Course Syllabus, Calculus III

Math 2210, Spring 2012

Instructor:  Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 402, email armstrong@suu.edu, cell phone (in case of emergency only, please) 590-4516. Please relay information to me by email if possible. I check voice mail in my office about every other Christmas or so. Every handout from class – including this syllabus – will be posted under Course Information at www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong.

 

Meeting Times and Office Hours: We will meet MTWF, 9:00-9:50, in ELC 301. My office hour will be 10:30-11:30 M-Th and 10-10:50 F; please try your best to make your visits during this time. If my office hour is not possible for you to make I will be happy to schedule another appointment with you.

 

Prerequisite: Calculus I and II with at least a C in each

Required Text: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 8th ed. (must have multivariable Chapters 12-16), by Anton, Bivens and Davis, Wiley Publishing. Please note that this book is being phased out, so if you have to retake this class after this semester, you will be buying a new Calculus book.

Objectives: To learn the basics of multidimensional calculus, including vector analysis, limits, continuity, partial and directional derivatives for multivariable and vector-valued functions and applications; and the multiple integral with applications and evaluation theorems.  We will also learn some Mathematica as this is an especially valuable computational tool for multivariable calculus.

Policies and Procedures:

1.       Attendance is required. I will be unwilling to go through material that you miss without excuse. You may drop your lowest test score (see #3) if you have two or fewer unexcused absences.

2.       Complete each homework (HW) assignment the day it’s listed or as quickly as your schedule allows. This will facilitate understanding of the next period’s lecture. You should do your HW as independently as possible. That is, do all you can first on a problem before seeking outside help. This is because struggling through a problem for a while on your own is the best way to learn difficult material. Keeping up and being constantly engaged will be very important. Homework from the previous week’s material (meaning M-F assignments) will be collected at the beginning of class each Tuesday; it is due in the box outside my office at 2:00 p.m. that day. It should be neat with the problems done in order and it should show complete work to receive credit. I will not give any time extension on the HW without a prolonged, acceptable excuse; that is, late, unexcused HW will not be accepted. Please note that it is up to you to make sure you are getting the answers right. Our grader cannot check more than for completion and a few problems per assignment, which is why I have assigned odd problems as much as possible.

3.       Should you fall ill or have to be gone for some reason during testing days, email me ASAP to schedule a makeup test and let me know when you are available over the next couple of days. If you wait more than one day to contact me, then the score on the test you miss will simply be a zero regardless of excuse (i.e., so if you have been absent less than the allotted days, that will be your dropped one). You must be prepared to provide documentation for missing a test. The exams will be administered in the Testing Center. I recommend that you do not plan on dropping any tests so if you get a lower score on a later exam you don’t have to count that score toward your grade.

4.       Academic Integrity: Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. You are expected to have read and understood the current issue of the student handbook (published by Student Services) regarding student responsibilities and rights for information about procedures and about what constitutes acceptable on-campus behavior. HW plagiarism (copying from a solutions manual or someone else’s HW) will result in a zero on any assignment; if it is repeated, you will get a zero on the entire HW score (of 50 points). Passing any test information to another student that hasn’t yet taken it is prohibited and dishonest and will also be fully prosecuted.

5.       The sharing of copyrighted material through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, except as provided under U.S. copyright law, is prohibited by law. Detailed information can be found at http:// www.suu.edu/it/p2p-student-notice.html.

6.       Students with medical, psychological, learning or other disabilities desiring academic adjustments, accommodations or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Southern Utah University Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), in Room 206F of the Sharwan Smith Center or phone (435) 865-8022. SSD determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of services.

7.       In case of emergency, the University's Emergency Notification System (ENS) will be activated. Students are encouraged to maintain updated contact information using the link on the homepage of the mySUU portal. In addition, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Emergency Response Protocols posted in each classroom. Detailed information about the University's emergency management plan can be found at http://www.suu.edu/ad/facilities/ emergency-procedures.html.

8.       Grading The total will be 500 or 600 points, including a total of 50 points from HW, 300 or 400 from the one-hour tests (depending on attendance – see Item 1), and 150 from the final exam. The grading scale will be the following; please note that I will not raise a grade because you ask me to so it is up to you to get the grade you want. 

 

A

92.0

 

B

81.0

 

C

72.0

 

D

62.0

A-

88.0

 

B-

79.0

 

C-

70.0

 

D-

60.0

B+

86.0

 

C+

77.0

 

D+

67.0

 

F

0

 

Homework Assignments (*“eoo” means “every other odd,” as in 1,5,9,…)

 

Date

Section

Homework Assignment

Jan. 9

12.1

1-13 odd,17,19,21,25,31

10

12.2

1-13 odd,17-27 odd,43,47

11

12.3

3,7,11,13,19,21,31,33

13

12.4

3,11,13,17,25,29

16

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Recess

17

12.5

1-13 odd,21,25,29,31,45

18

12.6

1-17 odd,21,27,33,37,39,41

20

12.7

1-21 eoo* (See above)

23

12.7,12.8

12.7: 23,27,31,39; 12.8: 1,3,5,7 (a,d on all)

24

12.8

9,11,15,17,19,23,25,27,35,41

25

13.1

3,7,11,13,17,21,27,35,41

27

 

Review, Exam 1 (Ch. 12) in Testing Center F-M

30

 

No Class – Exam 1 (Ch. 12) in Testing Center

31

13.2

1,5,9,15,19,23,29

Feb. 1

13.3

5,7,9,13,17,23,27

3

13.4

3,7,9,13

6

13.5

1,5,9,11,15,17,21,25,27,33,37

7

13.6

1,3,5,9,11,15

8

14.1

3,5,11,15,17,21,25,27,33,37

10

14.2

1-23 odd,33,35

13

14.3

1-45 eoo* (see above)

14

14.4

1-29 eoo,45,49

15

14.5

1-33 eoo,45

17

14.6

1-15 odd,19,27,31,35

20

 

President’s Day Recess

21

 

Review, Exam 2 (13.1-14.6) in Testing Center W-R

22

 

No Class – Exam 2 in Testing Center

24

14.7

1-25 eoo

27

14.8

1a,3,7,11,17

28

14.8,14.9

14.8: 27,41; 14.9: 1,3

29

14.9

5,9,13,15

Mar. 2

15.1

1-15 odd,19,23,27

5

15.2

1-25 eoo,31,35,41,43,47,51

6

15.3

1-29 eoo

7

15.4

1-17 odd

9

15.4,15.5

15.4: 29,35,41; 15.5: 1,5,7,11

12-16

 

Spring Recess

19

 

Review/Catch-up Day

20

15.5

15,17,19,23

21

15.6

3,7,11,17,21

23

15.7

1,3,5,7

26

15.7,15.8

15.7: 9,13,15,33; 15.8: 1,3,5,7

27

 

Review, Exam 3 in Testing Center W-R

28

 

No Class – Exam 3 in Testing Center

30

15.8

9,13,17,21,27

Apr. 2

16.1

1-3,7,13,17,27

3

16.2

1-11 odd

4

16.2

13,15,17,21,23,33

6

16.3

3-37 eoo

9

16.4

1-9 odd

10

16.4,16.5

16.4: 11,13,23; 16.5: 1,3

11

16.5

5,7,15,25

13

16.6

1,5,7,11

16

16.6

15,19,21

17

16.7

1-9 odd,11,15,27

18

16.8

1,3,5

20

16.8

9-15 odd

23

 

Review, Exam 4 in Testing Center M-T

24

 

No Class – Exam 4 in Testing Center

25

 

Exam 4 Returned; Final Exam Discussion

 

Wed., May 2

9-10:50 a.m.

Final Exam in Classroom