Math 225, Calculus III, Fall 2008

Math 225 - Calculus III

Fall 2008 4 credits SDSMT

Instructor:    Dr. Karen Braman
Office:            M 203C
Phone:          355-3459
Email:            karen dot braman at sdsmt dot edu
Math Dept:   M 308 (394-2471)
Webpage:    www.mcs.sdsmt.edu/kbraman

Desire2Learn Portal: https://d2l.sdbor.edu/index.asp

Lecture Hours:     Section 002: 11:00 am – 11:50 pm, MWThF, M 205
                               Section 004: 2:00 pm – 2:50 pm, MWThF, M 310

Required Text:    Calculus with Analytic Geometry, Eighth Edition, Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards

Office Hours:        8:00pm-9:00pm, MTWTh or by appointment.

Click here to see my schedule. Feel free to stop by my office at other times as well. If you’re having trouble finding me outside of class, talk to me just before or after class or send me an email. I will find a time that works for both of us!

Course description: In this course we will take the journey from single variable Calculus (Calc I and II) to multiple variables. Some topics covered will be: vectors, vector valued functions, functions of several variables, polar coordinates, multiple and line integrals. As far as the text is concerned we will cover Chapters 11-15.

Prerequisites: Math 125 with a grade of ‘C’ or better.

Electronic Devices Policy: Please turn off your cell phone before class starts. No text messaging in class. No headphones. No other use of any other electronic/computer media is allowed during class time without Dr. Braman’s approval.

Instructional Methods: This course will be primarily lecture/discussion. Time will be allowed at the beginning of most days to answer a few questions before presenting new material. You will get the most out of the class time if you read the assigned section BEFORE class.

Homework and Quizzes:

Homework will is assigned for every section we will cover. I recommend that you work all the assigned problems. Though I will only occasionally collect and grade homework, it will be difficult to succeed in this course without doing at least all of the assigned exercises. Mathematics is learned by doing, not watching. If you can, I highly recommend getting together with other members of the class to work on the homework assignments.

Quizzes will be given occassionally. Some will be announced ahead of time and some will not. Most will usually be taken directly from the homework problems. In some cases they may be “open homework” quizzes where you will be allowed to use your completed homework to help you with the quiz.

Exams: Three one-hour long exams will be given during common exam times on the following days (rooms TBA):

Exam 1: Sept. 23, Tuesday 11am
Exam 2: Oct. 21, Tuesday 11am
Exam 3: Nov 18, Tuesday 11am

Makeups: If you must miss an exam for a legitimate reason AND notify me before the exam/due date, I will gladly give you a makeup. If you miss an exam without a legitimate reason or if you do not contact me ahead of time, I will gladly give you a zero. Do not expect to make up for missing assignments by doing extra work at the end of the semester. Exams will be made up on the last day of the semester or you may choose to count the grade for the final exam out of 300 points instead of 200.

Final Exam: The final is scheduled for December 17th, 9:00-10:50 am. Please note that the department has a strict No Early Finals policy so make any travel plans accordingly.

Grading:      3 in-class exams @ 100 points each         300 pts
                      Comprehensive Final Exam                        200 pts
                      Total                                                                500 pts

All points carry the same weight. Course grades will be determined according to the following percentage scale:

90-100 A          80-89 B          70-79 C          60-69 D          0-59 F

It is possible that this standard may be lowered, but it will not be raised.

Attendance and Conduct: Students are expected to read and follow policies on Attendance, Conduct, and Academic Integrity in the SDSM&T Catalog. Activities that are disruptive and/or obstructive to teaching will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Showing up late to class: While it is understandable that a student might be a few minutes late to class there is a limit to how late one can be. As a general rule, it is acceptable for a person that is less than 10 minutes late to enter class. I would like to ask a student that is more than 10 minutes late to class to refrain from entering class. The student can catch me after class if they need to see me.
Eating in class: While I understand that a student's schedule often has classes that overlap their lunch hour, or doesn't leave time to eat during the day, please refrain from eating during class. Those with medical conditions that require special accommodations are certainly welcome to speak with me.
Electronic noisemakers: Noises from Cell Phones, Pagers, PDAs, computers (including your Tablet PC), or associated electronics will not be tolerated. The best advice is to simply leave your noisemakers at home or in your car. However, if there is some compelling reason why you require such a device then make sure your device is turned off, or is set to vibrate. If an electronic device disrupts class then the owner will sacrifice their highest quiz score for each offense, or pay a fine. The fine for electronic device disruption is the purchase of cookies for the entire class. This happens to be similar to a policy used at the state legislatu

Academic Honesty and Integrity: All students will be held to the institutional standard for academic honesty and integrity. The following are the relevant sections taken from the student handbook (SD Policies and Procedures):
Acts of academic dishonesty will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Cheating, which is defined as, but not limited to, the following:

Use or giving of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations;

Use of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments;

Modifying an assignment or exam and requesting it be re-graded;

Acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the institutional faculty or staff.

Plagiarism, which is defined as, but is not limited to, the following:

The use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgement consistent with accepted practices of the discipline;

The unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.

Other forms of dishonesty relating to academic achievement, research results or academically related public service;
Furnishing information known or believed to be false to any institutional official, faculty member or office;
Forgery, fabrication, alteration, misrepresentation or misuse of any document, record, or instrument of identification, including misrepresentations of degrees awarded or honors received;

If you cheat on a test or assignment, you may fail the course. At the very least, you will get a negative score on that test or assignment since cheating is worse than doing nothing. Discussing a problem with other students is a valuable learning tool, copying someone else's work is not.

Resources:

Your instructor (please come see me!)
Other students in class – try to work on homework problems together. It really helps!
Tech Learning Center (TLC) in Devereaux Library.

Course Objectives:

#1: The student will learn the basic tools and methods of multivariate calculus.
#2: The student will understand applications of multivariate calculus.

Student Outcomes:

A student who successfully completes this should, at a minimum:

know basic vector operations
know how to work with lines and planes in space
understand vector functions and their derivatives
be able to compute position, velocity and acceleration vectors
understand functions of several variables
be able to compute partial derivatives and gradients using multivariate chain rules
be able to find extremals of constrained and unconstrained functions
understand iterated integrals
be able to set up and evaluate double and triple integrals in various coordinate systems
understand vector fields
be able to compute line integrals
understand the basic integral theorems of vector analysis

See also http://www.hpcnet.org/math_assessment/course_objectives.

ADA statement: Students with special needs or requiring special accommodations should contact the instructor, (Dr. Braman, at 355-3459) and/or the campus ADA coordinator (Jolie McCoy, at 394-2416) at the earliest opportunity.

Freedom in Learning statement: Under Board of Regents and University policy student academic performance may be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. Students who believe that an academic evaluation reflects prejudiced or capricious consideration of student opinions or conduct unrelated to academic standards should contact the dean of the college which offers the class to initiate a review of the evaluation.