CATALOG DESCRIPTION: MATH 231: CALCULUS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES. Analytic geometry in space; partial differentiation and application.

PREREQUISITE: MATH 141. Students who have passed MATH 230 may not schedule this course. 

CALCULATORS: A graphics calculator is useful as a study and learning tool when used appropriately. However, calculus is a collection of ideas which are not mastered through calculator skills only. Note that no calculators are allowed on the  midterm and final examinations.

HOMEWORK AND QUIZZES: I will collect 12 homework assignments. Each of them will be worth 5pts. Two lowest scores will be dropped. The homework will be collected on Thursday starting September 16. There will be 7 quizzes. The two lowest scores will be dropped. Each quiz will be worth 20 pts. The first two quizzes will be on September 16 and 30.

EXAMINATIONS: One 75-minute evening examination will be given during the semester and a comprehensive final examination will be given during the final examination period. NO books, notes, or calculators may be used on the examinations. You must bring your University ID card to all exams. The two examinations will be given from 6:30 to 7:45 PM on the following dates:

Rooms for the exams will be announced by your instructor at a later date, and may also be found on the bulletin board outside 107 Whitmore Laboratory.

FINAL EXAMINATION: The final examination will be given during the week, December 13- 17, 2004. The date and time of the final examination will be announced by the University Registrar midway through the semester. The final examination will be scheduled on any day during the final examination period.  Do not plan to leave University Park until after Friday, December 17, 2004. There are two types of conflict examinations, direct and overload. Direct conflicts are two examinations scheduled at the same time. Students with a direct conflict should file for a conflict examination in Shields Building with the University Registrar. Overload examinations are three or more examinations scheduled within a fifteen hour period, from the beginning of the first examination to the beginning of the third examination. Students may elect to take the three or more examinations on the same day if they wish or request a conflict final examination through the University Registrar.

Students must file for direct and overload conflict final examinations at the Registrar's Office between October 4 and October 17. Conflict final examination can not be scheduled through mathematics department and there will be no sign up sheet at 108 Whitmore for final conflict examination.

LATE-DROP: Students may add/drop a course without academic penalty within the first ten calendar days of the semester. A student may late drop a course within the first twelve weeks of the semester but accrues late drop credits equal to the number of credits in the dropped course. A baccalaureate student is limited to 16 late drop credits. The late drop deadline for Fall Semester 2004 is Thursday, November 18.

COURSE GRADES: The grade for the course is based on a total of 400 points distributed as shown below and the A, B, C, D and F grade levels also are shown below. The plus and minus grades will be determined within the appropriate ranges.

Tutors and Math Center

If you need extra help (paid) tutors, a list is maintained in the Mathematics Department Undergraduate Office in room 107 Whitmore Laboratory. It is available on-line at http://www.math.psu.edu/ug/PrivateTutorList.htm. It is also available through the Undergraduate Studies in Mathematics homepage at http://www.math.psu.edu/UG/. This website is a good source for general information about undergraduate mathematics as well as information on evening exam schedules, office hours for instructors, sample exams, and so on.

In addition, there is free mathematics tutoring available at the Math Center located in 220 Boucke Building.  For more information, click:

Math Center

ACADEMIC INTEGRRITY: Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts.

Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the
fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.

"Academic dishonesty includes, but is no limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, . . ., facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with academic work of other students. . . . A student charged with academic dishonesty will be given oral or written notice of the charge by the instructor. If students believe that they have been falsely accused, they should seek redress through informal discussions with the instructor, the department head, dean or campus executive officer. If the instructor believes that the infraction is sufficiently serious to warrant the referral of the case to Judicial Affairs, or if the instructor will award a final grade of F in the course because of the infraction, the student and instructor will be afforded formal due process procedures." From Policies and Rules, Student Guide to the University Policy 49-20.

Based on the University's Faculty Senate Policy 49-20, a range of academic sanctions may be taken against a student who engages in academic dishonesty.  Please see the Eberly College of Science Academic Integrity homepage for additional information and procedures.

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