Welcome to "Racing through Calculus!"

• Introductions (4x6 cards)
  1. Name
  2. Where are you from?
  3. Working? If so, where? And how many hours?
  4. Year (Freshman, etc.)
  5. Major
  6. Why are you taking calculus?
  7. What is your math background/experience?
  8. Something special about yourself.

• Roll

• Some course details:
  • The course website may be useful!
  • This will not be a typical "stand and deliver" course: expect to do your share of participating, at the board, in groups, etc.
  • You should do the reading in advance of our discussion of that section in class!
  • Syllabus (logistics, etc.)
  • Calculator sheet - will you need one?
  • directed reading worksheet
  • Departmental Syllabus, and Study Do's
  • Why study calculus?

• Questions?

• Announcements
  • Excellent Service Opportunity

• Word for the day (for the week, for the month, for the course!):

  Functions

  (or, as my son's motivational speaker Terry Nicholl said last night at the soccer banquet, "What you put in determines what you get out.")

Next time: Section 1.1 - functions