Venue:
The class meets in 402 Clapp
Tuesday and Thursday from 1:15 to 2:30,
and Friday from 1:15 to 2:05.
Text:
James Stewart, Multivariable Calculus,
fifth edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2002.
Course description:
We will cover most of chapters 13 through 17 in the text. The
material includes vectors and their geometry, functions of two and
three variables, vector functions, derivatives and integrals of
multivariate functions and their applications, vector fields, line
integrals, surface
integrals, and the multivariate versions of the fundamental theorem of
calculus.
Homework:
Several homework problems will be assigned in each
lecture.
Homework will be due on Tuesday afternoons at 5:00.
Late homework will not be accepted for grading.
Quizzes:
There will be a ten-minute
quiz in each Friday class (exclusive of exam weeks).
Problems on the quizzes will be very similar
to recent homework problems.
There will be no make-up quizzes;
however, your two lowest quiz grades will not count.
Exams:
We will have two
self-timed, take-home hour exams during the semester.
The first will be October 9 - 10,
and the second November 13 - 14.
There will be a comprehensive final exam during final examination
period.
Technology:
In general, you may use a graphing calculator on all quizzes and exams
in this course. On your homework, you may use a calculator or
computer, if you like. Please indicate on your homework where a
calculator or computer was used.
Grading:
Your
two lowest quiz grades will be
dropped, and the remaining grades will be weighted as follows to
determine your numeric grade for the course:
Homework average
20%
Quiz average
20%
Hour Exam average
35%
Final Exam grade
25%
Your letter grade for the course will be determined from your numeric
grade as follows.
If your numeric grade is above
95
90
88
82
80
78
72
70
60
your letter grade will be at least
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D
The cut-off points for assigning letter grades will depend on the
distribution of final numeric grades. Your final letter grade may be
higher than the grade indicated above, but it will not be lower.
Resources:
My office hours are listed
on the Instructor page of this website;
you are welcome to make an
appointment to talk with me at other times.
The mathematics department sponsors walk-in tutoring
in Clapp 401 or 402
on Sunday through Thursday evenings.
Math~203 tutors will be on duty two or three evenings
a week.
Issues of Academic Integrity:
You are encouraged to collaborate with your classmates on homework
assignments, as long as the information flow goes both ways. No
collaboration will be allowed on quizzes or exams.