Welcome to MAC2313H.201, Calculus with Analytic Geometry III for Honors Students, Fall 2009

Professor:   Zixia Song
Office:      MAP231F
E-mail:      zsong@mail.ucf.edu.
Lecture:    MWF: 10:30-11:50am in MAP233

Credit Hours: 4
Office Hours:  MWF 1-1:30pm, 2:30 – 3:30pm or by appointment.    

            

Textbook and Other Required Materials: Calculus by James Stewart, 5th edition and 8.5”X11” blue books for each test and the final exam.  The required blue books will be collected during the second week of class.  At the start of each test, you will be given one of the collected blue books in which you will complete your work.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of MAC2311 Calculus I and MAC2312 Calculus II.

Purpose of Course:  To master the calculus of functions of several variables and its applications to analytic geometry.

 

Lecture Schedule: Chapters 13—17 of Stewart Calculus (except sections 14.4, 15.8, 16.9, 17.5-17.10): Vectors; lines, planes, quadric surfaces in space; cylindrical, spherical coordinates; vector-valued functions; tangent, normal vectors and curvature; functions of several variables; derivatives, tangent planes, directional derivatives; multiple integrals; vector fields; line integrals; conservative vector fields; Green’s theorem, Stoke’s Theorem. Students are responsible for all material covered, as well as announcements made in lectures. Official course description is available here.                     

Midterm & Final Exams: There will be three in-class tests and a comprehensive final exam.  The three midterms are tentatively scheduled for Mondays, September 14th, October 12th, November 16th. There will be no make-ups. Please see Dr. Song if you have to miss an exam due to an illness or an emergency. A proof will be required. Neither oversleeping nor traffic are acceptable excuses.  The comprehensive final exam is tentatively scheduled for Monday, December 14th (10:00-12;50pm). All exams, including the final, will take place in the usual lecture room. The format for all exams will be in-class, closed notes, closed book, no computers. To receive credit, you must explain your solution. Merely stating the answer does not suffice, even if the answer is correct.

Homework: Homework is an important part of this class. Weekly homework (10 in total, but only the best 8 will be counted) will be assigned in class, collected at the beginning of class (unless specified otherwise), and only a subset of collected problems will be graded. You are expected to do all of it. Homework must be written neatly and stapled together. This typically means that you work out the problems on scratch paper, and then transcribe your solutions neatly on separate paper to turn in. Late homework will not be accepted. If you're behind schedule, complete as much as you can, and turn that in. (Of course you should finish the rest to bolster your understanding of that material.)  The expectation for homework is as follows: you should solve all the assigned problems completely and correctly. It's ok if this requires several attempts at some of them. When you're finished with the assignment, you should be able to do those types of problems without referencing your notes or the textbook. This is what you'll be required to do on the exams!

 

Grades: HW: 10 points each; Tests: 80 points each; Final Exam: 160 points.  You can earn up to 480 points in total. Final letter grades are given on the standard grading scale:     A: 90%-100%, B: 80%-89%, C: 70%-79%, D: 60%-69%, F: <60%. There are no grades of NC for this class, but plus/minus grades will be used. If appropriate, there may be a curve which would ease these cutoffs, but you should not count on that.

Attendance & Classroom Conduct: Attendance at lectures is required. Common courtesy requires that students arrive in class on time, and stay the entire class period. Turn off your cell-phones. Please treat your classmates and instructor with respect and courtesy.

Regrading Policy: If you believe that a mistake in grading has been made you may request that your paper be regraded. Such request must be submitted in writing to Dr. Song within two days from the day the graded test has been returned in class, and must be accompanied by the original (unaltered) paper. If you make any changes to the paper your request will be denied. Please note that if you request regrading, all problems are subject to review.

Special accommodations: Anyone who needs special accommodations for this class must let me know during the first week of the semester (by August 28th at the very latest).

Honor Code:   Everyone is expected to abide by the guidelines for the Academic Honor Code given in the university Golden Rule. Violations will be reported. You are encouraged to study in groups, but any and all work submitted for grading, including homework, must be your own.

Free Tutoring: Available at Math Lab, located in MAP 113. 

Policy on calculators:  Not allowed on any exams and quizzes.

Important Dates: Labor Day (Monday September 7th), Withdrawal deadline (Friday October 16th), Veteran’s Day (Wednesday November 11th), Thanksgiving (November 26-28). 

 

Course Information:  This text can be accessed at http://www.math.ucf.edu/~zxsong/MAC2313.

 

Disclaimer Statement: This document is furnished for student information only. It is subject to change without previous announcement.