Penn State University - University Park

Math 230 - Calculus and Vector Analysis, Sections 3 and 6

Syllabus - Fall 2006


Instructor: Sergey Orshanskiy
Office: 418 McAllister Building
Phone: (814) 863-9021
E-mail: orshansk@math.psu.edu
Office Hours (Fall 2006): MWF 2:00-3:00 and by appointment

Course coordinator: Dr. Aissa Wade
Office: 317 McAllister Building
Phone: (814) 865-7311
E-mail: wadeATmath.psu.edu
Office Hours (Fall 2006): Mondays and Tuesdays 9:30-1:30 and by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Three-dimensional analytic geometry; vector in space; partial differentiation; double and triple integrals; integral vector calculus.

PREREQUISITE: Math 141 or Math 141H,

TEXTBOOK: Calculus, 5th Edition, by James Stewart, published by Thomson (Brooks/Cole). (Chapters 13 - 17)

EXAMINATIONS:
Two 75-minute evening examinations will be given during the semester and a comprehensive final examination will be given during the final examination period. NO books, notes may be used on the examinations. Students must bring their University ID card to all examinations . The midterm examinations will be given on the following dates:

Midterm Exam I: Thursday, October 5, from 6:30 to 7:45 PM
Midterm Exam II: Monday, November 13, from 6:30 to 7:45 PM

Locations of these exams will be announced later.

CONFLICT AND MAKEUP EXAMINATIONS:
Only students with official University conflicts, or a valid and documented reason, will be permitted to schedule conflict or makeup examinations without penalty. Students must sign at least 48 hours before the examination date .

The conflict examination is scheduled on the same date as the regular midterm examination from 5:05 to 6:20 PM. Although the conflict examination will end at 6:20 PM, no student will be permitted to leave the examination room before 6:25 PM. Any student who leaves before 6:25 PM will receive a grade of zero on the examination and will not be allowed to retake it.

Students who miss regular examinations (without providing a valid and documented reason) may take a makeup, but 20 points will be deducted from their score . The makeup examinations are given on the following dates:

Makeup Exam I: Monday, October 9, from 6:30 to 7:45 PM
Makeup Exam II: Tuesday, November 14, from 6:30 to 7:45 PM

No other makeup exams will be given. Information about evening exam schedules, sample exams, etc, can also be found at http://www.math.psu.edu/UG/

FINAL EXAMINATION:
The final examination will be given during the week, December 18 - 22, 2006. Do not plan to leave University Park before Saturday, December 23, 2006. To request a conflict final exam, students must file at the Registrar's office between October 9 and October 22. Conflict final exam CANNOT be scheduled through the Mathematics department.

CALCULATORS: No calculators are allowed on the midterm and final examinations.

HOMEWORK: Homework assignments will be collected twice per week, on Monday and on Thursday, except when announced otherwise (that there is no homework due certain Monday or Thursday). The homework is due the end of your class. In usual circumstances, no late homework will be accepted . Basically, it can be accepted one day later, if you have a documented reason or if I forget to post the homework online. It is important to justify your answers by a rigorous argument. No credit will be given for poorly presented solutions. Homework should represent your own work. At least 20 (half-week) homeworks will be given and at least three lowest grades will be dropped.

QUIZZES: Quizzes will be given regularly, each Friday, unless otherwise announced. At least two lowest grades will be dropped.

GRADES: Grades will be assigned on the basis of 450 points distributed as follows:

All of the homeworks are equivalent. All of the quizzes are equivalent. All quizzes are worth 50 points and all homeworks are worth 50 points.

Examination I

100

Examination II

100

Homework and/or quizzes

100

Final Examination

150

Total

450


There is no "extra-credit" work!

If you have difficulties with the course....
If you have difficulties with the course, please consult your instructor.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: All Penn State and Eberly College of Science policies regarding academic integrity apply to this course.

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. 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.