Math 2374 Syllabus

Math 2374: CSE Multivariable Calculus and Vector Analysis

Syllabus: Fall Semester 2010

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, January 25.
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 midterms are given on Wednesday evenings: October 6, November 3, and December 1. You will have the option of taking the midterm from 5:00 to 6:00 PM or from 6:10 to 7:10 PM; note that all students in the early session will be required to stay until the exam is completed. The final exam is on Thursday, December 16 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm (location to be annouced toward the end of the semester).

Grading Policy:

Category	Grade basis	Points each	Total points
Homework	Best 11 assigments	10	110
Online quizzes	Best 25 quizzes	2	50
Labs	Best 6 labs	20	120
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.

Online Readings and Quizzes: Before each lecture you should do the assigned readings on the course WebVista site. The readings go by lectures. The pre-lecture readings are followed by a short quiz, due online by 8 AM on the day of the lecture. The online readings after the quiz are to be studied after each lecture, in addition to your notes and the textbook.

Homework: The assigned problems for each week are due on the following Friday by 12:00pm. The lecture schedule and homework assignments are listed on this page.

Lab Assignments: Lab assignments are due by 12:00pm on the due date. Lab assignments and due dates are listed on this page.

We encourage you to discuss homework problems and 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 homework or 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 homework or lab assignments. Your homework 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 homework 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 homework will be graded only under unusual circumstances and only if arrangements have been made in advance.
stapled.

In particular, if your homework 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 (October 4, 2010). 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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