MA 241: Vector-Calculus Spring 2019


Textbook:

  • Thomas Calculus - Early Transcendentals, 13 th edition, Thomas, Weir, and Hass

Instructor Office: Leconte 317C
Office Hours: MWF 10:20-10:50AM,1:00PM-1:30PM or by appointment

Phone: 777-3776
E-mail: xfyang@math.sc.edu

 

  • Course Syllabus
  • Your weekly activities include:
    • Homework questions are assigned on the course website (from assignment sheet), homework won't be collected, but that is important for the quiz;
    • Quiz (usually on Thursday, including 2-3 problems, mostly will be chosen from the current homework, 2 lowest quiz grades will be dropped for the final grades).
  • Homeworks
    • Homework 1: 12.1: 1, 3, 5, 13, 17, 20; 12.2: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 25; 12.3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 45, 47;
    • Homework 2: 12.4: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 35, 37, 41, 43; 12.5: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13,15, 23, 25, 29, 30, 33, 35, 39, 41, 47, 48
    • Homework 3: 13.1:1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 21,23; 13.2: 1, 5, 7, 9 ,12, 16; 13.3:1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 15, 13.4: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15
    • Homework 4: 14.2: 1, 5, 9, 13, 15, 25, 41,43; 14.3:5, 7, 9, 11, 21, 25, 27, 14.4: 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 14.5: 1,3,5, 7,9, 11,13,19,21,23, 14.6: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
    • Homework 6: 14.7: 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,31,33,35,38; 15.1: 1,3,5,7,11,13,15,21,23,25,27,29
    • Homework 8: 15.2, 1, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 20, 33, 35, 47, 49;15.3 1, 3, 5, 13, 15, 23, 15.4:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 23, 24, 27, 29; 15.5, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 15.6: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 15.7: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47
    • Homework 9. textbook questions in 16.1, 16.2, 16.3.

 

  • Tenative Exam dates:

    Test One: Sep 23

    Test Two: Oct 25

    Test Three: Nov 22

    Final Exam: session of 10:50: Dec. 11, Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.

    session of 12:00: Dec. 13, Friday, 12:30 p.m.



    (The detailed dates might be changed up to progress.)

    How is your final course grade determined?

      Test One: 17.5%

      Test Two:17.5%

      Test Three: 17.5%

      Final exam: 37.5%

      Quiz: 10%

      [90,100] A, [86, 89] B+, [80, 85] B, [76, 79] C+, [70, 75] C, [66, 69] D+, [60, 65] D, [0, 59] F.

 

Attendance: Attendance at every class meeting is important - and expected. Students missing more than 10% of the class meetings (4 days) can have their grade lowered.

Academic Dishonesty: Cheating and plagiarism in any form is not tolerated. If a student is caught cheating, I will follow the guidelines as set forth in the USC Honor Code and other University guidelines.

 

Additional Information:

  • Math tutoring center
  • Bulletin of Undergraduate Studies
  • Notice from math department
    • The Math Tutoring Center in LeConte 105 will be open from 10am to 4pm Monday through Thursday beginning Tuesday, January 17th.The ACE Centers will offer free math tutoring Monday through Thursday beginning Tuesday, January 17th. Columbia Hall and Bates House will be open from 7pm until 9pm. Note that these times are different than in previous semesters. The ACE Center in Sims Hall will still be open from 6pm until 9pm.