Spring 2012 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 2043.001

Course: Mathematics 2043.001.
Course Title: Calculus III.
Time: MWF 12:00-13:10.
Place: Barton B-402.
Instructor: Conrad, Bruce P.
Instructor Office: Wachman 616.
Instructor Email: bruce.conrad@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-2896.
Course Web Page: This section is on Blackboard
Office Hours: MWF 10:00-10:50 or by appointment.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or higher in Math 0086/Math 1042, Calculus II, or transfer credit for a course equivalent to Math 0086/Math 1042.
Textbook: Calculus - Early Transcendentals by Jon Rogawski, W.H.Freeman and Company. Please note that the bookstore has a new edition of this text. If you own the previous edition, you may use it; if you do not own the previous edition, you may buy it online or purchase the new edition--it's up to you.
Course Goals: To teach students concepts and techniques of multi-variable and vector calculus.
Topics Covered: Vectors in two or three dimensions, lines and planes in space, vector functions and their derivatives, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, and vector calculus.
Course Grading: The score for the course will be computed according to the following scheme: Test 1 - 24%, Test 2 - 24%, Quizzes/Homework - 18%, Final Exam - 34%.
Exam Dates: All exams are common and uniform. Test 1: Tuesday 2/21 5:50-7:20pm. Test 2: Tuesday 4/10 5:50-7:20pm Final: Thursday 5/3 3:30-5:30pm.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is very important, and if you must miss a class, I expect to have an email from you. Of the 18% of the grade reserved for quizzes/homework, 4% is for class participation, which includes attendance and asking and responding to questions in class and in my office hour.
Calculator Policy: Calculators are not allowed during exams. They are not needed in class either, and I recommend not using a calculator when doing homework.
Quizzes/Homework: Homework exercises for the semester are posted on Blackboard. I will inform you of the exercise sets that you should do for the next week on Fridays. We'll see if you did them: Each Friday (except for January 20, February 24, and April 13) we will have a 20-minute quiz made up of problems very similar to homework exercises. The lowest two quiz scores will be dropped in computing your grade. Of the 18% of your grade that is reserved for quizzes and homework, 7% is for your quiz average.
Letter Grades: 93-100 A, 90-92 A-, 87-89 B+, 83-86 B, 80-82 B-, 77-79 C+, 73-76 C, 70-72 C-, 65-69 D+, 55-64 D, 50-54 D-, 0-49 F.
Make Up Policy: No make ups for missed quizzes or exams will be given except in cases of DOCUMENTED emergencies. If such an emergency occurs, students must contact their instructor as soon as possible. No make ups will be given after graded tests are returned.
COW: Of the 18% the grade reserved for homework and quizzes, 7% will be for COW exercises. These exercises can be found by logging in to the COW at http://cow.math.temple.edu/ If you have difficulty with this, please ask me for help immediately. All assigned COW exercises come with deadlines that coincide with test times. You must complete the COW exercises BEFORE the test to receive credit for doing them. There will be no extensions offered under any circumstances. I do not count the number of times you attempt a COW exercise--success is all that matters. I recommend doing extra COW exercises to ensure that you are familiar with the topics we cover.

Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.

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Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:

• The first day of classes is Tuesday, January 17.
• The last day to drop/add (tuition refund available) is Monday, January 30.
• Spring recess is the week of Sunday, March 4.
• The last day to withdraw (no refund) is Monday, March 20.
• The last day of classes is Monday, April 30.

During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.

The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.