Professor: Jeff Johannes
Section 1
MWF 11:30a-12:20p ISC 136
Office: South
326A
Telephone: 245-5403
Office Hours: Monday 10:30 - 11:20a, 3:00 - 4:00p; Tuesday 11:30a - 12:30p; Wednesday
12:30 - 1:20p; Thursday 8:00 - 9:00p; and by appointment or visit.
Email Address: Johannes@Geneseo.edu
Web-page:
http://www.geneseo.edu/~johannes
Textbooks
Second Year Calculus, David M. Bressoud
Course Goals
- Discuss the fundamentals of vector calculus from a more advanced
perspective (differential forms, gradient, directional derivative,
divergence, curl, Laplacian, and differential forms)
- Place them in the physical context for which they were initially
developed and learn the story of their creation.
- Read a serious mathematics book from page 1 to page 360.
Grading
Your grade in this course will be based on problem
sets, three in-class quizams, two take-home exams, and a final
examination. Each of those aspects will be worth 1/4 of your
grade and each component of each aspect will be equally weighted.
Problem Sets
Problem sets will consist of questions related to
material presented in the previous two weeks. They will be due
two weeks after assigned. Before these papers are handed
in, I strongly suggest discussing them with me and others outside
of
class. These discussions will be graded on a ten point decile
scale
based on completeness, accuracy, and writing.
These problems will be evaluated as follows.
0 Missing
3 Question copied, nothing written
6 Something written that appears that it was only
written to take up space
7 Substantially incomplete. Something written, but
does not really answer the main questions. Major errors. Very
poor writing
8 Mostly complete. maybe a few minor errors
9 Complete, no errors, some personal insight, well-written
10 Wonderful
We will discuss these problem sets in detail on the
day they are due. Therefore no late problem sets will
be accepted.
Quizams
Quizams are like long quizzes or short exams.
You will have 20 minutes to complete them. They will focus on
computational fluency with material since the last quizam.
Take Home Exams
The take home exams will be more involved than
quizams and less than problem sets. They will be distributed on
Fridays and due on Mondays. You may not consult with any other
person, and any resource other than your notes and your textbook.
If you do consult with other sources, you will be failed in this course
and reported to the Dean of Students for a violation of academic
integrity.
Final Examination
You will have two options for a final
examination. You may take a cummulative three hour final
examination (more involved than a quizam and less involved than a
take-home exam). Your second option is a cummulative take-home
exam that will be distributed at the last day of class and due by the
end of the final examination period (more involved than the other
take home exams).
Feedback
Occasionally you will be given
anonymous feedback forms. Please use them to share any thoughts
or concerns for how the course is running. Remember, the sooner
you tell me your concerns, the more I can do about them. I have
also created a web-site
which accepts anonymous comments.
If we have not yet discussed this in class, please encourage me to
create a class code. This site may also be accessed via our
course
page on a link entitled anonymous
feedback. Of
course, you are always welcome to approach me outside of class to
discuss these issues as well.
Religious Holidays
It is my policy to give students who miss class
because of observance of religious holidays the opportunity to make up
missed work. You are responsible for notifying me no later than
January 31 of plans to observe the holiday.
Tentative Schedule subject to change
Date
Topic
Assigned
Due
January 19 Introduction, §1.5
Kepler's first
21
§1.5 Gravity
24
1.5 / 3.1
26
3.1
28
3.1
PS 1
31
3.3
February 2 3.3
4 3.3
7
4.1 / 4.2
9
4.2
11
Discuss problem set
PS 2
PS 1
14
4.4
16
4.4
18
4.6
Quizam 1 (material thru PS1)
21
4.6
23
4.7, 5, 6, 7
25
Discuss problem set
PS 3
PS 2
28
8.1 / 8.2
March 2 8.2
4 8.4
Take Home Exam 1
(material thru PS2)
7
8.4
THX1
9
8.5
11
Discuss problem set
PS 3
21
10.1
PS4
23
10.1
25
10.2
Quizam 2
(material thru PS3)
28
10.2
30
10.4
April 2
Discuss problem set
PS
5 PS 4
4 10.4
6
10.6
8
10.6
Take Home Exam 2 (material thru PS4)
11
10.6
THX2
13
10.7
15
Discuss problem set
PS 6
PS 5
18
10.9
20
11.1
22
11.2
Quizam 3 (material thru PS5)
25
11.3
27
11.5
29
Discuss problem
set
PS 6
May 2
review
Take-home final
Friday, May 6 12N - 3p Final
Examination
Take-home Final