Description from course listings: A course in multivariable calculus. Topics include differential and integral calculus of functions of two and three variables. Graphing calculator required. Matlab computer software will also be introduced. Prereq, Successful completion of Math 132, or a grade of 4 or 5 on advanced placement calculus BC. Four class hours a week. Credit 4 units.
Classes: There are two sections, both taught by Professor Jensen.
Instructor for both sections: Gary R. Jensen, office in room 104, Cupples I, office phone 935-6302, e-mail address gary@math.wustl.edu, home phone 862-4569, office hours to be determined and by appointment.
Examination Schedule: Exams, at which attendance is required, will be given at the following times for both sections.
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Requirements: Students will learn the material by attending the lectures, reading the text book, doing practice exercises and doing the homework problems. Lectures will be divided between presentation of new material and illustrations of how the material is used in practice. Homework will be collected for grading every Monday. Attendance at the class is required for homework to be accepted. Exceptions can be made for reasonable excuses. Discuss these with your instructor.
Computer usage: The software package MATLAB will be used in this course. This is high level numerical computation software widely used by engineers. Usage will be limited, primarily to graphics. No prior knowledge of MATLAB is assumed.
The full professional version of MATLAB v.5.3 and its Symbolic Toolbox are available on the approximately 35 PC's in the Artsci Computing Center, on computers in the Engineering computer labs and on the computers in the Residential Computing Clusters. Mathworks sells their new Student Version v.5.3 on the web at http://www.mathworks.com/products/studentversion/ Student Version>. The system requirements are: Windows 95 or 98, 486, Pentium or Pentium Pro processor, 8-bit graphics adapter and display, 8 MB RAM (16 MB highly recommended) and Microsoft Word 6.0 or 7.0 (for the notebooks) and 50 MB disk space. The Student Edition v5 is also available for the Macintosh, but the newer v.5.3 is not, I believe.
Class attendance: Classes run from 7 minutes past the hour to the hour. Late arrivals and early departures are disruptive, so please arrive and depart on time. If, on occasion some appointment requires you to leave early or arrive late, please let me know this beforehand. You are responsible for all information given out during class, including changed assignments and exam times. If you miss a class you should be sure to find out whether you missed any announcements.
Examination Attendance: Excused absences from any of the exams must be obtained from Professor Shapiro (office in room 107b Cupples I, phone 935-6787, e-mail jshapiro@math.wustl.edu). Non-emergencies require prior permission, emergencies require written excuse within a week of the exam. The only valid reasons to be excused from an exam are serious illness (verified by the Health Service, Counseling Service or a physician), conflicts with religious holidays or serious illness or death in your immediate family.
There will be no make-up exams for in-semester exams. Excused missing exam scores will be determined by a multilinear regression based on your other exams and the final exam. Unexcused absence from an exam will result in a score of zero. Application of these rules will be strict, in fairness to students who do take the exams.
If you are excused from your final exam, you may be able to receive a grade of "incomplete" for the course, under the circumstances described below.
Taking your exam: Bring several #2 pencils with erasers and your Washington University photo ID card, which you are required to show to your proctors during the exam. You will be allowed to bring notes on one 3x5 notecard (you may write on both sides). Bring your approved calculator (see paragraph below on calculators).
Homework: There will be a homework assignment due in class every Monday. They will be graded, with comments, and returned by the next Monday. The homework must be written on 8.5 x 11 paper, not torn from a spiral notebook. Multiple pages must be stapled together. Unstapled papers will be accepted from a given student only once during the semester. Computer graphics must contain your name in the title and axes must be labelled.
Collaboration: This course will follow the guidelines set down under "Statement of Student Academic Integrity" on page 63 of Course Listings Summer and Fall 2000. You are encouraged to form groups to study the material and to work on homework problems. The rule is, that any work you hand in must be your own. This means that even if you have figured out how to do a problem with the help of other people, you must then write up your homework on your own. At the end of your paper acknowledge all the people with whom you worked on any problem of the assignment, in accordance with guideline 2 of the academic integrity statement. Suspected violations of these guidelines will be referred to the Committee on Academic Integrity.
Calculators: A graphing calculator is required for this course. It may be used on all homework and exams. The recommended calculator is the TI83, but any comparable calculator is permitted for personal study and homework. Note, however, that any calculator containing a Computer Algebra System (CAS) may not be used on exams. See the Math Department's Graphing Calculator Policy, 2000-2001 for more details on the use of graphing calculators in calculus courses. The TI83 is also used in Math 320 (Introduction to Probability and Statistics).
Computer Lookups: You can look up your exam seating assignment, exam scores or homework scores on the computer system. Go to the Math Department homepage (link below) at http://www.math.wustl.edu and scroll down to Local Resources, or use the following links:
Grades: Your grade for the course will be based on your three exam scores (15% per exam), your final exam score (30%) and your written homework (25%). Each of the four exams has a total of 30 points. If E1, E2, E3 are your three exam scores, F is your final exam score and H is your homework score scaled to 30, let
Former Math 233 Exams and Solutions are available at Reserves Online New
Lesson Schedule We will follow this lesson schedule closely. Any changes to the lesson schedule will be announced in class and subsequently changed on this link. You will find the lectures more valuable if you read the text material and try some problems before coming to class. Click on the Lesson Schedule link above to see it.
Advanced Placement and Transfer Credit: Transfer credit for mathematics courses completed at other colleges or universities is decided by the Dean of the College with the advice of the Department of Mathematics. An AP Calculus Exam score of 5 on the BC version earns automatic credit (6 units) for Math 131-132; a score of 5 on the AB version earns automatic credit (3 units) for Math 131. Any student who completes Math 233 with a grade of C- or better can receive credit for Math 131 and Math 132. After completion of Math 233, the student should fill out an AP Credit Request Form in the Math Office in Room 100, Cupples I.