Differential Calculus Lab
Course: MATH 2200L #70-680
Instructor: Adam C. Fletcher
Class Time:
Office Hours: Boyd
427J TBA
Contact info: 542-2722 // fletcher@math.uga.edu
Website:
http://www.math.uga.edu/~fletcher
Course Objective: This course will introduce the student to the
Computer Algebra System (CAS) called MAPLE
in order to supplement material learned in MATH 2200, Differential Calculus.
**Please note that 2200L is a co-requisite for 2200. This means if a student were to drop 2200L,
then s/he must drop 2200. The student
must do so through OASIS, as this drop is not done automatically.**
Materials: The student will attend class each week with a floppy disk or other storage device on which to save his/her work. No work may be saved to the desktop of the computer in your workstation. If work is saved to the desktop, under the university academic honesty policy, the student involved may be charged with cheating. The computers in the lab are equipped with the latest version of the MAPLE software, and the lab manual for this course is free and available online at
http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab/calclab2200.
Course Schedule:
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Date |
In Class |
Due |
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Syllabus & Intro |
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Welcome to MAPLE I |
Welcome to MAPLE I:
1 |
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Welcome to MAPLE II |
Welcome to MAPLE I:
2-5 |
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Introduction to Limits |
Welcome to MAPLE II |
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Introduction to Limits |
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Tangent Lines |
Intro to Limits: 3
& 5 |
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Tangent Lines |
Intro to Limits:
Writing |
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Quiz |
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New Newton’s Method |
Tangent Lines: 1
& 2 |
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Spring Break |
--- |
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New Newton’s Method |
(Tangent Lines: 3
& 4) |
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Max/Min Problems |
New |
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Max/Min Problems |
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Analysis of a Graph |
Max/Min: 33, 44, 47 |
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Quiz |
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Review of Calculus |
Analysis: Choose
one |
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3 May 2005 |
Reading Day |
(Analysis: Extra Credit) |
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Grading: Notice that the student will be expected to
participate in seven labs and two quizzes over the course of the semester. Some of the labs will be split into smaller
parts. Each of these parts will be
turned in at the beginning of the
class period they are due. Labs turned
in at the end of class are considered late, and late labs will not be accepted,
except in extenuating circumstances.
Each of the nine assignments will be graded equally, out of 20, and each
of the quizzes will be out of ten, resulting in a semester total of 200. The assignments enclosed in parentheses in
the course schedule are extra credit, and will be graded out of 10.
The
breakdown of grades will be taken from the total points earned in class,
denoted “x” below, and is given as follows:
A: x ≥ 180 B: 160 ≤ x < 180 C: 140 ≤ x < 160
D: 120 ≤ x < 140 E: x < 120
Notice that no rounding will occur. That is, if by some strange circumstance, a
student earns a final grade of 159.99, that student will have earned a C for
the course.
Cheating: The instructor will adhere to all aspects of the university academic honesty policy, as will each student. The policy may be found at
www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/culture_honesty.htm.
Students are encouraged to work together on projects, but
each student must write his or her own lab, in
his/her own words. The university
honesty statement is attached to the bottom of each lab in the manual, and
should be cut and pasted onto each student’s lab report, and then signed.
As stated above, saving work to the desktop also falls under this
policy.
Attendance: As an extension of the 2200 course, and as a
lab experience, it is important that the student participate in classes. Therefore, attendance is mandatory, and will
be taken in each class. Extenuating
circumstances may arise, but should be brought to the attention of the
instructor beforehand, if possible.
Please note that a time-stamped excuse from the
Contract: This syllabus stands as a contract between
the instructor and the student. By
distributing this syllabus, the instructor agrees to abide by it. By reading this syllabus, the student agrees
to abide by it. At some point in the
semester, circumstances may require slight changes to the syllabus. If this occurs, all students will be notified
in class.