MA231 Calculus III Fall 2009
MWF 9:00-9:50AM (Sec 1: SC362)
MWF 8:00-8:50PM (Sec 2: SC160)
Professor: Katie Fowler
Office: Science Center 361a
Email: kfowler@clarkson.edu
Phone: X2376
Required Text: James Stewart Calculus Early Transcendentals, 6e with Webassign access
Course Description: Vectors and vector valued functions, functions of several variables,
partial differentiation—including the chain rule, gradients, maxima and minima, multiple
integration, polar and spherical coordinates, vector calculus, Green’s Theorem,
Divergence Theorem, and Stoke’s Theorem. (Chapters 12-16)
Course Objectives: In addition to showing competency in the topics above, by the end
of the semester you should have a better understanding of calculus and its use in applied
sciences and engineering, be able to solve real world problems using calculus, explain
your solution process and express mathematical ideas effectively, and analyze your
results to draw appropriate conclusions.
Grading Policy:Letter grades for course are assigned as follows: 90—100:A, 85—89:
B+, 80—84: B, 75—79: C+, 70—74: C, 65—69:D+, 60—64:D, <60:F.
It is YOUR responsibility to make note of your progress as the semester unfolds and
make attempts to improve your grade. Do not wait until it is too late to get help. I cannot
do anything for you if you seek help the last week of class.
Your grade will be computed as follows:
Hourly exams (3) 45% (15% each)
Final (cumulative) 15%
Projects
10% (2 projects at 5% each)
Homework
10% (Webassign and selected collected problems)
Attendance
5% (taken randomly several times during the semester)
Recitation/Quizzes 15% (Do not skip—this will hurt your average)
Projects: Projects are designed to test your ability to tackle something more complex
than a standard homework. Projects will be more involved than typical homework
problems. A successful project will require you to use deeper problem solving
approaches, combine knowledge from multiple sections of the course, and will
emphasize effective communication and technical writing.
Homework: You learn Calculus by doing problems and so it is obvious to the instructors
that
HOMEWORK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE COURSE LEARNING.
The homework strategy for this course is divided into three components:
(1) Suggested homework will be posted on Blackboard daily. It is your responsibility to
do these problems. The recitation quizzes will be closely related to the homework from
the text, although that homework itself will not be graded—basically, you need to do it to
pass.
(2) WEBASSIGN, a web based homework question and grading will be used as the
primary source of EVALUATING your understanding of basic exercise material. The
questions are automatically graded, and the instructors will use these grades as a primary
component to your homework score. The program will tell you if you are correct, and
will give you several opportunities to fix any incorrect answers before it “locks out.”
MORE INSTRUCTIONS ON WEBASSIGN WILL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA
SEPARATE DOCUMENT.
(3) Approximately once per week, your instructor will require you to submit
SOLUTIONS to some selected problems of interest. A SOLUTION is not simply the
answer, it is a complete explanation that clearly shows how the answer is determined.
These submissions will be graded based on the quality of the SOLUTION, not simply
the correctness of the answer. These grades, along with the grades from WEBASSIGN,
will determine your overall score for HOMEWORK in this course.
Exams : All exams are
IN CLASS. You are allowed 50 minutes. Dates to be
announced! Do not be late!
Dates: Friday Sept 18, Wednesday Oct 14, Friday Nov 6,
In-class quiz: Friday Nov 20
Attendance Policy: You need to attend class to learn the material so skip at your own
risk. I will randomly take attendance and this will count as 5% of your grade. If you miss
class, it is your responsibility to get the notes from a classmate.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY : "The Clarkson student will not present, as his or her own,
the work of another, or any work that has not been honestly performed, will not take any
examination by improper means, and will not aid and abet another in any dishonesty."
(Clarkson Regulations)