University of Pennsylvania
Math 240 Calculus III Spring 2012
Professor : Ryan Blair
Email : ryblair@math.upenn.edu
Office : DRL 4N59
Office Hours : Wednesday 2-3 pm and Friday 3-4 pm
I am also available by appointment.
Teaching Assistants:
Omar Abuzzahab
Email: omarab@math.upenn.edu
Office: DRL 4C11
Office Hours: Mon 4:00-5:00pm, and Wed. 12:00-1:00pm
Recitation website: http://www.math.upenn.edu/~omarab/math240_spring12/index.html
Pieter Mostert
Email: pieterm@math.upenn.edu
Office: DRL 3W8
Office Hours: Tues. 4:30-5:30pm and Wed. 2-3pm
Recitation Website: http://www.math.upenn.edu/~pieterm/240spring12.html
Course objective: To understand and apply the basic concepts of linear algebra and differential equations. Additionally, we will investigate a few more advanced topics in vector calculus, namely Stokes’ theorem and the divergence theorem.
Class: Lecture will meet three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:00-1:50 pm. Students will also be required to attend a 50 minute recitation once weekly. Recitation will be a question and answer session run by a teaching assistant. Attendance in recitation is mandatory, you will take a weekly quiz in recitation and there will be no make-up quizzes.
Classroom Decorum: Cell phones may not be used during class (no texting) and should be silent. Laptops may not be used for anything other than taking notes. It is important that you refrain from excessive talking during lecture as a courtesy to your fellow students. Students will receive Course Problem Notices (CPNs) for poor attendance, poor test grades, poor homework or quiz grades, or poor behavior in lecture.
Course Webpage :
http://www.math.upenn.edu/~ryblair/Math240S12/index.html
Blackboard will be used as a grade server so that students can always know
their standing in the course. To log in
to blackboard, follow this link: http://www.library.upenn.edu/courseware/
Email Policy: Your email will receive a response only if it adheres to the following guidelines.
1) The course number (Math 240) and the subject is contained in the subject line.
2) The email was sent from a Penn account.
3) The body email begins with the following: Your Name, Your Recitation Number
Text: Advanced Engineering
Mathematics, 3rd
Ed. Dennis Zill and Michael Cullen,
ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-4591-2
It can be bought in the University bookstore (this same text is used in Math 241).
Don’t buy an older version of the text because the homework problems will be numbered differently and some of them will be missing from the older versions.
There are alternative ways to acquire the text:
1. Rent the textbook from the
bookstore (do it early, they will go fast)
2. Get the book used online through one of amazon.com's resellers
3. Buy the international version the same way
Homework: 10% of your final grade.
Each weeks homework assignment
can be found on the course webpage(See above for the
URL). Homework must be stapled, with your name and recitation number listed in
the top right hand corner of the first page of the assignment. Failure to
staple or label your assignment correctly will result in the loss of 2/12
points on the assignment! Homework will be assigned every week and will be
collected in recitation the week
after it is assigned. Homework will be evaluated based on correctness
and completeness. The homework will be graded but the worst score will be
dropped (will not be used in calculating your final homework grade).
Quizzes: 10% of your final grade.
You will have weekly quizzes during the last 10 minutes of recitation. Any material covered prior to and including
the previous week is fare game for the quiz. Think of the quizzes as
mini-exams. The lowest quiz score will be dropped. There will be no make-up quizzes given. No notes of any form are allowed on
quizzes.
Exams: 80% of your final grade.
There will be two closed book in-class midterm exams. The first is worth 20% of
your grade, the second is worth 25%. You
are not allowed to use a calculator during the midterm and final exams but you
can prepare and use one 8.5” by 11” sheet of paper (both sides) with
handwritten notes of your choice. The final exam will be cumulative
(covers all material), common (all 240 students take the same exam) and take
place on Friday May 4th from noon until
2pm. It will count for 35% of your final grade. Since the exams are given in class there will
be absolutely no make-up exams.
Regrades:
All regrade requests should be directed in writing to Prof. Blair. Note that the entire assignment (homework, exam, etc.) will be regraded, and that your total score may go up or down as a result of the regrade. Regrade requests will not be accepted more than one week after the relevant assignment was returned to you, nor will they be accepted after the final exam. Note that once the final grades are submitted, they can only be changed in the presence of a serious grade error.
ADA Compliance :
The Office of Student Disabilities Service (SDS) is part of the Weingarten
Learning Resources Center. It provides
accommodated exams and assistive technology (along with many other services) to
students that self-identify in compliance with Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please see their website
( http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/lrc/sds/current_students.php
) for more information.
Code of Academic Integrity : The following is from the University’s
website on academic integrity
“Since the University is an academic community, its fundamental purpose is the
pursuit of knowledge. Essential to the success of this educational mission is a
commitment to the principles of academic integrity. Every member of the
University community is responsible for upholding the highest standards of
honesty at all times. Students, as members of the community, are also
responsible for adhering to the principles and spirit of the following Code of
Academic Integrity found here http://www.upenn.edu/academicintegrity/ai_codeofacademicintegrity.html
If a student is unsure whether his action(s) constitute a violation of the Code
of Academic Integrity, then it is that student’s responsibility to consult with
the instructor to clarify any ambiguities.”
Get Help : Before
it’s too late, please seek out help. One definition of too late is after
you receive a low exam 1 score. The hardest part of the course is keeping
up with the pace. Each lecture will
cover about 1 ˝ to 2 sections of material.
If you miss a class, then you will find it hard to catch up. Each section builds off of the previous one
so waiting until the weekend to catch up might be impractical.