Vector Calculus 
Math 241 - Section 4, Spring 2003 
  This is an accelerated course that will end before the Spring Break  
Text: Calculus, eighth edition, by Varberg, Purcell and Rigdon. 
Selected sections from Chapters 13-17 (sections 13.5, 16.5, 16.6, 17.5, 17.6, and 17.7 are omitted).

Meeting times: MW 4:40 - 6:15 PM, Th 4:30 - 6:10 PM at 112 LeConte .

Office Hours: MWTh 3:30 - 4:30 PM at 425 LeConte , or by appointment.

Exams: There will be two 90-minute exams announced well in advance of their date (tentative dates Jan. 29 and Feb.13). Each exam will be worth 100 points.  There will be no makeup exams.

Final exam: There will be a final exam worth 200 points on Thursday, March 6 at 4:30 PM. All students must take the Final Exam.

Quizzes: There will be a number of 15-minute quizzes based on the homework problems assigned up to one week prior to the quiz. The dates of the quizzes will not be announced. Each quiz will be worth 20 points. There will be at least seven quizzes. Your best five scores will be chosen to constitute a quiz grade of a possible 100 points. There will be no makeup quizzes. Any missed quiz will be the one that you drop.

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

Grading: You have a total of 500 possible points: 100 points for each of the two exams, 100 points for the quizzes, and 200 points for the Final Exam.  
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 addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and need any assistance please notify the instructor immediately.

Academic Dishonesty: Just say NO.

Attendance: Regular class attendance is important. Consistent with the USC Undergraduate Bulletin, a grade penalty may be applied to any student missing three or more classes (10%) during the semester. 

 


Preliminary schedule of classes


Date
Section 
Homework 
 Jan. 13  13.1, 13.2   p. 564 / 3, 7-15, 21, 25, 29, 31, p. 565 / 33-43 ;
  p. 569 / 1, 2, 3, 4, p. 570 / 5, 7, 9
 Jan. 15  13.3, 13.4   p. 575 / 3, 4, p. 576 / 5-25 ; p. 581 / 1-29
 Jan. 16  14.1, 14.2   p. 598 / 5, 7, p. 599 / 9-25 ; p. 603 / 3-29, p. 604 / 31, 32, 33
 Jan. 22  14.3, 14.4   p. 608 / 1-19 odd, 20, 21, 22, 23 ; p. 612 / 1-19
 Jan. 23  snow   no classes, see Feb. 4
 Jan. 27  14.5, 14.6   p. 617 / 3-9, 15-21, 25-33 ; p. 623 / 1-19
 Jan. 29  Review   p. 564 / 23; p. 591 / 10; 6, 12; 9 , p. 628 / 4;
  p. 629 / 19; 8(a)(b), 10; 11, 14; 20; 22-30
 Jan. 30  Exam 1
 Feb. 3  15.1, 15.2   p. 639 / 1-5, 19, p. 640 / 27-37 ;
  p. 644 / 1-23, 33-37, p. 645 / 38-42
  Feb. 4
  5 PM
 15.3, 15.4   p. 648 / 1-11, p. 649 / 13-25 ; p. 655 / 1-15
 Feb. 5  15.5, 15.6   p. 660 / 1-17 ; p. 665 / 1-15, 21-31
 Feb. 6  15.7, 15.8   p. 669 / 1-7, 13 ; p. 674 / 1-12, p. 675 / 13, 14
 Feb. 10  15.8, 15.9   p. 681 / 1-13
 Feb. 12  Review   p. 682 / 6, 13, 14, 17(a)(b), 21, 23, 26, 28, p. 681 / 17
 Feb. 13  Exam 2
 Feb. 17  16.1, 16.2   p. 690 / 1-11, 15; p. 694 / 1-19, 25-29;
 Feb 19  16.3, 16.4   p. 700 / 1-35 ; p. 705 / 1-17
 Feb. 20  16.7   p. 721 / 1-29
 Feb. 24  14.7, 16.8   p. 627 / 1-31 ; p. 726 / 1-15
 Feb. 26  16.8, 17.2   p. 740 / 1-13, p. 741 / 15-23
 Feb. 27  17.1, 17.3   p. 734 / 1-19 ; p. 747 / 1-15
 March 3  17.3, 17.4   p. 753 / 1-11
 March 5  Review   p. 591 / 6,10, p. 629 / 4, 10, 11, 20, p. 682 / 13, 14, 26, 28 ;
  p. 705 / 15; p. 727 / 1, 3, 4, 10-13, p. 728 / 16, 17, 20 ;
  p. 747 / 12-14, p.753 / 2,8
 March 6  4:30 PM  Final Exam