Syllabus for Math 251 (Engineering Mathematics III).

Spring semester 2003

This syllabus is subject to change at the instructor's discretion.

Section : 506

Class meets on Tuesday and Thursday in Heldenfels Hall, room 113 from 9:35 to 10:50 a.m.

Instructor: Dr. Rostislav Grigorchuk

Office: Milner, room 228

Phone: (979) 845-7533

e-mail address: grigorch@math.tamu.edu

Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11:00-12:00 a.m., other days and times- by appointment.

Textbook: Calculus: Early vectors, Preliminary Edition, by Stewart and Texas A&M University Math Department

Course Description: (Credit 3.0)

This course covers the following topics: vectors, dot and cross products, lines and planes, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, directional derivatives, gradient, max-min problems, multiple integration, line integrals, surface integrals, divergence, curl, Green's, Stokes' and Divergence theorems. (The course covers Chapters 11-14 of the textbook).

Prerequisite: Math 152 or equivalent

Grading:

There will be three in-class exams, quizzes, and a comprehensive final exam. Usually once a week I will give you a short quiz (based on previous homework problems)

Assessment

Grading

	Points	Total Points
3 Exams	100 points each	300
Quizzes	10 points each	100
Homework
Final	150	150
Total		550

Grade	Points
A	495-550
B	440-494
C	385-439
D	330-384
F	329 or less

Homework Assignments

Tentative Schedule

Current Information and Announcements

Make-ups for exams and quizzes will only be given with documented University-approved excuses (see http://student-rules.tamu.edu). If you have such an excuse, you must let me know (e-mail or phone) within One Day.

Homework: Homework assignments for the entire course will be given to you the first day of classes. You can also download them from my homepage. Doing homework is vitally important for your success in the class. It is your responsibility to do homework regularly and seek help if needed. I recommend you to read a corresponding section of the book and your lecture notes before attempting to work on the problems.

Getting help:

1. First, feel free to ask questions in class.

2. Next, I encourage you to stop at my office during my office hours; there you can get individual help, and we can spend as much time as needed discussing your questions. If your schedule does not allow you to see me during my office hours, feel free contact me to make an appointment for a more convinient time.

3. In addition, there will be Math 251 Help Sessions. Times and locations will be posted on the course homepage http://calclab.math.tamu.edu/docs/math251/

Course Homepage

4. There will be a review session before each exam. The sections covered on an exam will be announced well before the exam date.

Calculators: Calculators (but not laptops or palmtops) will be allowed on tests. However, you will be required to show all steps of a solution to get full credit.

Academic Dishonesty: Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Hopefully, we will not have any offences but if a case of cheating, plagiarism, etc., occurs, it will be handled as described in the University Student Rules.

Copyright: Please note that all written and web materials for this course are protected by copyright laws. This means that you can xerox (or download) one copy for your own use, but you are not allowed to make multiple copies.