MATH 21C - CALCULUS III
Fall 2006

Final grades:
median=63%, mean=63%, standard deviation=16%
percentage of students receiving specified letter grade:
     A 17%, B 33%, C 26%, D 7%, F 13%

grading scale:
     92-100% A+, 83-92% A, 80-83% A-
     75-80% B+, 66-75% B, 63-66% B-
     59-61% C+, 54-59% C, 50-54% C-
     45-50% D, 0-45% F

Solutions to Final Exam
You can come look at your graded final exam during the regular office hours (posted below).

FINAL EXAM - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 10:30AM - 176 EVERSON

REVIEW SESSION - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 4:00-6:00M - 115 HUTCHINSON

Practice Problems for Final Exam (by TA Eaman Fattouh)

HOMEWORK PROBLEMS

Practice problems for Midterm (by Eaman Fattouh)

SOLUTIONS TO QUIZ 1
SOLUTIONS TO QUIZ 2
SOLUTIONS TO MIDTERM
SOLUTIONS TO QUIZ 3
SOLUTIONS TO QUIZ 4

Notes on dot product and cross product

demos on cross product: website 1, website 2.


Instructor:
    Professor Tim Lewis
    Mathematical Sciences Building (MSB) MSB Room 2146
    e-mail: tjlewis@ucdavis.edu *

*Note: Whenever possible, please direct questions to the class discussion board, which is available through your MyUCDavis webpage.

Course Webpage: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~tlewis/teaching/MAT21C

Prerequisite: A passing grade in MAT 21B or MAT 16C or MAT 17C.

Textbook: Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendental, by Weir, Hass, Giordano. 11th ed. 2005. Addison-Wesley.   The textbook is connected to the online supplement MyMathLab where all of the homework will be done and graded online. For more information see below.

Course Outline: We will cover most of Chapters 11 (Infinite Sequences and Series), 12 (Vectors and the Geometry of Space), 13 (Vector-Valued Functions) and 14 (Partial Derivatives). detailed syllabus.

Class Meeting Times:
Lectures: MWF 4:10pm-5:00 pm   WELLMN 234
Discussions/ Teaching Assistants:
  • B01    T 7:10-8:00PM      OLSON 125      Nicholas Ross
  • B02    T 5:10-6:00PM    WELLMN 103    Eaman Fattouh
  • B03    T 6:10-7:00PM    WELLMN 103    Eaman Fattouh

Office Hours: You are encouraged to attend any of the office hours below:
  • Professor Lewis         MSB 2146    Monday 5:15-6:15PM; Wednesday 11:00AM-noon
  • TA Eaman Fattouh    MSB 2103    Tuesday noon-1:00PM; Wednesday 1:00-2:00PM
  • TA Nicholas Ross      MSB 2136    Monday 2:00-3:00PM
Before seeking help in office hours, you should first read the text and try the homework problems yourselves. Note that there are also several helpful resources through the university; these are listed at below.

Grading:
The grade will consist of four elements: weekly homework (using MyMathLab), four quizzes, a midterm exam, and a final exam.
  • Homework: 15 % (weekly, no grade will be dropped)
  • Quizzes: 15 % (the lowest grade will be dropped)
  • Midterm: 30 %
  • Final: 40 %
Quizzes: Quizzes will be given in the First 15 minutes of your discussion section (Tuesdays) four times during the quarter: October 10, October 24, November 14, November 28. Quizzes will cover the material from the previous two week's lectures. Your TA will grade your quizzes and return them to you after one week. Quiz solutions will be available in PDF format on the solutions page of the course webpage on the day after the quiz.

Midterm: The midterm will be held in class on Wednesday, November 1, 4:10-5:00PM .

Final: The final exam will be held on Thursday, December 14, 10:30-12:30PM. Note that the final exam is cumulative.

Policy on Calculators & Cell Phones: Calculators are not necessary for this course. Calculators and cell phones will not be allowed for exams or quizzes. If you want a clock/watch during exams, be sure to bring one, but you will NOT be allowed your cell phone as a clock. (Use of cell phone during exam is grounds for a 0.)

Homework: Homework will be assigned after every week. The homework assignments can be found online when you log into the MyMathLab Course Compass website. Homework will be submitted using MyMathLab. The due date of each homework set is ten days after the assigned date, e.g. the homework assigned on Friday must be submitted via MyMathLab by 11:59pm on Sundays. NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. Homework solutions will be available via the MyMathLab website.


Advice: It is very important to
  • Read the textbook regularly. For each hour of the lecture, you should read the corresponding sections of the book for at least 1 hr and spend another 1-3 hours solving problems from that section (not just the assigned homework problems).
  • Attend the discussion sections regularly. Discussion sections are an integral part of the course. During the lectures, the material will be explained and only a few problems will be solved. During the discussion sections, the TAs will focus on solving problems. Without solving these problems, it will be difficult to understand the material. Furthermore, exam problems will be similar to problems covered in the discussion sections.
  • In the homework problems, quizzes and exams, explain your train of thought and write clearly, orderly and legibly.

Other Resources:

MyMathLab:

All students will need to have a MyMathLab Student Access Kit. If you already have a copy from a course that used it last year, you will not need to buy a new one. If you do not have a copy, you will need to buy a kit this quarter. At the bookstore, it comes "free" with a new 21 textbook or at an additional cost with a used textbook. Although it is recommended, you are not required to buy the textbook; a PDF copy of the textbook is accessible through MyMathLab. Students do not need to buy any supplements (answer workbooks etc). An information sheet on how to set up your MyMathLab account can be found here. also be found via the course webpage. You are required to set up a computer account to do the Homework. The course code for this course is lewis24313; enter this number when you register for MyMathLab.

MyMathLab only runs on Windows machines. If you have a computer that runs Windows, you can download the necessary plug-ins from the MyMathLab website and install them on your machine. This will allow you to submit you homework, etc using your computer. For students who do not have their own computer that runs Windows, There are several computer labs on campus that have Windows machines with the necessary plug-ins already installed. These are: 75 Hutchison, 163 Shields, 177 MU Station, 1131 Meyer. Check http://clm.ucdavis.edu/ for the hours that the computer labs are open.