MATH 2200L   Differential Calculus Labs (Fall 2004)

Course: MATH 2200L                                                     Room: GSRC 1023-220

Call:      51-794 Time:  08:00A-08:50A T

Instructor:     Jianbao Wu                                                    Phone: (706) 542-2781

Office:          434K Boyd Graduate Studies Bldg              Email: jwu@math.uga.edu

Office hours: 1:00-4:00PM Thursday, other time 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.

Materials

All stuffs can be found in course web site: http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab2200/.

Lab Projects  Schedule

Projects Due day

Project 1          Welcome to Maple1 &2                    Sep. 7

Project 2          Introduction to Limits (Problems1,2 & 3)            Sep. 21

Project 3          Definitions of the Derivative       Oct. 5        

Project 4          Tangent Lines Oct.26

Project 5          New Newton’s Method Nov. 16

Project 6          The Bungee Jump Dec. 7

Course grading

Grades will be based on a student’s performance in the 6 projects (80% of the course grade) and participation (20% of course grade). 10 points are possible for each project. 2 points will be taken off if no introduction or bad report style. If the project is later more than one week of the due day, this project will be zero points. Later project will be taken at least 4 points off. The final score is (sum of 6 projects*8/6 + participation)/100. The score needed to get the various grades are: A: 90%-100%; B: 80%-90%; C: 70%-80%; D: 60%-70%; F: 50-60%. You’re supposed to hand in every project, and the final grade will be lowered one letter for every missing project.

Attendance policy

A student who misses three or more classes that he/she does not make up will have his/her grade lowered by one letter. But if you miss five or more classes, I’ll keep the right to withdraw you from this course and give your final grade W, WF or F by your situation no matter how many make-ups. You’re supposed to work on your project at least 40 minutes in every class, otherwise scores of participation will be lower. Every missing class incurs 2 points off in your participation. However, you can miss one class without penalty.

Withdrawal policy

If a student withdraws from a lab, the student must withdraw from the regular course-math2200. It’s the students’ responsibility to initiate their own withdrawals on OASIS.

Additional information

1. 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. Each student must sign her/his report after the academic honesty statement at the end of the report, if not, you get at least 4 points off. All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.

http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/culture_honesty.htm

2. There will be open lab, you will get notice when there are open labs, you can work on your projects in that room, and there would be somebody to whom you can relate for help.

3. This course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; deviation may be necessary.

4.Check WebCT as often as possible, at least once a week. If there's any dispute about your grade or attendence, please consult me ASAP.  No adjustment will be made toward your grade after one week of the incident.