Summer2 2005 Course Syllabus
Course: 0127.021.
Course Title: Calculus III.
Time: MTWRF 12:55pm - 2:30pm.
Place: BB 401.
Instructor: Mengesha, Tadele A.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall, 509.
Instructor Email: mengesha@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 1-1655.
Office Hours: TR 10:00am - noon.
Prerequisites: Math 0086 with a grade C or better or an equivalent transfer.
Textbook: James Stewart, Multivariable Calculus, Fifth Edition, 2003.
Course Goals: At the end of the semester, students will be able to see that vectors provide a description of lines, and planes in space. Students will also be able to perform vector operations and will be introduced to functions of several variables. Most notions of the Calculus of one variable will be carried out here for functions of several variables and students will be able to find limits, partial derivatives, multiple integrals and see their relation with line and surface integrals.
Topics Covered: This is a third semester calculus course that involves both theory and applications. Topics include vectors in two or three dimensions, lines and planes in space, parametric equations, vector functions and their derivatives, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, line integrals, and Green`s, Divergence and Stoke`s theorems.
Course Grading: Homeworks will be assigned, but not collected. Instead will give you 4 quizes containing problems from the homeworks. That will constitute 30% of your final grade. There will also be a midterm exam that carries 30% of your final grade. This test will cover all section discussed till a day before the exam day. Finally there will be a comprehensive exam at the end of the semester which will carry 40% of the final grade.
Exam Dates: Quiz1-July 12, Quiz2-July 18, Midterm-July 29, Quiz3-Aug 8, Final-Aug 15. Quiz 4 will be a takehome and I will let you know when I plan to give you that.
Attendance Policy: Attendance will be taken randomly and students are expected to attend class 100% of the time. If any student misses 3 classes, which is a regular 6 classes, that particular student will automatically fail the class. Students must attend the entire class in order not to be considered absent. Therefore, entering late and leaving early are consider absences.
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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:
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.