Penn State University - University Park

Math 230 - Calculus and Vector Analysis

Fall 2008 Syllabus

Catalog description: CALCULUS AND VECTOR ANALYSIS(4 semester hours) Three-dimensional analytic geometry; vectors in space; partial differentiation; double and triple integrals; integral vector calculus. Students who have passed either Math 231 or Math 232 may not schedule Math 230 or Math 230H for credit.

Instructor (also coordinator): Misha Guysinsky 

      Website: misha.ws (shortcut for www.math.psu.edu/guysin_m)

       Email: guysin_m@math.psu.edu

       Office: 112A McAllister Bld

Office hours: Monday 4:45-5:45, Thursday 2:30-3:30 and by appointments.

Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10:10-11:00,  111 Tyson,

                Thursday, 10:10-11:00,   109 Osmond

Textbook:  "Calculus" by James Stuart, 6th Edition, published by Thompson(Brooks/Cole)

ISBN 0-495-01163-0 

Examinations: Two 75-minute evening examinations will be given during the

semester and a comprehensive final examination will be given during the final examina-

tion 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 on the following dates:

Midterm I: Thursday, September 25, 6:30- 7:45 PM

Midterm II:Tuesday, November 4, 6:30- 7:45 PM

Rooms for the exams will be announced later.

Conflict Examinations:  For the mid-semester examinations, there is a conflict examination

 from 5:05 to 6:20 PM on the same night as the regular examination.

You must have a valid reason for taking the conflict exam, such as another exam or

scheduled class and you need to sign up with your instructor at least 48 hours before the exam date. 

Students must bring their University ID to the conflict exam. The ID will be checked by the

proctor. Although the conflict examination will end at 6:20 PM, no student will be

permitted to leave the exam room before 6:25 PM. A student who leaves before 6:25 PM 

will receive a grade of zero on the examination and will not be allowed to retake it.

Makeup Examinations: Students who have a valid documented reason, such

as a class conflict or illness during both the conflict and regular examination times are

permitted to schedule a makeup examination with no penalty. Students who do not

have a valid reason for missing the examination, such as forgetting the date, time, or

room of an examination, are also permitted to schedule a makeup, but 10 points will

be deducted from their score. You need to sign up with your instructor at least 48 hours 

before the exam date. Students must bring their University ID card to the makeup exam.

Final Examination: The final examination will be given during the week, De-

cember 15-19 , 2008. 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 19, 2008. 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 September 29 and October 19. Conflict final exami-

nation can not be scheduled through mathematics department.

Students who miss the final examination will be allowed to take a makeup final exam-

ination. If the student has a valid and documented reason, such as illness, no penalty

will be imposed. If the student does not have a valid reason, a 20 point penalty will be

imposed. Students who have taken the original final examination are not permitted to

take a makeup examination.

Quizzes: 8 quizzes will be given. Each is worth 10 pts. Two lowest scores will be dropped.

There are no make up quizzes. If by any reason you missed a quiz, it will be one of your two dropped scores.

The first quiz will be given on Friday, September 5.

Homework:  Homework will be collected each Monday. Alltogether 12 homework will be collected.  Each is worth 4 points.Two lowest scores will be dropped. You will get a full credit for homework if you tried at least 90% and solved correctly at least 80%  of the problems. Homework will be posted on www.math.psu.edu/guysin_m/AFall08/Math230/hw.html after the class.

Grading: The grade for the course is based on a total of 450 points, divided as

follows:

                First Midterm - 100pts

                Second Midterm-100pts 

                Final Exam- 150 pts

                Homework and Quizzes -100 pts

Final course grades will be assigned as follows:

NOTE: Your grade will be based EXCLUSIVELY on the midterm examinations, home-

work/quizzes and final examination. There is no ”extra-credit” work.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: 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 falsifica-

tion, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental

ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work com-

pleted by others.

”Academic dishonesty includes, but is no limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, . . ., facili-

tating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of exami-

nations, 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 seri-

ous 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.

Tentative Schedule(it can change):