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<!-- MATH V21A SUMMER 2009      COURSE INFORMATION PAGE XML FILE -->
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  <nomenclature>
    <section_title>Math V21A</section_title> <!-- Specify time, e.g., "(4:30 Section)", if multiple sections of one course -->
    <course_number>Math V21A</course_number>
    <academic_department>MATHEMATICS</academic_department>
    <semester_revised>SUMMER</semester_revised> <!-- Specify "FALL", "SPRING", or "SUMMER" -->
    <calendar_year>2009</calendar_year>
  </nomenclature>

  <links>
    <linksked name="Instructor's schedule" url="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009natsu/classked.pdf" description="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009natsu/classked.pdf" />
    <linkstart name="Course start page" url="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009natsu/m21a.shtml" description="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/courses/2009natsu/m21a.shtml" />
    <linkslo name="Student learning objectives" url="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/mathdept/MathSLO.shtml" description="http://academic.venturacollege.edu/mbowen/mathdept/MathSLO.shtml" />
    <linkcore name="Core competencies" url="http://www.venturacollege.edu/assets/pdf/core_competencies/corecomps_math.pdf" description="http://www.venturacollege.edu/assets/pdf/core_competencies/corecomps_math.pdf" />
    <linkreturn name="Return link" url="courses/2009natsu/m21a.shtml" description="Back to course start page" />
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  <the_course>
    <units>5</units>
    <lecture_hours>12</lecture_hours>     <!-- Weekly lecture hours; leave blank if none -->
    <lab_hours></lab_hours>              <!-- Weekly lab hours; leave blank if none -->
    <position_in_sequence>first</position_in_sequence>  <!-- Leave blank (do not delete) if course is not sequential -->
    <generic_course_type>calculus</generic_course_type>  <!-- Text follows the preposition "in" -->
    <knowledge_assumed>a thorough background in algebra and trigonometry</knowledge_assumed>
    <topics_covered>covers limits, differentiation of functions, integration of functions, techniques of integration, and applications</topics_covered>
    <additional_topics>instruction in proper notation, word problems, calculator use, and emphasizes the importance of acquiring good study skills</additional_topics>
    <expected_outcomes>evaluate limits of functions of one variable; evaluate derivatives of functions of one variable; analyze the behavior of functions and use the analyses to graph them; solve application problems involving derivatives; and evaluate elementary integrals</expected_outcomes>
  </the_course>

  <class_meetings>
    <lecture>
      <whenwhere>Monday through Thursday 10:30 a.m.&ndash;1:20 p.m. in room SCI-222</whenwhere>
    </lecture>
  </class_meetings>

  <office_hours>
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    <office_times></office_times>
    <office_location>SCI-358 (north end of SCI building, third floor)</office_location>
    <tutorial_times></tutorial_times>
    <tutorial_location>Tutorial Center (first floor of LRC across the hall from the BEACH)</tutorial_location>
    <lab_times></lab_times>
    <lab_location>Math Center (Room SCI-223)</lab_location>
    <classroom_times>Before class</classroom_times>
    <classroom_location>SCI-222</classroom_location>
  </office_hours>

  <prerequisites>
    <prerequisite_courses>Math V20 or equivalent</prerequisite_courses>
    <prerequisite_skills>how to graph functions and conic sections efficiently, perform operations on polynomials (particularly factoring), simplify rational expressions, and solve trigonometric identities</prerequisite_skills>
  </prerequisites>

  <course_materials>
    <textbook>
      <textbook_authors>J. Stewart</textbook_authors>
      <textbook_title>Calculus: Early Transcendentals</textbook_title>
      <textbook_edition>Sixth</textbook_edition>
      <textbook_ISBN>0495011665</textbook_ISBN>
      <textbook_chapters>1 through 5,</textbook_chapters>
      <textbook_how_covered>in numerical order</textbook_how_covered>
    </textbook>
    <calculator>
      <calculator_capability>The calculator must be capable of evaluating powers, roots, exponentials, logarithms, and trig functions</calculator_capability>
      <calculator_recommendation>The Department of Mathematics recommends that students in this course acquire a graphing calculator, such as the TI-82, TI-83, or TI-84</calculator_recommendation>
    </calculator>
    <zipdisk>N</zipdisk>
  </course_materials>

  <important_dates>
    <holidays>None in Summer</holidays>
    <add_deadline>Monday 29 June</add_deadline>
    <full_refund>Wednesday 24 June</full_refund>
    <non_resident_refund>Wednesday 24 June</non_resident_refund>
    <drop_w_deadline>Thursday 2 July</drop_w_deadline>
    <cr_nc_deadline>Thursday 2 July</cr_nc_deadline>
    <drop_f_deadline>Thursday 23 July</drop_f_deadline>
    <homework_deadline></homework_deadline>
    <final_examination>
      <whenwhere>Room SCI-222, 10:30 a.m.&ndash;12:30 p.m., Wednesday&nbsp;5&nbsp;August</whenwhere>
    </final_examination>
  </important_dates>

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