Markus Schmidmeier
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida 33431-0991Calculus III (Spring 2003)
Hi, here is some information about my course Calculus III, MAC 2313, section number 15938. We meet Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 2:00 - 2:50 p.m. in SC 180.
Textbook and Topics
We are going to use the textbook Calculus - Early Transcendentals, 4th edition by James Steward (ISBN 0-534-36298-2). In this course we are going to cover the following chapters.
Chapter 12 Vectors and the geometry of space --- as needed Chapter 13 Vector Functions --- we start here Chapter 14 Partial Derivatives Chapter 15 Multiple Integrals Chapter 16 Vector Calculus Credit
Homework: Every week, homework problems will be assigned; some problems will be graded. All homework grades count for 1/6 of your grade. Under this link you can find recent homework assignments.
Extra Credit: You can obtain extra homework points for assingments done on a computer algebra system, say on Maple or MuPAD. Extra credit counts as homework, so homework scores of 100% or above are possible !
Quizzes: There'll be a quiz every Friday; the ten best quizzes count for 1/6 of the grade.
Midterm Exams: Two midterm exams will be announced in class. Both together count for 1/3 of the grade. The first midterm exam has taken place on Thursday, February 13, 2003, the second is scheduled for April 3, 2003.
Final Exam: The final exam is comprehensive. It will count for 1/3 of your grade. It is scheduled for Sunday, April 27, 4:00 -- 6:30 p.m. in ED 119 or ED 113.
Tutorials Tutorials for Calculus are scheduled as follows. Antonin Chichouline: M2-4, W10-1, R11-2, F2-5; Mrs. Cooper: M11-1, W11-1. All take place in SE 231.
Contact Me
Office hours: MWRF, 3 - 4 p.m., in S&E 278 (during term time).
Course Web Page: http://www.math.fau.edu/schmidme/calc3-2003.html
E-mail: mschmidm@fau.edu..
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