Vector Calculus 
Math 241 - Spring2001 
Text: Calculus, seventh edition,by D. Varberg and E. J. Purcell. 
Selected sections from Chapters 13-17 (sections 16.5,16.6, 17.5, 17.6, and 17.7 are omitted).

Meeting times: TTh 11:00 AM - 12:15 PMat 113 LeConte.

Exams: There will be three 1-hour examsannounced well in advance of their date (tentative dates Feb.13,Mar.27, Apr.24). Each exam will be worth 100 points. There are no makeup exams.

Final exam: There will be a final examworth 200 points on 
Wednesday, May 9 at 2 PM. All students musttake the Final Exam.

Quizzes: There will be a ten-minute quizeach week (usually Tuesdays). Each quiz will be worth 10 points. Therewill be a total of 10 quizzes. In addition there will be 2 take home quizzes.Your best 10 scores will be chosen to constitute a quiz grade of a possible100 points. There will be no makeup quizzes.Any missed quiz will be the one that you drop.

Homework: There will be homework problemsassigned but not graded. Quizzes will be based on homework problems.

Grading: You have a total of 600 possiblepoints: 100 points for each of the three 1-hour exams, 100 points for thequiz, and 200 points for the Final Exam. 
You will be able to drop the lowest “100 points”. This lowest “100points” may be one half of the Final Exam. This gives you a possibilityof 500 points. 
Your final grade will be determined from these 500 points as follows:
450-500: A         430-449:B+         400-429: B        380-399: C+         350-379: C
330-349: D+       300-329: D          000-299: F

ADA: If you have special needs as addressedby the Americans with Disabilities Act and need any assistance please notifythe instructor immediately.

Academic Dishonesty: Just say NO.

Attendance: Regular class attendance isimportant. Consistent with the USC Undergraduate Bulletin, a grade penaltymay be applied to any student missing more than three classes (10%) duringthe semester. 

 


Preliminary schedule of classes


Date
Section 
Quizzes
HW 
 Jan. 16 13.1 p. 631/18, p. 632/30,38, 44
 Jan. 18 13.2, 13.3 due HW-Q1 p. 639/1, 3, 5 ; p. 646/1 - 25 odd
 Jan. 23  13.4, 13.5 Q2  p. 653 581/1 - 29 ; p. 662 589/1 - 21 odd
 Jan. 25 14.1, 14.2 p. 671 598/5 - 9 ; p. 677 603/3 - 29 odd
 Jan. 30 14.2, 14.3  Q3  p.671599/11-15, 25 ; p.678604/31-33; p.683608/1-19
 Feb. 1 14.4, 14.5  p. 688 612/1 - 19
 Feb. 6  14.6 Q4 p. 695 617/3 - 9, 15 - 21, 25 - 33
 Feb. 8  Review
 Feb. 13  Exam 1 
 Feb. 15 15.1, 15.2  p.718639/1-5, 19, 27; p.723644/1-19, p.724645/33-40
 Feb. 20  15.3 Q5 p. 729 648/ 1 - 25
 Feb. 22  15.4, 15.5 p. 735 655/ 1 - 15; p. 741 660/ 1 - 13
 Feb. 27 15.5, 17.1 Q6  p. 825 734/ 1 - 19
 Mar. 1  15.6, 15.7  p. 747 665/1-15, p. 748 665/21-29; p. 753 669/1-7, 13
 Mar. 6 15.8 Q7  p. 759 674/ 1 - 13
 Mar. 8  15.9 p. 766 681/ 1 - 11
 Mar. 20  15.9 Q8 p. 768 682/ 6, 13, 14, 17(a,b), 21, 23, 26, 28;
 Mar. 22  Review p. 825 734/ 17,p. 767 681/ 17
 Mar. 27  Exam 2
 Mar. 29  16.1, 16.2 p. 777 690/ 1-11, 15; p. 782 694/ 1-19,25, 27
 Apr. 3 16.3 Q9  p. 788 700/ 1-21
 Apr. 5  16.3, 16.4  p. 794 705/7 - 17
 Apr. 10  16.4, 16.7 Q10 p. 811 721/1 - 17;19 - 25
 Apr. 12  16.8 (& 14.7) p. 708 627/17 - 27;p. 816 726/1 - 15
 Apr. 17 Review Q11 16.1/ 4; 16.4/ 15;p. 818 727/ 1, 3, 4, 10 - 13, 16, 17, 20
 Apr. 19   Review
 Apr. 24  Exam 3
 Apr. 26  17.2-3-4 Extra credit p. 832 740/6;p. 841 747/14;p. 848 753/4
 May 1  Review due HW-Q12  p.665 591/6,10;p.710 628/4,20;p.768 682/13,14,26,28
 p. 794 705/ 15;p. 819 727/ 1,13,16;p. 848 753/ 2
 May 9 - 2PM Final Exam


black numbers of pages for seventh edition , purple - for eighth edition

blue numbers of problems for odd numbers only