Syllabus: Fall Semester 2011
Text:
Marsden and Tromba, Vector Calculus, Fifth Edition.
- It is assumed that you are familiar with the material of sections 1.1 and 1.2.
For those of you who are interested, there will be a review session on Monday, September 12.
- Sections 2.2, 3.4, 3.5, 6.3, 6.4, 7.7, 8.5, and 8.6 will not be covered.
Prerequisite:
You must have received a grade of C- or better from Math 1372 (or
equivalent).
Exams:
The dates of the three midterms are Wednesdays October 12, November 9, and December 7. You will have
the option of taking the midterm from 5:00 to 6:00 PM
or from 6:10 to 7:10 PM. The final exam is Friday, December 16,
from 1:30 to 4:30 PM.
The
location will be announced toward the end of the semester.
Grading Policy:
| Category | Grade basis | Points each | Total points |
| Homework | Best 11 assignments | 10 | 110 |
| In class quizzes | Best 8 quizzes | 10 | 80 |
| Labs | Best 6 labs | 15 | 90 |
| Midterms | | 140 | 420 |
| Final exam | | 300 | 300 |
| Total | | | 1000 |
Gradelines:
We do not have fixed gradelines for this class. Typically, the distribution of the final grades is
approximately 20% A, 25% B, 40% C and 15% D and F.
Make-ups:
Students must make arrangements in advance if they will not be handing
in homework on time or will miss an exam. Exam absences due to
recognized University related activities, religious holidays,
verifiable
illness, and family/medical emergencies will be dealt with on an
individual basis. See official University
Policy on Makeup Examinations for Legitimate Absences.
Attendance:
The class will be conducted under the presumption that you have attended
all lectures, labs, and recitation sessions. In particular, you are
responsible for all the announcements made in class.
Homework:
The assigned homework problem must be completed via the WebWork server by 11:59 PM each Thursday. The WebWork server will not accept solutions submitted after 11:59 PM (according to its internal clock).
Math Insight pre-lecture pages: Before
each lecture you should read the assigned Math Insight pages as given on the course
Moodle site. The required pre-lecture readings are denoted by an asterisk on the Math 2374 thread page of Math Insight. Each homework assignment on WebWork will contain some problems that will be based on the pre-lecture Math Insight readings for the following two lectures. The other pages on Math Insight are to be studied after
each lecture, in addition to your notes and the textbook.
Lab
Assignments: Lab assignments are due by 5pm on the due date.
Lab assignments and due dates are listed on the Moodle course page.
We encourage you to discuss lab assignments with
your classmates, including strategies for solving different kinds of
problems. Indeed, this is one of the best ways to improve your
understanding of the course. However, when you actually write up your
solutions, you must do this on your own. Collaboration during the
write-up stage or handing in labs that are almost identical
to a classmate's is a form of cheating and may result in a score of
zero for all your lab assignments. Your lab assignments should be:
- neatly and clearly written, using complete sentences and correct
grammar. You must show your method of solution as well as your answer.
Neat crossing out is acceptable, but lab assignments which looks like scrap
paper, which contains only answers and no method of solution, or which
appears to have been written at the last minute or without reasonable
care, will not receive full credit and may not be graded.
- handed in on time. Late lab assignments will
be graded only under unusual circumstances and only if arrangements
have
been made in advance.
- stapled.
In particular, if your lab assignment is
illegible, then your TA has the right to deduct a point from your
homework or (in extreme cases) to hand it back ungraded.
SCHOLASTIC CONDUCT: We expect the highest standards of conduct from
members of this class. Cases of academic dishonesty will be treated
with
utmost seriousness. See Student
Conduct Code.
STUDENT PRIVACY AND COURSE WEBSITE:
In this class, our use of technology will sometimes make students'
names and U of M Internet IDs visible within the course website, but
only to other students in the same class. Since we are using a secure,
password-protected course website, this will not increase the risk of
identity theft or spamming for anyone in the class. If you have
concerns about the visibility of your Internet ID, please contact your lecturer
for further information.
INCOMPLETES: A final grade of incomplete is given only if you have
successfully completed all but a small portion of the work of the
course, and have a very compelling, well documented excuse from completing
the course. We cannot give you an incomplete simply because you are behind in your work.
DROP DATES: You may drop the course without permission by the start
of the fifth week of the semester. If you drop
before the start of the third week, no mention of the course will
appear on your transcripts. Otherwise, you receive a "W" for the
course. However, it will cost you more money to drop the course later
in the semester.
S/N GRADE: If you are registered S/N, you will receive grade S if
your letter grade is C- or above, and grade N otherwise.
CSE students should not be taking this class S/N.
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