Course Syllabus, Calculus III

Math 2210, Spring 2013

Instructor:  Dr. Seth Armstrong, ELC 420, email armstrong@suu.edu, cell: 590-4516. Please relay information to me by email if possible; texting/calling on my cell phone is okay in case of an emergency. Don’t leave me a voice mail in my office: I check voice mail on my office about once per decade. Everything I hand out in class, including this syllabus, will be posted on the Course Information link at www.suu.edu/faculty/armstrong or under G://Classes/Armstrong/Math 2210.

Meeting Times and Office Hours: We will meet MTWF, 9:00-9:50, in SC 226. My office hour will be daily at 10:30-11:30; 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. I will try to have a class TA to go over homework with you on Thursdays (for a little extra credit if you attend).

 

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

Required Text: Calculus (Early Transcendentals version), 7th ed., by James Stewart, Brooks/Cole (ISBN 978-0538497909; whichever 7th ed Stewart you get must have multivariable calculus chapters 12-16)

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 and use 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) only if you have two or fewer unexcused absences.

2.      Complete each homework (HW) assignment before the next class lecture. The best advice I can give you is to do your HW as independently as possible: That is, do all you can first on a problem before seeking outside help, thinking about it for several minutes and trying it several times. This is because struggling through a problem for a while is the only way to make connections resulting in so-called higher learning and to know material well enough for high test performance and to retain it after the test. Homework from the previous week’s material (meaning M-F assignments) will be collected Monday in class; it is due the second class day of each week, so usually Tuesday. It should be neat, the problems done in order and complete work should be shown for full credit. Because you have Friday afternoon through Tuesday morning between the last HW assignment and handing it in, I will not give any time extension on the HW unless you have a prolonged, legitimate excuse: Late, unexcused HW will not be accepted. The median student should plan on spending two hours outside of class for each hour in. The grader will have limited grading hours per week, so it is your responsibility to make sure you’re getting correct answers using those provided in the back of the book (i.e., “BoB”).

3.      If you have excellent attendance (see #1), only three of your four exam scores will count toward your grade if it helps your grade overall. Should you fall ill or have to be gone for some legitimate excuse on the last test day, email or text me ASAP so I know. Thereafter, you must schedule a makeup test with me, so tell me in an email when you are available to make up the test. 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 and will have to do so if you have to make up more than one. 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. Things such as a busy week in school, moving, or a doctor’s appointment that can be rescheduled do not merit a makeup exam. All are busy every week, so it’s not fair to give one exception. Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Homework plagiarism (copying from someone else’s HW) will result in a zero on any assignment. This means that you do not copy someone else’s work and you do not copy from the solutions manual, although you may use the latter for reference. Any information at all passed to another student who hasn’t yet taken a test is cheating and will also be prosecuted to the fullest extent.

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 75 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.      The total possible will be 525 or 625 points, including a total of 75 points from HW, 300 or 400 from the one-hour tests (depending on which leads to a better final score in case of excellent attendance – see #1) and 150 from the final exam. Your percentage will be rounded to one digit and your grade will be exactly the following. I cannot raise a grade because you “need a higher grade” nor is there anything you “can do” after a grade is given to raise it, so it is up to you to get the grade you want. I will be happy to check through and make sure I added your final scores correctly, for example, if your grade seems lower than you expected.

 

A

92.0

 

B

81.0

 

C

71.0

 

D

62.0

A-

88.0

 

B-

78.0

 

C-

69.0

 

D-

60.0

B+

86.0

 

C+

76.0

 

D+

67.0

 

F

0

 

Daily Schedule and Homework

 

Date

Section

Homework Assignment

Jan. 7

12.1

5,6,7,12,13,15,18,21,29,43

8

12.2

3,5,9,13,17,19,21,24,25,26,43,47

9

12.3

1,3,6,9,15,17,19,23,27,35,39,43,49

11

12.4

1,5,9,15,19,29

14

12.4,12.5

12.4: 33,35,43; 12.5: 3,5,7,11,13,17,19

15

12.5

23,27,30,35,37

16

12.5

38-40,51,59,71,73

18

12.6

3,11,15,22,23,24,29

21

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Recess

22

13.1,13.2

13.1: 1,3,5,7,11,17,21; 13.2: 3,9,11,13

23

13.2

17,21,23,25,35,39,41

25

13.3

1,3,11,13,17,21,27,47,49

28

13.4

3,7,13

29

 

Review, Exam 1 in TC Tues, 29th – Wed, 30th 

30

No Class

Exam 1 (12.1-13.3) in TC Tues-Wed

Feb. 1

13.4

15,16,19,21,37,39

4

14.1

9,13, 17,19, 23,25, 43, 51,65-67

5

14.2

5, 9, 11, 13, 29, 31, 39-41

Feb. 6

14.3

15,21,27,31,33,41,47,49,53,57,63,81

8

14.4

1,5, 11,17,19,25,31

11

14.5

1,5,7,10,13,15,21, 26, 27,31

12

14.6

1,2,5,9,13,17,19,21,25,33,41,45,55

13

14.6

15

14.7

1,5,7,9, 11,13,29

18

 

President’s Day Recess

19

14.7,14.8

14.7: 31,39,40; 14.8: 3,5,7,11

20

14.8

15,19,21

22

 

Review, Exam 2 in TC Fri, 22nd – Mon, 25th

25

No Class

Exam 2 (13.4 – 14.8) in TC Fri-Mon

26

15.1,15.2

15.1: 1,3; 15.2: 3, 9, 15, 17,19

27

15.2,15.3

15.2: 21, 31; 15.3: 1, 5, 7, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25

Mar. 1

15.3

43, 47, 49-54

4

15.4

5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 25, 29, 33

5

15.5

3,7,27

6

15.6

1,3,7,9,10,13

8

15.7

3,7,9,13,19,27

11-15

No Class

Spring Recess

18

15.7

33,35,39

19

15.8

1,3,9,11,17,21,25,29,30

20

15.9

1,3,7, 9,11,21,23,25,30,35,39,41

22

No Class

Read Examples from 15.9 – Will check for completion Monday. 15.9 HW due before noon Friday.

25

15.9-15.10

15.10: 1,5,7,15,17

26

16.1

3,5,11,13,21,23,25

27

 

Review, Exam 3 in TC Mon, 25th – Tues, 26th

29

No Class

Exam 3 (15.1-15.9) in TC Thurs-Fri; Closes at 3 on Th

Apr. 1

16.2

1,3,7,11,19, 21,23,29(a),39,41

2

16.3

3,5,7,9,13,15

3

16.3

19,23,25,35

5

16.4

1,3,7,9,17

8

16.5

1,3,7,13,15,19,31

9

No Class

University (Something) Day

10

16.6

1,3, 13, 19,23, 25

12

16.6

39,41,45,49,61,63

15

16.7

4,5,7,9,13,17

16

16.7

21,23,27,31

17

 

Review, Exam 4 in TC Th, 18th – Fri, 19th

19

No Class

Exam 4 (15.10-16.7) in TC Th-Fri

22

16.8

2,3,7,9

23

16.9

1,5,7,11

24

 

Final Exam Review

 

Wed, May 1

9-10:50 a.m.

Final Exam in Classroom