110.211 Honors Calculus III - Fall 2005

Prerequisite:

Calculus II, or 5 on the Calculus BC AP Exam. 4 credits.

Instructor:

Prof. Katia Consani

Teaching Assistants:

Mehdi Tavakol; Office: Kr. 201 - Office hours: Tuesday 5-7PM and by appointment. (E-mail: tavakol@gmail.com)
Reza Seyyedali; Office: Kr. 200 - Office hours: Wednesday 11AM-1PM (Kr. 213) and by appointment. (E-mail: seyyedali@math.jhu.edu)

Office:

Krieger 216 - Office hours: Monday 4-5PM and by appointment.

Text:

• Susan J. Colley, Vector Calculus, Second edition (Required)
  

• H. M. Schey, Div, grad, curl, and all that , Third edition

Exams:

There will be two midterm exams in class; the first one will be on Wednesday, October 19 and the second one will be on Tuesday, November 22. Both these exams will be held in class time. EXAMS SHOULD BE WRITTEN WITH PEN (NOT PENCIL). The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday December 20 (2-5PM) SHA100 and it will be comprehensive. There will be no make-up exams. If a midterm exam is missed with a valid excuse (students should always refer to the instructor for this matter), the grade for the exam will be a weighted average of the grades obtained on the other exams. The grade for an unexcused absence from a midterm exam will be zero. Anyone needing special arrangements for exams must notify the instructor by the second week of classes. The TA will hand out the exams in section, when they are graded. No math. books and/or papers and calculators are allowed during the exams.

Homework:

There will be weekly assignments, posted on this course website usually on Thursdays and they will be collected on the next week's section meeting. Talk to your Teaching Assistant on how to turn in a homework if you cannot go to class, but do not give it to me. The TA deals with the homework. On this web-page you will find the sections from the text that you should be reading before to come to class. I will try to observe this pre-determined schedule, but I might slow down or speed up if necessary. So it is important that you check regularly this course webpage. Late homework will not be accepted. Homework is the essential educational part of this course. You cannot expect to work problems on exams if you have not worked lots of homework problems. Therefore, I encourage you to spend an adequate time on homework regularly, each week. You can work together on the homework, in fact I encourage you to do so, but you should always write up your own homework solutions in your own words.

Grading:

Your final grade will depend on your performance on the homework and on the exams. The relative weights I will use are: Homework = 15%, Midterm Exams = 25% each, Final exam = 35%.

Sections:

Students enrolled in Section 01 (F12) meet with the TAs as follows:
Surnames starting with a letter between A and K (K included): KR 302 (TA: Reza Seyyedali)
Surnames starting with a letter between L and Z: SHA 300 (TA: Mehdi Tavakol)

Students enrolled in Section 02 (F11) meet in KR 300 (TA: Mehdi Tavakol)

Announcements:

- Instructor office hr on Monday Oct. 10 is postponed at 5-6PM.
- Students with special arrangement for 1st midterm exam should contact the instructor on the week of Oct. 10
- Instructor office hr on Tuesday Oct. 11: 2:30-3:30PM
- 1Midterm average: 61/100 = B+ [<= 45 F; (46<= * <= 50)<= C; (51<= * <= 60) <= B; (61 <= * <= 70)<= A-; (*>= 71) <= A+]
- No class on Wednesday November 23
- 2Midterm average: 61/100 = B [<= 45 F; (46<= * <= 50)<= D; (51<= * <= 59)<= C; (60<= * <= 70)<= B; (71<= * <= 80)<= A; (*>= 81) = A+]
- Instructor office hr on Monday Dec. 5 postponed to Tuesday Dec. 6: 2:30-3:30PM
- Final average: 62/100 = B.
- Class performance: A+ (1 student); A (6); A- (12); B+ (9); B (18); B- (4); C (1); D (2)