Course Information

  • Instructor: Adam S. Sikora
  • Class Meets: Tu,Th 11:00-12:20, 215 NSC
  • Text: Multivariable Calculus, UB Edition 6e, by James Stewart.
  • Syllabus: Sections 12.1-6, 13.1-13.4, 14.1-14.8, 15.1-15.9,16.1-16.9.
    READ AHEAD IN THE BOOK to get the most out of lectures!
  • Prerequisites: MTH142 with grade C or higher.
  • Recitations:
    • W1 Tu 10-10:50 in 210 OBRIAN
    • W2 Th 10-10:50 in 213 OBRIAN
  • TA: David Montante, 139 Math Bldg, 645-6284 Ext 170 Email: davidmon@buffalo.edu
    Office hours:     TBA Help Center: TBA
  • Online Homework: http://www.webassign.net Your login is your email login, i.e. if your email is joe@buffalo.edu, then your login is joe. However, if you have an old webassign account already, your NEW login is "joe.1" Name of the institution: buffalo. Initial password is the same as your login. Please change it. You need to pay access fee $14.95 for one semester hw access, within the first 2 weeks of the class.
  • Tests: There will be 3 in-class tests during the semester. ID's will be checked at each exam. Approximate dates: Feb 11, Mar 25, Apr 22.
  • There will be no final exam.
  • Quizzes will be given every week in recitation session, except for the test weeks. Additionally, there may be given some very short in class quizzes as well. The tests and quizzes are based on online homework.
  • Final grade will be based on the best 4 of the following 5 components:
    • HW and in-class quizzes
    • three tests
    • recitation quizzes
  • 90% guarantees A if you receive at least 75% on last test
  • 88% guarantees A- if you receive at least 60% on last test
  • 85% guarantees B+, 82% B, 79% B-, 76%, C+, 72% C, 68% C-, 64% D+, 60% guarantees D.

Example: If you got 90 in the first two tests, 90% in quizzes and 90% in HW's, but you received only 70% on last test then your grade will be A-. Some modifications of the above rules are possible.

This course is designated a “limited enrollment course.” Repeat enrollment in this course will generally be allowed only during the summer. Repeat enrollment is defined as a the enrollment of a student who previously received, either fro m UB or in an equivalent transfer course, a letter grade of A, B, C, D, F and qualified values thereof (e.g. A-, B+); or a grade of P, S, U, I, J, N or R. Students who took an administrative withdrawal for an entire previous semester, and received a grade of ‘W’, are not considered repeaters. See also here

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Tentative Schedule

Class Date
Jan 12-14
Sec 12.1-4a
Jan 19-21
Sec 12.4b-6
Jan 26-28
 Sec 13.1-3
Feb 2,4
Sec 13.4, 14.1-2
Feb 9
Sec 14.3
Feb 11
 Test 1 (Sec 12.1-14.2. Need to remember all formulas except the classification of quadratic surfaces, Table 1 on p. 808 in the textbook.)
Feb 16,18
Sec 14.4-6
Feb 23-25
 Sec 14.7-8
Mar 2,4
Sec 15.1-15.2
Mar 9,11
Spring Break
Mar 16,18
Sec 15.3-5
Mar 23-25
 Sec 15.6-9
Mar 30
Test 2 Sec 14.3-15.4
Apr 1
Sec 16.1-2
Apr 6,8
 Sec 16.3-5
Apr 13,15
Sec 16.6-8
Apr 20
Sec 16.9
Apr 22
Test 3 Sec 15.5-16.6

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