MTH 241 (Spring 2008):
College
Calculus III (section F)
Instructor: Hanfeng Li
Office: 104 Mathematics Building. Phone:
645-6284 ext. 126.
Office Hours: M 3-4pm, F 11-12am, or by
appointment.
Email: hfli@math.buffalo.edu
Course Page: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~hfli/teaching/241/241spring08.html
Lectures: MWF 1:00-1:50pm
Room: 216 NSC.
Textbook: Stewart, Multivariable Calculus (Early
Transcendentals, UB customized 6th edition).
TA's Labs (Starting from January 23)
- Section F1: F 2:00-2:50pm, 103 Talbrt Hall.
- Section F2: W 2:00-2:50pm, 111 Talbrt Hall.
- TA
- Guenbo Hwang ghwang@buffalo.edu
- Math Help Center
- Graduate students will be at Room 110 of the mathematics building
to answer any math questions you might have. The room opens on Monday,
January 28. See here
for
hours and more info.
Course Description
- This is the last part of a 3-semester sequence in calculus for
students of mathematics, natural science and engineering. We shall
cover methods of partial derivatives and multiple integrals.
Text To Be Covered (Outline)
- Chapter 12: 1-6. Chapter 13: 1-4. Chapter 14:
1-8.
Chapter 15: 1-8. Chapter 16: 1-9.
Lecture
schedule
Prerequisite
- MTH 142 with grade C or higher.
Homework
- Homework will be assigned every Friday. They won't be collected.
As they are all from the odd numbered problems on the textbook, the solution is available in the textbook.
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Homework
Assignments
Exams
- 10-minute in-lab quizzes will be given in almost every lab section, except during the weeks of term tests and the second last week.
The quiz problems are selected from the homework.
There will be totally 10 quizzes (see the Lecture
Schedule for time).
There will be three 50-min in-lecture term tests:
Term Test 1: Monday, February 18.
Term Test 2: Monday, March 31.
Term Test 3: Monday, April 28.
Most of the term test problems are similar to
those in the homework.
No final exam. Calculators are not allowed in quizzes and term tests.
Late Policy
- No make-up quizzes.
Grading Policy
- The 2 lowest quiz grades will be
dropped. In other words, we shall count only your best 8 quizzes.
Your final grade will be determined by:
Quizzes: 30%
The lowest grade term test: 10%
The 2 higher grades term tests: 30%
Disabilities
- If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or
psychological) which will make it difficult to carry out the course
work as outlined, or requires accomodations such as recruiting note
takers, readers, or extended time on exams and/or assignment, please
advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we may review
possible arrangements for reasonable accomodations.
Important Dates
- Friday, Jan 25
Last day to drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Friday, Jan 25
Last day to file "Petition to make up an Incomplete" with the math
department.
Friday, Mar 28 Last day to RESIGN from
the course - an "R" appears on transcript.
Making Up Incompletes
- To make up an Incomplete in a math course you must:
1) Not re-register for the course -- you are making up an incomplete
in
your original course.
2) Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 244, ask for
Rosemarie Marciniak and ask her to initiate an incomplete petition form for you.
3) Sign the petition.
4) a) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be
completed
with him/her, take the approved petition form to your original
instructor
for signature.
b) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be
completed
by repeating the course, take the approved petition form to me
for signature.
5. Return the petition form to Rosemarie Marciniak in Rm. 244 Math
Bldg. by the last day
of add/drop - Friday, January 25.
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