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Instructor: Brian Carlson Time: Wednesday, Room: 1023-0220 |
Office: Room #321D Boyd GSRC Office Hours: TBD or by appointment E-mail: bcarlson@math.uga.edu Telephone: 542-5259 |
Please
note that this is a tentative outline, and may need to be adjusted. If changes
are necessary, all students will be notified in class.
Course Objective:
Calculus Lab has been designed to give you the opportunity
to investigate calculus problems in greater depth than possible in a lecture
course. You will do this using the computer algebra system, called Maple. This
course will help you to understand the concepts and methods in calculus that
you are studying in your calculus lecture course. With Maple, you can solve
equations, graph functions, and simplify algebraic formulas very easily. In
addition, we may cover some additional topics during the lab that are not
covered in the lecture course.
Materials:
Maple is available on EITS sites. You can find the
EITS Computer Services Sites at http://www.eits.uga.edu/sites/
. It is not necessary to purchase Maple
for this class. Some students who are continuing in technical fields may wish
to do so. You can find the materials specific to this class on the web at http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab2200/
. It is important that you bring a
floppy disk or other storage device to each class. 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.
Co-requisite:
Math
2200L is a co-requisite for Math 2200. If you withdraw from Math 2200L, you must also withdraw
from Math 2200 and vice-versa.
Syllabus and Project Due
Dates:
To Be Done:
Format:
1.
Reports should be neat and professional They should written to effectively
communicate mathematics with a fellow student.
2.
You must complete every project and turn in a satisfactory report for
each one. Don’t forget to include your name, class time, and student id#. The
report should have a brief explanation about the project as a whole. It should
have explanations of the steps necessary to get the results and include Maple
calculations to show the results. This should be followed by the conclusion of
the project and finally, the collaboration and academic honesty statement
should be copied to your report and be signed by you.
3.
You should be persistent, not quitting until you obtain good results.
4.
You should practice actively in class. In particular, you must attend
class regularly and work on the lab during the entire class period.
Grading:
You will be expected to participate in nine labs
over the course of the semester. Each of
these will be turned in at the beginning of the class period they are due. Labs turned in after the beginning of class
are considered late, and 10 points will be deducted for late labs. Lab reports will not be accepted after the
end of the class period the week after they were due. Each of the assignments
will be graded equally, out of 100. In
addition, there are 100 points for attendance, participation, and quizzes making
a total of 1000 points.
Grades will be assigned based on a
percentage as follows:
A: 90-100%
B: 80-89%
C: 70-79%
D: 60-69%
F: 0-59%
Decimal portions will be rounded up. That is, if you
score 89.3% this will earn you an A.
Attendance:
Full participation in the course is required. A student who misses two or more
classes will have his/her grade lowered by one letter grade or more. If you
leave the class early without any excuses, your attendance will not be counted for
the class.
Academic
Honesty:
Working
on the projects in groups is allowed. However, you are responsible for
completing your own write-ups. Plagiarism, among other things, is prohibited.
Above all, UGA Academic Honesty Policy applies. See the web page:
http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/academic_honesty.htm