Class Information
MATH 241: Vector Calculus
Section: 002
Semester: Fall 2018
Credit Hours: 3

Meeting Information
Classroom Location: Gambrell 201
Days and Times: TR 10:05AM -11:20AM

Instructor Information
Xinfeng Liu
Email: xfliu@math.sc.edu
Phone: 576-5849
Office Location: LC 317Q
Office Hours: TR 11:30AM-1:00PM or by appointment


Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Textbook: Thomas' Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Custom Edition for USC, by George B. Thomas

Prerequisite: A grade C or better in MATH 142.

Subject Materials: We shall cover the material presented in Chapters 12-16.

Learning Outcome: The primary goal of this course is to understand "Vector Valued Functions", "Functions of Two or More Variables", and associated derivatives (partial derivatives and directional derivatives) and integrals (double integrals and triple integrals). After this course, you are also supposed to be familiar with "Line Integrals" and a big theorem "Green's Theorem", and how to use them.

Reading: Reading the textbook in advance of the lecture is strongly encouraged. Benefits of this preparation include obtaining a familiarity with the terminology and concepts that will be encountered (so you can distinguish major points from side issues), being able to formulate questions about the parts of the presentation that you do not understand, and having a chance to review the skills and techniques that will be needed to apply the new concepts.

Important Dates: The deadline to drop the course without a W being recorded is Wednesday, August 29.
The deadline to drop the course without a WF being recorded is Monday, October 15.

Course Outline

Tentative Weekly Syllabus of Sections Covered
Week Dates Tuesday Thursday
1 Aug. 20-- Aug. 24 No class 12.1
2 Aug. 27-- Aug. 31 12.2 12.3
3 Sept. 3-- Sept. 7 12.4 12.5
4 Sept. 10-- Sept. 14 No Class No Class
5 Sept. 17-- Sept. 21 12.6 13.1
6 Sept. 24-- Sept. 28 13.1 Exam 1
7 Oct. 1-- Oct. 5 13.2 13.3
8 Oct. 8-- Oct. 12 13.4 Class Cancelled
9 Oct. 15-- Oct. 19 13.5 Fall Break
10 Oct. 22-- Oct. 26 14.1-14.2 14.3
11 Oct. 29-- Nov. 2 14.4 Exam 2
12 Nov. 5-- Nov. 9 No Class 15.1
13 Nov. 12-- Nov. 16 15.2 15.3-15.4
14 Nov. 19 -- Nov. 23 15.5 Happy Thanksgiving
15 Nov. 26 -- Nov. 30 15.6 15.7
16 Dec. 3 -- Dec. 7 15.8 14.5, 14.8
Final Exam: Dec. 13 (Thursday), 9:00AM-11:30AM


Homework and Quiz:
Homework Assignment
Homework will not be collected, but you are supposed to do them all. REMEMBER: the more problems you do, the better you understand the material. Students are encouraged to work independently on homework sets. There will be approximately one quiz per week on Tuesday or Thursday, and no quiz during the exam weeks. There are two to four problems for each quiz. The quiz problems will be either the same as, or very similar to those from the homework. Thus, if a student has made a good attempt at the homework, he/she should do well on the quiz. One lowest quiz grade will be dropped from the final grade calculation.

Exams: There will be two midterm exams and a comprehensive final exam.
Exam 1: Thursday, Sept. 27, 10:05AM - 11:20AM
Exam 2: Thursday, Nov. 1, 10:05AM - 11:20AM
Final Exam: Thursday, Dec. 13, 9:00AM - 11:30AM

The exams are "closed book" – no books, no notes, no calculators, no labtop computer or equivalent technology, etc. There are no early exams. A make-up exam is only possible for written legitimate documented reasons of illness, family emergency, or participation in a University sponsored event. You must take your exams with the lecture for which you are registered.

Grades:
 Exam 1  20%
 Exam 2  20%
 Final Exam  35%
 Quizzes  25%
 Total  100%

A straight scale will be used so that A's, B's C's and D's correspond to the percent ranges 100-90, 90-80, 80-70 and 70-60 respectively. Plus grading will be used. For example:

90-100:A 86-89: B+ 80-85: B 76-79: C+
70-75: C 66-69: D+ 60-65: D 0-59: F


Attendance: Attendance at every class meeting is important - and expected. Students missing more than 10% of the class meetings (4 days) can have their grade lowered.

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Academic Dishonesty: Cheating and plagiarism in any form is not tolerated. If a student is caught cheating, I will follow the guidelines as set forth in the USC Honor Code and other University guidelines.