Syllabus for Math 1560, Calculus I, sections A and B

Oki, and welcome to the University of Lethbridge. Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University of Lethbridge acknowledges and deeply appreciates the Siksikaitsitapii peoples’ connection to their traditional territory. We, as people living and benefiting from Blackfoot Confederacy traditional territory, honour the traditions of people who have cared for this land since time immemorial. We recognize the diverse population of Indigenous Peoples who attend the University of Lethbridge and the contributions these Indigenous Peoples have made in shaping and strengthening the University community in the past, present, and in the future.

Most of your courses, including this one, will be facilitated using the Moodle

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learning management system. You’ll want to spend time as soon as you can familiarizing yourself with your course Moodle pages, and plan to check each one on a daily basis.

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions. (See Section 7 for details on how to get in touch.) If you have questions that are not related to the course, you can ask those too, and we’ll try to answer, or to direct you to someone who can.

There’s some great general advice for first year students

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on the U of L website, including links to Academic Advising and advice on study skills from the Student Success Centre. Other resources can be found on the University’s Health and Safety website

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I’m glad you’ve chosen to embark on this journey through a mathematical classic. (If you’re here against your will, I’m still happy to have you join us.)

Some of you might be worried about doing well in this course. Perhaps you were told that fewer than half of students enrolled in calculus pass the course. I can assure you this is false. (Unless you consider an A to be a pass. And even then…)

If you took calculus in high school, this course might be a little different. There is more focus on theory and concepts than procedures (this is a common theme in university). I hope there will also be a lot more time spent on discussion and activities, and less time spent listening to me drone on about calculus.

(If you were really hoping to spend the semester listening to me drone on about calculus, you’re in luck! I recorded myself doing just that a few years ago. Those videos are embedded throughout the textbook, or you can go binge them on my YouTube channel

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