DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA

MAT132H5F
Differential Calculus for Life Sciences
Course Outline - Fall 2023

Instructor Shay Fuchs

Office Location DH3046
Office Hours Wednesday and Friday 11:30am-12:00pm.
E-mail Address s.fuchs@utoronto.ca
Course Web Site https://q.utoronto.ca

Co-Instructor Ivan Khatchatourian

Office Location DH3098
Office Hours Tuesday 12:10-1:00pm.
E-mail Address ivan.khatchatourian@utoronto.ca

Co-Instructor Erfan Nazari

Office Location DH3021
Office Hours Thursday 3:30-4:30pm.
E-mail Address erfan.nazari@utoronto.ca

Co-Instructor Marina Tvalavadze

Office Location DH3044
Office Hours Monday 1:10-2:00pm.
E-mail Address marina.tvalavadze@utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Obada Al Ajeh

E-mail Address obada.alajeh@mail.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Zheng Yang (John) Fei

E-mail Address zhengyang.fei@mail.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Thanh Huynh

E-mail Address truc.huynh@mail.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Aryan Kaushal

E-mail Address aryan.kaushal@mail.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Vishnu Manoj

E-mail Address vishnu.manoj@mail.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Matthew Newman

E-mail Address matthew.newman@mail.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Ali Parchekani

E-mail Address a.parchekani@mail.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant Peter Phan

E-mail Address tammy.phan@mail.utoronto.ca

Course Description
Review of functions and their graphs, trigonometry, exponentials and logarithms. Limits and continuity of functions of a single
variable. Derivatives and differentiation techniques. Applications of differentiation, including extreme values, related rates and
optimization. Life science applications are emphasized.
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 Prerequisite:

Minimum 70% in Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U)Â

Exclusion:
MAT133Y5 or MAT134Y5 or MAT135H5 or MAT135Y5 or MAT137H5 or MAT137Y5 or MAT157H5 or MAT157Y5 or
MAT133Y1 or MAT135Y1 or MAT135H1 or MAT137Y1 or MAT157Y1 or MATA29H3 or MATA30H3 or MATA31H3 or
MATA32H3

Recommended:
Highly Recommended: Minimum 70% in Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U)

(SCI)
Distribution Requirement: SCI

Textbooks and Other Materials

Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Fourth Edition, by Rogawski, Adams and Franzosa (ISBN: 9781319055905).
Achieve Account: Access to the Achieve platform by Macmilan Learning. This is required in order to access the homework
assignments and the ebook in the course.
A Student iClicker Account: An account to access polls during lectures. There is no cost to create an account and to
use this platform for polls.
Calculator: You may use a non-graphic and non-programmable calculator during lectures, tutorials and
homework assignments. Calculators will not be permitted on tests and exams.

Note: On the course website you will find a page titled 'Course Materials (iClicker Accounts and the Achieve Platform)' with
detailed information on the above items. Make sure you read it carefully!

Assessment and Deadlines

Type Description Due Date Weight
Assignment Pre-Class Homework Assignments (best 9 out of 11) On-going 5%
Assignment Post-Class Homework Assignments (best 10 out of 12) On-going 5%
Class Participation In-Class iClicker Polls (85% participation required for full mark) On-going 5%
Class Participation Tutorial Attendance and Participation (9 sessions required for full mark) On-going 5%
Term Test 2023-10-06 22.5%
Term Test 2023-11-10 22.5%
Final Exam TBA 35%
Total 100%

More Details for Assessment and Deadlines

Pre-Class Homework Assignments.
The course will be delivered through an active learning approach. Prior to each week, students are required to read the
relevant sections from the textbook and complete a homework assignment on Achieve, by Sunday, at midnight (see the
course schedule). The pre-class homework assignments count as 5% of the overall course mark. There are 11
assignments in total, but only the best 9 will count toward the final course mark.

Post-Class Homework Assignments.

The post-class homework assignments are to be completed one week after the material was discussed in class (for instance,
on Week 7, you should complete a post-class assignment on Week 6 material). The post-class assignments will be

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 completed online, and will have an automatically graded portion and a manually graded portion (which will be graded by
your teaching assistant). The deadline to submit a post-class assignments is Friday, at midnight (except on test weeks,
when the deadline is Friday, at 2pm).
The post-class assignments count as 5% of the overall course mark. There are 12 post-class assignments in total, but only
the best 10 will count toward the final course mark.

In-Class Polls.
In lectures, instructors will pose questions and collect responses via the iClicker platform. Each student must have an active
account, and be ready to use it in class. See the course website for detailed instructions on how to set up an iClicker Student
account. Your votes will be marked for participation only (and not for correctness) and will count as 5% of the overall
course mark. You must respond to at least 85% of the questions to receive a full mark.

Term Tests.
There will be two term tests, conducted in-person, on the following Fridays, from 5pm to 7pm:
- Term Test 1: October 6, 2023. -Term Test 2: November 10, 2023.
Each term test is 1 hour and 50 minutes long and counts as 22.5% of the course mark. More details will be given later.

Final Exam.
The final exam in the course will take place during the examination period in December 2023, and will be two hours long.
Exact details will be provided at a later date. The exam will cover all the material presented in lectures, tutorials and in the
homework assignments.

Penalties for Lateness

All pre- and post-class homework assignments must be submitted on time, before the deadline. Late submissions are not
allowed.

Procedures and Rules

Missed Term Work
Missed Term Tests and Make-up Test.
A student who misses a term test will receive a grade of zero, unless they obtain an exemption by meeting one of the following
conditions:

The student declared their absence using the ACORN Absence Declaration Tool, and the absence period includes the test
date. Note that this tool can be used only once per semester.
The student provided an explanation for their absence to the course coordinator or assistant coordinator and obtained an
exemption from the test. In this case, the student may be asked to provide supporting documentation.

If a student misses at least one term test and receives an exemption, they will be eligible to write an (in-person) make-up test on
Friday, November 24, 2023, from 5pm to 7pm.

The student's marking scheme will be adjusted as follows:

If the student is exempted from one term test, the other test and the make-up test will each be worth 22.5% of the course
mark. There will be no change to the weight of the final exam.
If the student is exempted from both term tests, or from one term test and then misses the make-up test, then the
remaining test will be worth 22.5% and the final exam will be worth 57.5%.
If the student is exempted from both term tests and misses the make-up test (for any reason), a mark of zero will
normally be assigned to the make-up test, and the final exam will be worth 57.5%.

Note: There will be only one make-up test in the course. It is recommended to write the regular term tests if you are able to. If you
miss a term test, you miss out on receiving valuable feedback early in the course. Also, the material on the make-up test may be
different than the material tested on the regular tests. For those who must miss a test (e.g., due to illness), writing the make-up test
gives an opportunity to not have as much weight shifted to the final exam.

Missed Final Exam

Students who cannot complete their final examination due to illness or other serious causes must file an online petition within 72
hours of the missed examination. Late petitions will NOT be considered. Upon approval of a deferred exam request, a non-
refundable fee of $72 is required for each examination approved.

Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is essential to the pursuit of learning and scholarship in a university, and to ensuring that a degree from the
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 University of Toronto Mississauga is a strong signal of each student’s individual academic achievement. As a result, UTM treats
cases of cheating and plagiarism very seriously. The University of Toronto's Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters outlines
behaviours that constitute academic dishonesty and the process for addressing academic offences. Potential offences include, but
are not limited to:

In papers and assignments:

1. Using someone else's ideas or words without appropriate acknowledgement.

2. Submitting your own work in more than one course, or more than once in the same course, without the permission of the
instructor.
3. Making up sources or facts.
4. Obtaining or providing unauthorized assistance on any assignment.

On tests and exams:

1. Using or possessing unauthorized aids.

2. Looking at someone else’s answers during an exam or test.
3. Misrepresenting your identity.

In academic work:

1. Falsifying institutional documents or grades.

2. Falsifying or altering any documentation required, including (but not limited to) doctor's notes.

All suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be investigated following procedures outlined in the Code of Behaviour on
Academic Matters. If you have questions or concerns about what constitutes appropriate academic behaviour or appropriate
research and citation methods, you are expected to seek out additional information on academic integrity from your instructor or
from other institutional resources.

Plagiarism Detection
Normally, students will be required to submit their course essays to the University’s plagiarism detection tool for a review of
textual similarity and detection of possible plagiarism. In doing so, students will allow their essays to be included as source
documents in the tool’s reference database, where they will be used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. The terms that
apply to the University’s use of this tool are described on the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation web site
(https://uoft.me/pdt-faq).

Students may wish to opt out of using the plagiarism detection tool. In order to opt out, contact your instructor by email no later
than two (2) weeks after the start of classes. If you have opted out, then specific information on an alternative method to submit
your assignment can be found below.

The use of generative artificial intelligence tools or apps for assignments in this course, including tools like ChatGPT and other AI
writing or coding assistants, is prohibited.

Informed Consent – Email Lists

As a student enrolled in this course, you understand that you are providing your implicit consent to be included in an email list for
the department to send you non-essential information from time to time. If you do not wish to be included in such an email list,
please request to be removed by contacting one of the Academic Advisors & Undergraduate Program Administrators. Their
information can be found on the MCS Website Contact Us page .

Final Exam Information

Duration: 2 hours

Additional Information
Lectures.
All lectures will be delivered in-person. Note that most instructors do not record lectures.

Prerequisites.
The prerequisite for the course is a minimum grade of 70% in Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U). Students who
do not have this prerequisite are allowed to take the course 'at their own risk', and are expected to learn certain relevant high
school topics independently. There is no need to fill out and/or submit a request for a waiver.

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 Tutorials.
There will be several tutorial groups in the course. Each student must be registered in one of the tutorial sections on
ACORN, and attend it regularly (in-person) every week. Details regarding the day, time and location of your tutorial are
available on ACORN, and on the UofT timetable website. In tutorials, you will have the opportunity to work on problems
and get help and guidance from your TA. Occasionally, the TA will review some of the material discussed in lectures, and
will present solutions to exercises. Tutorials begin on the week of September 11.
The last day to change tutorial sections on ACORN is September 19, 2023. Note that you must attend and participate in
at least 9 tutorial sessions (out of 11) in order to receive the full 5% tutorial participation mark.

Course Website.
You can access the MAT132 course website through Quercus. After logging in, click on 'MAT132H5 F All Lecture
Sections' to access the website.
Note that this is the course website for all students in the course, registered in any of the lecture sections. Homework
assignments, messages, handouts and other important information will be posted on the website, so you must check it
regularly.
You will also be able to complete your pre- and post-class assignments, access the ebook and see your marks online.

Additional Documents.
Please make sure to read the following documents/pages carefully, available on the course website:
- Week-by-Week course schedule - Contains the topics to be covered each week, homework and test schedule, and
important dates.
- Course Materials (iClicker Accounts and the Achieve Platform) - Information about the iClicker and Achieve
platform.
- Active Learning in MAT132H5 - Details regarding the active learning approach, and the way the course is structured.

E-mail Policy.
E-mails must originate from a utoronto.ca address and contain the course code MAT132 in the subject line. You must
include your full name, student number, and lecture section in your e-mail.

Copyright policy.
Please be advised that the intellectual property rights in the material referred to on this syllabus and posted on the course
Quercus site, may belong to the course instructors or other persons. You are not authorized to reproduce or distribute such
material, in any form or medium, without the prior consent of the intellectual property owner. Violation of intellectual
property rights may be a violation of the law and University of Toronto policies and may entail significant repercussions for
the person found to have engaged in such act. If you have any questions regarding your right to use the material in a manner
other than as set forth in the syllabus, please speak to your instructor. Course materials are made available to you for
personal use. You can not share (or 'publish') material anywhere. You can not record lectures or tutorials (both in-person
and online) without permission from the instructor or the TA. You can not post any course material to any website, study
group or online forum. If you post assignment or test questions to any website, study group or online forum (except the
course discussion board) it may be a copyright violation and it may be an academic offence.

GOOD LUCK!

Last Date to drop course from Academic Record and GPA is November 6, 2023.

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