MA 241: Vector-Calculus Fall 2021

TTH 10:05-11:20 am -- section 12, Petigru College, Room 111.

Textbook:

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

Instructor Office: Coselium 2012H
Office Hours: MWF 12:00-1:00PM (online) or by appointment

Office hour Zoom, Personal meeting id: 230 959 2647， password:123456 (or no password).

Phone: N/A
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. 16.1, 16.2, 16.3.

• Tenative Exam dates:

  Test One: Sep 28

  Test Two: Nov 11

  Final Exam: Dec. 7, 9:00am
  
  (The detailed dates might be changed up to practice)

  How is your final course grade determined?

  Test One: 20%

  Test Two:20%

  Final exam: 50%

  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.