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Math 230: Calculus III
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Course
Description
Course
Goals
Lectures
Professor
Textbook
Grades
Exams
Class
Participation
Academic
Honesty
Disabilities
Homework
Schedule
Course Description
The official course description is as follows:
An extension of the concepts of function, limit, derivative, and integral to three-dimensional space and vector spaces; the course describes many applications and their historical significance, such as planetary motion and magnetic fields. Topics include vector algebra, elementary differential geometry of curves and surfaces, limits, continuity, partial drivatives, directional derivatives, multiple integrals, line integrals, surface integrals, Green's Theorem, Stokes' Theorem, and the Divergence Theorem. Prerequisite MAT 171 or placement.
The successful student in this course will learn how to use calculus techniques to analyze vector-valued functions and functions of more than one variable.
Lectures
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Meeting Time |
Meeting Place |
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MWF
9:10-10:10 |
Olin 107 |
Professor
My name is John Wilson and I will be teaching Math 230 this spring. My office is Olin 118 and my phone number is 238 - 5409. I am available for help or conversations almost any time I am in my office. If you want to be more formal you may set up an appointment to meet with me. My official office hours this term are 1:45-3:00on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and 9:30-11:30 on Tuesday and Thursday. Please do not hesitate to contact me anytime via e-mail at john.wilson@centre.edu.Textbook
Our textbook is the 8th edition of Calculus written by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards and published by the Houghton Mifflin Company.
Grades
Your grade for the course will be determined by the following:
| Class
Participation and Homework |
15% |
| Midterm
Exams (3) |
60% |
| Final
Exam |
25% |
Exams
There will be three Midterm Exams and a Final Exam. These exams have already been scheduled. If you have an excused absence for a college activity, you must make arrangements to take the exam early. The date and time for the final exam is scheduled by the registrar and may not be changed without the approval of Dean Samhat. It is college policy that any student absent without an excuse from the final exam will receive a failing grade in the course. The exams will take place on the following dates and times:
| Exam |
Date |
Time |
| Midterm Exam
1 |
Feb 27 |
in-class |
| Midterm Exam
2 |
March 31 |
in-class |
| Midterm Exam
3 |
April 23 |
in-class |
| Final Exam
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May 10 | 1:30 - 4:30 |
Class Participation
I expect all of my students to actively participate in every class. Active participation includes coming to class, putting problems on the board, asking and answering questions,doing the homework and studying the notes and text.You are expected to attend every class. If you must miss class, you should contact me by phone or e-mail. It is your responsibility to get notes and assignments for classes you miss.
Reading assignments will be given daily and should be read before coming to class. Homework problems will be assigned from each section. Some problems will be presented by students at the board. Some problems will be taken up to be graded. Late homework will not be accepted without an official excuse. Your solutions must be clear and concise and easy to follow. You will be required to use the mathematical software package Maple on some assignments. The software is available on the machines in several computer labs on campus. Licenses for student versions of the software are available for purchase and installation on your personal computers. See me if you are interested in this option.
Jordan Lake will be the
student worker available each night before class days to answer questions
about homework.These study sessions will take place in Olin 128 from 8-9
in the evening. These may be particularly helpful if you have questions
and are not able to see me in my office during the day.
Collaboration on homework is encouraged (and expected), but to gain the
full benefit of the assigned homework you should first study the book and
notes and try some problems independently. When you do get together with a
study group it should not simply be a swap and copy session. A study
session should be a time of exchanging ideas not papers. You should not be
leaving a study group or a help session with your homework ready to be
turned in. Write up your solution sets by yourself. On the homework you
turn in you should indicate which students you helped and from whom you
received help in doing the problems
Academic Honesty
Work on all quizzes and exams should be strictly
your own.
Disabilities
1. Centre is committed to making its programs accessible to students with disabilities.
2. In the higher education setting, it is the student's responsibility to inform the College of any disabilities for which he or she seeks accommodation.
3. The College has designated Mary Gulley in the office of Academic Affairs, as the beginning point of this process. She is charged with reviewing all documentation of disabilities and with coordinating any accommodations offered to students.
4. A faculty member will likely not know of a student's disability unless the student or Mary Gulley ( in her role as coordinator) discloses the disability.
5. If you wish to seek any accommodations for disabilities, you must initiate the process right away, for relief cannot always be granted at the last minute and will not be granted after the fact.
