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MATH 251 ENGINEERING CALCULUS III Fall 2015Sections 511/512 SYLLABUS P. YasskinINSTRUCTOR: Dr. Philip B. YasskinOFFICE: Blocker 620 IOFFICE HOURS: MR 1:45-3:00 in BLOC 620 I or by appointmentOFFICE PHONE: 845-3734E-MAIL: [email protected] GIVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER!Web Page: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~yasskin/LECTURE: 511: TR 9:35-10:50 HELD 107512: TR 11:10-12:25 HELD 107REQUIRED TEXT: Stewart – Calculus, Early Vectors EditionINSTRUCTOR NOTES: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~yasskin/webcalc/3/mcontents.texRequires Scientific Notebook, NOT a browserGRADING: COVERS: POINTS: DATES:EXAM 1 Ch. 11, 12 200 Night Exam, To Be AnnouncedEXAM 2 Ch. 13, part of 14 200 Night Exam, To Be AnnouncedFINAL Ch. 11 – 14 300 511: Fri 12/11 12:30 - 2:30 in HELD 107512: Fri 12/11 3:00 - 5:00 in HELD 107ON-LINE HW 50QUIZ 50TOTAL 800I may curve any grade or the total and will then compute the course grade from the following table:A 720-800 points D 480-559 pointsB 640-719 points F 0-479 pointsC 560-639 points* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See the Department 251 Home Pagehttp://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/math251/ for information on Help Sessions, etc.* CATALOG DESCRIPTION: 251. Engineering Mathematics III. (3-0). Credit 3. Vector algebra,calculus of functions of several variables, partial derivatives, directional derivatives, gradient, multipleintegration, line and surface integrals, Green’s and Stokes’ theorems. MATH 221 designed to be a moredemanding version of this course. No credit will be given for more than one of MATH 221, MATH 251and MATH 253. Prerequisite: MATH 148, MATH 152, or MATH 172.* LEARNING OUTCOMES: This is a third course in calculus for engineering majors and covers chapters11 through 14 of the Early Vectors Edition of Stewart. Students will be able to differentiate andintegrate in several variables, understand curves and surfaces and the Fundamental Theorems of VectorCalculus.OTHER POLICIES1. An alternate text, WebCalc 3, written by the instructor, is available using Scientific Notebook which isavailable at all University Open Access Labs and on https://voal.tamu.edu/2. ON-LINE HOMEWORK will be assigned from the WebAssign Homework system. Login informationis at http://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/eHomework/. Late HOMEWORK will NOT be accepted.Rather, the lowest 5 ON-LINE HOMEWORK grades will be dropped. The remaining grades will beaveraged and then rescaled to 50 points.3. QUIZZES will may be given in lecture but will not be announced or will be given as Take-HomeQUIZZES. Each QUIZ will count equally. There will be NO make-ups for QUIZZES. Late Take-HomeQUIZZES will NOT be accepted. Rather, the lowest one quiz will be dropped. The remaining gradeswill be averaged and then rescaled to 50 points.4. MAKE-UPS for MAJOR EXAMS will be given only in case of an absence authorized under UniversityRegulations. You will need a note from your doctor or your academic dean’s office. If you know inadvance that you will miss an exam, please contact me so that you can take the make-up in advance. Ifyou email me, be sure to include your phone number.5. ATTENDANCE is REQUIRED in accodance with University Rules posted athttp://student-rules.tamu.edu/rule07. Attendance will be taken. If you sign the roll sheet, you areexpected to remain in the classroom for the entire 75 minutes. More than 2 absences may have adetrimental effect on your grade especially in borderline cases.6. You must have your ID with you at all exams. You MAY use a SIMPLE CALCULATOR during examsbut NO PROGRAMMABLE, GRAPHIC or ALGEBRAIC CALCULATORS; NO PHONES orTABLETS and NO LAPTOP COMPUTERS.7. © COPYRIGHT Philip B. Yasskin 2014. All material handed out or written on the board or spoken inclass or posted on a computer is copyrighted by the instructor. This includes but is not limited to syllabi,homework, quizzes, labs, additional problem sets, class notes, in-class materials and exams. Becausethese are copyrighted, neither you nor anyone else has the right to copy them unless I expressly grantpermission.8. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those whodo.” For information on university policies regarding scholastic dishonesty, see Honor Council Rulesand Procedures at http://aggiehonor.tamu.edu/9. ADA POLICY STATEMENT: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federalanti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons withdisabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteeda learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believeyou have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact Disability Services, in Cain Hall,Room B118, or call 845-1637. For additional information visit http://disability.tamu.edu.10. COURSE SYLLABUS: Since I do not cover the material in the same order as the textbook, a roughsyllabus is at http://www.math.tamu.edu/~yasskin/currclas/251.15c/schedule.pdf251/253/221 COURSE SCHEDULEWeek Dates 2015 Stewart Sections Topics1 8/31-9/4 11.1, 11.2, Coordinates, Dot Product2 9/7-9/11 11.3, 11.4, 11.5 Cross Product, Lines, Planes, Quadrics3 9/14-9/18 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 14.2 Curve Properties, Line Integrals4 9/21-9/25 12.1, 12.3, 12.4 2D-3D Fns, Partial Derivs, Tangent Planes5 9/28-10/2 12.5, 12.6 Chain Rule, Directional Derivs6 10/5-10/9 12.7, 12.8 Max/Min Problems7 10/12-10/16 13.1, 13.2, Exam 1 Multiple Integrals8 10/19-10/23 13.3, 13.8 Multiple Integrals9 10/26-10/30 13.4, 13.5, 13.6 Polar Integrals, Applications10 11/2-11/6 13.9, 13.10, 13.11 Cylindrical, Spherical and Curvilinear Integrals11 11/9-11/13 14.1, 14.5 Vector Fields, Grad, Div, Curl12 11/16-11/20 14.6, 14.7, Exam 2 Surface Integrals13 11/23-11/27 14.3, 14.4, Thanksgiving FTCC, Green’s Theorems14 11/30-12/4 14.8, 14.9 Stokes’, Gauss’ Theorems15 12/7-12/11 Review, Final Exam


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