Teacher: |
Dr. Chris Caldwell, office 429 Humanities, phone 7336. Department office 7360. Email: caldwell@utm.edu. Web www.ccaldwell.com. | |||
| Successful Completion of Mathematics 252. | ||||
| Vectors and analytic geometric in space. Vector-valued functions of several variables. Differentials, gradients, and extrema of functions of several variables. Multiple integrals and their applications. Introductory vector analysis including line and surface integrals. | ||||
| Calculus-Early Transcendentals (fifth edition), James Stewart, Brooks/Cole Publishing, 2003, ISBN: 0-534-39321-7. | ||||
The course grade will be determined as
follows:
16 % quizzes (daily five-minute quizzes)Letter grades will be assigned as follows: 90-100% A, 80-89% B, 70-79% C, 60-69% D, 0-59% F.The grade of I is given very rarely and only in cases of true emergency, never to just temporarily improve your GPA. |
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We will start most days with a brief "quiz" (usually less than five minutes). This will usually be one problem directly from the previous night's homework. You will be allowed to use your notes, but not your book. If you have attended class and done all the homework, the quiz points should be automatic! These quizzes will be graded on a four-point scale: one point for your name, four points for the correct answer, and two or three for a partially correct answer. If you are late, you will just get the one point for your name. Students who cheat or answer a cell phone call may receive a negative score. The four lowest non-negative scores will be dropped. All of your remaining quiz points will be added, then converted into a percentage score. Exceptions will be made for appropriate excuses, but you must let me know and provide documentation within two weeks. |
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| Tests & Final: | The homework, quizzes and classroom examples indicate the type of problems that will be on the tests, though some (probably the final) may be changed to a multiple-choice format. No make-up tests. If you miss a test, you will be given the average of the following tests and final. The final will be a comprehensive. Review for the final by studying the hour tests, homework and quizzes. You may not leave the room during any test. | |||
| We will not use graphing and programable calculators for the exams. Non-programable calculators (such as those used for the Engineering exit exams) may be used. | ||||
| Excellent
Graphing Programs by Konrad Polthier (large, but excellent) A smaller acceptable Surface Plotter (local copy) |
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| The Department of Mathematics and Statistics publishes a syllabus for each of it courses which may be viewed in my office or on the departmental web pages. | ||||