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INSTRUCTOR: Andy Long. Office: MEP 443; phone: 572-5794; email: longa@nku.edu
MEETING TIME/PLACE: MEP312: 9:25-10:40 TR, 9:00-9:50 F.
EXPECTED BACKGROUND: MAT 229, or equivalent. If you have doubts or concerns about your background, please see me as soon as possible.
TEXT: Calculus: 7E, by James Stewart. Topics include multivariate functions, partial derivatives, integration techniques for multivariate functions, and vector calculus. We will cover much of chapters 14-16 (14.1-14.7; 15.1-15.4 and 15.7-15.9; 16.1-16.6), making use of Mathematica (and you may use TI and other graphing calculators), as well as additional software.
GRADING: There will be two tests and a final over the course of the term. Each homework assignment will be handed in, and generally two or three homework problems will be graded (selected at random). In addition, we will have a short quiz each Friday over any reading assigned that week. Please do the reading! Your course grade will be determined as follows:
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The tests will be given in class, closed book, and you will be able to use only a scientific calculator. Make-up exams will not usually be given. If I excuse a student from an exam (for some extreme reason), the student's course grade will be calculated based on the rest of the semester's work.
I use the standard grading scale, with a small buffer zone for the assignment of plus/minus grades:
| <60 | 60-70 | 70-71 | 71-79 | 79-80 | 80-81 | 81-89 | 89-90 | 90-91 | >91 |
| F | D | C- | C | C+ | B- | B | B+ | A- | A |
HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned often. You should expect to do a lot of homework, and to do it regularly, in order to do well in the course. Practice makes perfect, or at least better! You should also prepare to help in class by going to the board and presenting answers to other students' questions. Late homework is not accepted. Instead, I will drop (at least) two of your lowest homework and quiz grades.
QUIZZES: Quizzes will (generally) be given on Fridays, at the end of the hour; Quizzes will be short and conceptual (rather than computational) in nature. Knowledge of definitions, classes of functions, important examples, and theorems will be the emphasis.
ATTENDANCE: The student is responsible for all material assigned or discussed in class. Attendance will be taken, and may be used along with class effort (as measured by participation - asking questions, answering other students' questions, group work, etc.) to resolve borderline grades.
WITHDRAWAL: The last day to withdraw from any class is March 21st, 2016. After that day it is not usually permitted.
OFFICE HOURS: MW 10:00-11:00, 12:00-2:00;TR 8:30-9:20 and 10:50-12:00; F 10:00-11:00, 12:00-2:00. I am also available by appointment, and at random when approached with a smile.
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