Meeting Place: HA, Room 228
Meeting Time: MTWThF 11:20-12:10AM
Instructor: Dr. Demetrio Labate
Office: HA, Room 332
Office Hours: Mon-Wed 12:10-13:10, or by appointment (contact me by e-mail at: dlabate@ncsu.edu or talk to me in class to find a convenient meeting time)
TEXTBOOK: The lectures will follow CALCULUS Concepts and Contexts, 3rd edition, by James Stewart, Brooks/Cole, 2004.
COURSE PURPOSE: Calculus III is the most `applied' and interesting part of the calculus sequence. By the end of this course you should be able to compute and analyze the equations of curves and surfaces, and perform several operations on multi-variable functions, including limits, derivatives and integrals. You will learn how to apply this knowledge to solve several problems in applied science. Such applications include, for example, the derivation of the equations of the motion in space, the computation of volumes of general solids, the evaluation of the work done by an electric field to move a charged particle, and several more.
TOPICS: Vector spaces. Multi-variable functions. Partial derivatives. Multiple integrals. Vector calculus. Details are found on:
HOMEWORK: Homework problems will be assigned each week and graded using WEBassign:
MAPLE PROJECTS: There will be five Maple Assignments. The start and due dates are listed in the attached syllabus. Notice that it your responsibility to download the Maple Lesson and complete the assignment by the due date. All material related to Maple, including examples and introductory material, can be found at the URL: http://www.math.ncsu.edu/calculus
EXAMINATIONS: There will be four 50-min in-class (non-comprehensive) tests during the semester and a comprehensive final exam. The dates and times of tests and final exam have been coordinated with Physics and Chemistry. They are posted on the:
SAMPLES of old exams with solutions: (notice that the material covered in a test may vary from a semester to another one)
Exams with solutions:
MAKE-UP EXAMS: There will be NO make-up exams. If you miss a test with a certified medical excuse or prior instructor approval, you will not be penalized for missing the test. Otherwise, an unexcused absence from a test will result in a score of zero on that test. The attendance policy is consistent with the Academic Regulations which can be found at: http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/project/www/ncsu/provost/info/academic_regulations/attend/reg.htm (link)
GRADING: Your lowest test score will count half as much as each of the other four. Your overall score will then be determined using the following weights:
Maple: 10
%
Homework: 20 %
Tests:
42 %
Final
Exam: 28 %
A: 88-100, B: 75-87, C: 62-74, D: 49-61, F: 0-48.
An overall score of 97 or above is guaranteed a grade of A+. There will be a gray area of a few points points below the specified numerical cutoff grades (except 97), within which a +/- system grade will be used. I will also take into account whether your test performance has been improving or declinig and your participation to decide whether you get the lower or higher grade.
NOTE: I do not curve grades. It is theoretically possible for everyone in this class to get A. Your performance depends only on how you do and not on how everyone else in the class is doing. It is therefore encouraged to help your classmates in every legal way possible.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Students are expected to follow the University guidelines on academic integrity found in the Code of Student Conduct (link).
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Reasonable accomodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accomodations, students must register with the Disability Services at 1900 Student Health Center, campus Box 7509, tel. 515-7653. The NC State policy on working with students with disabilities can be found here.