MATH 2200L (51-438) Differential Calculus Lab Syllabus 

Call Number: 51-438

Tuesday 08:00A-09:15A, room 220 Boyd Graduate Studies

Instructor: Wenjing Li

427B Boyd Graduate Studies

wli@math.uga.edu (706) 542-2641

Office hours: Monday 3:30-5:00 pm or by appointment

Course description: The calculus labs have been designed to give you an opportunity to investigate math problems in greater detail than in the calculus books. You will work on projects and write reports on them with the aid of Maple, a computer algebra system.

Text: Calculus Lab Manual available at the website

http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab/calclab2200

Projects: Due date

Project 1 Welcome to Maple I and II Sep. 12

Project 2 Introduction to Limits Sep. 26

Project 3 Definition of the Derivative Oct. 10

Project 4 Tangent Lines Oct. 24

Project 5 Newton’s Method Nov. 7

Project 6 The Bungee Jump Nov. 21

Project 7 Analysis of a Graph Dec. 5

Course Grading: The final grade will be calculated as follows.

Projects: 90% Quiz: 10%

A: 90%-100%; B: 80%-90%; C: 70%-80%; D: 60%-70%; F: 50%-60%

Attendance policy: A student who misses three or more classes will have his/her grade lowered by one letter grade.

Withdrawal policy: A student that withdraws from Calculus Lab must also withdraw from the Calculus Class.

Additional information:

(1) Working in groups is encouraged, but the work you turn in must be your own.

(2) Each student must sign her/his report after the academic honesty statement at the end of the report. If this statement or signature is missing, then the report will not be graded and will be returned to the student. All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. Please see the UGA Academic Honesty Policy on the web at

http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/honesty/main.html

(3) Please backup your work.

(4) The document describes a general plan for the course and changes may be necessary.