II. COURSE LEADERS
Calculus Director: Michael Thaddeus
Calculus I: Dusa McDuff
Calculus II: Pat Gallagher
Calculus III: Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu
Calculus IV: Mikhail Smirnov
Undergraduate Coordinator: Crispina Pincus

III. TEXTBOOK
James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 8th edition.
Buying the 8th edition is very important as the numbering of exercises has changed.
Instructors and teaching assistants may get a free copy from Crispina Pincus.

IV. SUBJECT MATTER
Calculus I: Chapters 1-5 and parts of chapter 6
Calculus II: Parts of chapters 6-8 and all of 9 and 11
Calculus III: Chapters 12-14
Calculus IV: Chapters 15-16 and something else, perhaps calculus of variations
For details click here

V. THE STUDENT BODY
Calculus students may come from at least five schools:
(1) Columbia College ‐ highly selective undergraduate college
(2) Barnard College ‐ affiliated women's college
(3) School of General Studies ‐ undergraduate school for older students
(4) School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
(5) School of Professional Studies ‐ an extension school for non-degree students
Each school has its own rules about dates to add or drop a course, etc.

Calculus I + II have the most premedical students
Calculus III is dominated by economics and engineering students
Calculus IV is smaller with a greater proportion of science students

VI. THE SYLLABUS
You must prepare a syllabus and distribute it by the first day of class either:
(1) in physical form on paper;
(2) through Courseworks (which appears to be in a state of flux);
(3) through your home page at www.math.columbia.edu.

It must cover:
(i) The content of the course
(ii) The requirements (assignments, exams, etc.)
(iii) Grading policy
(iv) Office hours (two hours per week are required)

It is recommended to cover:
(i) Makeup policy for exams
(ii) Lateness policy for assignments
(iii) Academic honesty (what is considered cheating, how dealt with, etc.)
(iv) Accommodations for students with disabilities (which must be complied with, by the way)
(v) Electronic device policy in classes and exams

Teaching pages and sample syllabi of:
Akram Alishahi
Ali Altug
Anand Deopurkar
BoGwang Jeon
Johan de Jong
Chao Li
Robert Lipshitz
Eric Urban

VII. WEBASSIGN
WebAssign is an electronic homework submission system.
Its use is optional, but even if it is used, some classical assignments should also be given.
For more information contact Peter Woit.

VIII. DATES OF EXAMS
There should be 2-3 midterms of 75 minutes scheduled during class by the instructor.
They should be held in class and should be closed-book (i.e. no notes except a formula sheet if the instructor wishes).
Avoid giving midterm exams on major Jewish holidays:
in 2016-17, October 3, 4, 12, 17, 18, 24, 25, and April 11, 12, 17, 18

The final exam is 170 or 180 minutes and is scheduled by the University.
A tentative final exam schedule is here under Projected University Examination Schedule.
The exam schedule is confirmed about one month before the semester ends.

IX. DROP DATES
The last day for a student to drop a course in 2016-17 is
Fall: November 17 for SEAS; October 11 for other schools
Spring: March 23 for SEAS; February 21 for other schools

X. ROLE OF TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Teaching assistants are to help you grade assignments and exams, and to tutor students having difficulty.
To arrange tutoring, it is simplest to state the TA's help room hours on the syllabus.
Undergraduate course assistants, however, may not grade exams, only assignments.
The instructor should grade some exam problems.
In theory, PhD student TA's work 10 hours/week including 3 hours in the help room;
undergraduate course assistants work 6 hours/week including 2 hours in the help room.
Teaching assistants are assigned by Crispina Pincus soon after the semester begins.

XI. GRADING POLICY
The assignments should count for more than 0% but probably no more than 25%.
Cheating on assignments is difficult to control and may be widespread.
It's not advisable to announce a correspondence between numerical averages and letter grades in advance.