MATH 2200L

Differential Calculus Lab (Spring 2005)

 

Course: MATH 2200L                                                  Room:1023-221 (Boyd Grad.S.)

Call #:  60-671                                                                Time:  09:05A-09:55A W

Instructor: Zubeyir  CINKIR                                       Email:cinkir@math.uga.edu

Office: 434F Boyd Grad. Stud. Bldg.                           Phone: (706) 542 2618

Office Hours:10:00am-11:00am Tu.,  11:00am-12:01pm. Wed., 10:30am-11:00am Th.

 

 

Course Description:

The calculus lab has been designed to encourage you to investigate mathematical problems in greater depth than is possible in a lecture course. You will work on projects and write reports on them with the aid of “maple”, a computer program for mathematics.

 

Materials:

“Maple” is available on EITS sites. You can find the EITS Computer Services Sites at http://www.eits.uga.edu/sites/  So, you don’t have to buy “maple”. Also, Students can find the needed materials  on the web address http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab2200/     or http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab/

 

 

Projects:

Project 0.  Introduction to 2200L                                                           Jan.  12

Project 1.  (Project will be handed out )                                                 Jan.  19

Project 2.   A Geometric Limit                                                   Jan.  26-Feb. 2

Project 3.    Definition of the Derivative                                                  Feb.  9-16

QUIZ   I                                                                                                Feb.  16

Project 4.   Home Mortgages                                                                 Feb. 23 -Mar. 2

Spring Break                                                                                        Mar. 14-21

Project 5.   Newton’s  Method                                                 Mar. 9-23

Project 6.   Bungee  Jump                                                                     Mar.  30-Apr. 6

QUIZ   II                                                                                               Apr.  6

Project 7.   Analysis of a Graph.                                                            Apr.  13-20-27

                                                           

 

 

Course Grading:

Grades will be based on a student’s performance in the 7 projects and 2 quizzes. Each project will be worth 13 points, each quizzes will be worth 6 points. (Total=7*13+2*6=103)

A: 103-85;      B: 84-75;      C: 74-65;     D: 64-50;    F: 0-49

 

 

 

 

Attendance:  Four (or more) unexcused absences will result in lowering one’s grade total by five points out of 103. Absence can be excused by showing the instructor a documentation or discussing with the instructor in advance. A student with 8 or more (excused or unexcused) absences will be withdrawn from the class at any time of the semester.

 

 

Withdrawal policy:

If a student withdraws from a lab, the student must withdraw the regular course. Students will initiate their own withdrawals on OASIS.

 

Project Report Preparation:

A student should follow the instructions, provided for each project.  At each project, the name, the student ID # should be included at the very beginning. Then, a brief explanation presenting what the project will be about should be given.   A student should also include explanations while writing his/her report, whenever necessary, rather than just showing the calculations done by Maple. Explanations should reveal the student’s understanding of what he/she is doing. At the end, following the brief summary of the report, collaboration and academic honesty statement should be copied to the student’s report and be signed by the student. 

 

Collaboration and Academic Honesty: You are encouraged to work in groups on projects. You may obtain results as a group. However, the final write-up of your report must be your own. 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

 

 

Additional Information:

* Students will have opportunity to work on their project at “Open Labs”, where they can consult to a graduate T.A. for their questions.

* Lack of explanation and signature will result in lack of 5% +5%  points for each report.

* To see what plagiarism is, you may have a look at the web page

http://www.csubak.edu/ssric/Modules/Other/plagiarism.htm

 

Good Luck!