course is designed for students specializing in business or the social sciences. Topics
include: limits, growth rate and the derivative; logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric
functions and their application to business, economics, optimization and approximation
methods; introduction to functions of several variables with emphasis on partial derivatives
and extrema.

By the end of this course, students should have a solid familiarity and facility with the
algebra and differential calculus of elementary functions of one variable (polynomials,
rational functions, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions and their inverses,
and their compositions); be able to work with them using formulas, sketch and interpret
them graphically, and use them in the formulation and interpretation of mathematical
models; and extend the concept of derivative and optimization to elementary multivariable
functions.

REQUIRED READING AND CALCULATORS

Course Notes: CALCULUS Early Transcendentals – Differential & Multi-Variable Calculus for
Social Sciences adapted by Petra Menz and Nicola Mulberry; the notes are available on the
MATH157 Course Moodle Page as downloadable pdf files in their entirety, section by section.

For all MATH157 assessments (quizzes, midterms, and final exam), you are only allowed
to use one of the following calculator models listed below:

1) Sharp EL-510 RNB or other models that being with EL-510

2) Sharp EL-531 XGB-WH or other models that begin with EL-531
3) Casio FX-300MS or Casio FX-500MS
4) Texas Instruments TI-30XIIS
The above models cost approximately $20.

Your calculators will be checked before the start of each assessment. Failure to have the
appropriate calculator will result in completing the assessment without one and losing
marks. Sharing calculators is strictly prohibited.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

Assignments (10 x 1% each) 10%

Quizzes (3 x 5% each) 15%

Midterm 1 15%

Midterm 2 15%

Final Exam 45%

GRADE DISTRIBUTION

Letter grades are based on the overall course mark as determined by the weighted average
of quizzes, assignments, two midterm tests, and the final exam. The final grade
boundaries will be determined at the end of the semester.

ASSIGNMENTS

Homework questions will be assigned each week and checked in class in the following week.
They will consist of textbook questions and additional questions. Please make sure that the
questions are done in the correct order and that the solutions are complete and neatly
handwritten.

QUIZZES

There will be 3 quizzes given during the semester. Each quiz will consist of some randomly
selected questions taken directly from or similar to the weekly homework questions. Exact
dates and times of these quizzes will be announced in class.

CLASS PARTICIPATION

Changing class times is not allowed. If you attend a class that is different from yours
without a doctor’s note or having my approval before class, you will be marked absent for
that day.

MID-TERM EXAMS

There will be two midterm exams held during Weeks 5/6 and 10/11. The exact dates and
times of each midterm will be announced in class and posted on the Course Moodle Page.
You MUST have your FIC ID when you write the midterm, otherwise you will receive a zero
for the midterm.
FINAL EXAM

The final exam will be cumulative (it will cover all topics in the course) and will be worth
45% of your mark. It will be held during the Final Exam Period. The Final Exam schedule will
be available on Moodle later in the semester. It is MANDATORY to have your FIC ID when
you write the final exam, otherwise you will receive an N grade for the course.

COMMUNICATION

Online Course Information:

You will find basic information about this course and instructor on the Portal, including
solutions to all homework questions and tests as well as sample exams.
Contact: The best time to see me is during Office Hours. I will normally respond to emails
within 48 hours from the time that it was sent. In the subject line, please write down
MATH157, your section number and your name, otherwise I will not respond.

MAKE-UP EXAMS

There are no make-ups for missed quizzes, mid-terms, or the final exam. However, the
missed homework assignments must be completed and shown to the instructor. Students
who miss the mid-term for medical reasons or other approved extenuating circumstances
will have the weight of the mid-term transferred to the final exam. However, the instructor
has the option of scheduling a mid-term rewrite. A Declaration of Illness form is required for
all requests. If you miss the final exam, you will be given an N grade.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY

Academic Integrity refers the values on which good academic work must be founded:
honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. Academic integrity includes a
commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or
deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the College
community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.

Students found to have breached the regulations related to any form of academic
misconduct including but not limited to plagiarism and cheating will be subject to the
following measures:
• First Offence: Awarded “0” for the assessment and given a permanent record on
their file
• Second Offence: Awarded “0” for the course, regardless whether the offence was
committed in the same course or another course
• Third Offence: Risk expulsion from FIC and the cancellation of Study Permit

It is solely the student’s responsibility to be aware of Academic Integrity Policy and

consequences of violating it. The policy is available at: http://85401dc13f6ba5867f46-
aacfababc729cd49a24606938417f53d.r33.cf6.rackcdn.com/FIC_Academic_Integrity_Policy.pdf
HOW CAN YOU DO WELL IN THIS COURSE?

1. Do the homework. Practice, practice, practice. Start in the first week, don't wait until
exam time.
2. Take smart notes. I will give you notes in class but I will expect that you prepare your
own notes with the help of my notes and from reading the assigned textbook.
3. Understand ... don't memorize. Most of you are just out of high school. You've done a lot
of memorizing. Now it's time to start understanding. Understanding means you have to
think about a concept. It is a skill that takes practice. You'll know you understand an idea
when you can apply it to a context that is different from the one used to learn it.
4. Come to class. The ideas in this class are sequential. If you miss lecture 4, you'll have a
hard time understanding the rest of the course. The course follows the book, but the lecture
is full of material not in the book (and vice versa).
5. Read the course notes ahead of time. This is a must. If you read the relevant material
before the lecture, and then read it again after, you'll learn a lot more in this course.

Some Recommendations to Succeed in MATH157

1. Regular attendance of classes

2. Read the pages of the course notes that will be covered in the next class
3. Read my lecture notes on FIC Portal
4. Review prerequisites for the new topic
5. Regular completion of assignments
6. Ready for evaluations

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Attendance and Classroom Etiquette

Please abide with the current COVID-19 protocols in this province.

BY FIC regulations, attendance is required for all lectures and a record will be kept. All
students are expected to maintain 80% attendance. Missed classes require a Declaration of
Illness Form to be filled out and it must be signed by the student and the instructor.
Students who arrive late or leave early will be marked under the category of "half
attendance". Attending the first class is mandatory in all subjects at FIC, and failure to do
so may result in academic penalties, or, in some cases, withdrawal from MATH157.
SCHEDULE OF TOPICS (MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

NUMBER OF WEEKS SECTIONS LECTURE TOPICS

NOTE REVIEW (done before Sets and Number Systems, Exponent Laws,
first class, 1.1-1,3, Quadratic Formula, Inequalities, Intervals,
2,1-2.6, Skip Absolute Value Properties, Lines, Distance
Section 1.2.3) between Two Points, Review of Trigonometric,
MUST BE READ Logarithmic, Inverse, and Exponential
BEORE THE FIRST Functions
CLASS
THREE 2.7 Economic Models, Definition of Limit,
3.1, 3.3-3.7 Computing Limits Graphically and
4.1-4.4 Algebraically, Limits at Infinity, Infinite Limits
Skip Section 3.2 & and Asymptotes, Special Limits, Continuity and
Squeeze Theorem Intermediate Value Theorem, Derivatives and
Their Rules, Chain Rule
THREE 5.1-5.4 Elasticity of Demand, Related Rates, Linear &
Higher Order Approximations, L’Hôpital’s Rule,
Newton’s Method (also called Newton-
Raphson’s Method), Review for MIDTERM 1
NOTE MIDTERM 1 in Week Exact length and time of exam will be
5/6 (Date and Time announced in class and posted on Moodle
TBA) Page. The date and time may be subject to
change.
TWO 4.5-4.8 Derivatives of Exponential, Logarithmic,
Trigonometric and Inverse Functions, Implicit
and Logarithmic Differentiation, Exponential
Growth and Decay
THREE 5.5, 5.7, 5.8 First and Second Derivative Applications,
Skip Section 5.6 Extrema of a Function, Curve Sketching,
Optimization Problems, Review for MIDTERM 2
NOTE MIDTERM 2 in Week Exact length and time of exam will be
10/11 (Date and announced in class and posted on Moodle
Time TBA) Page. The date and time may be subject to
change.
TWO 7.1, 7.3, 7.6 Graphing Functions of Several Variables, First
and Second Order Partial Derivatives, Local
Maxima and Minima of Functions of Several
Variables, Review for Final Exam
NOTE FINAL EXAM DATE TO Date and Time TBA, will be posted on Moodle
BE ANNOUNCED Page

Note: the instructor reserves the right to make changes to this course outline.