MATH 2200L  Syllabus

Fall Semester, 2004

 

Instructor: Zhuang, Chao

Call Number: 51-908

Room: GSRC 1023-0220

Office: 643 Boyd Graduate Studies Bldg                   

Period: 12:30P-01:45P Tuesday

Email: czhuang@math.uga.edu

Phone: (706) 542 5139 (office)

Office hours: 3:30P-4:30P Tuesday and Thursday, 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. Instructor of this lab is not supposed to teach you how to work with problems and the projects, but will be available to help you with Maple as you work.

 

Lab Manual: No longer available anywhere on campus. BUT it can be found online at http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab/calclab2200/

           

Lab Project Schedule: Date in each item shows the due day of the project.

            1.         Welcome to Maple I and II         Sep 7

            2.         Introduction to Limits                            Sep 21

            3.         Definition of the Derivative                    Oct 5

            4.         Home Mortgages                                  Oct 19

            5.         Newton¡¯s Method                                Nov 2

            6.         Powerline Through the Park                  Nov 16

            7.         The Bungee Jump                                 Nov 30           

 

How to Work on the Projects and Write Your Report.

The projects are for you to work. You are encouraged to collaborate with each other--form a small group of two or three people. The projects can be done with your team work and the reports, however, must be written by yourself. Each student must sign her/his report after the academic honesty statement at the end of the report. 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

 

The following are about how to write your report

(1)   Your report on a project should be a clear and complete presentation of the project topic, the steps in your investigations of the topic, and the results of your investigations;

(2)    Each report should begin with an introductory paragraph in which you introduce your topic and give an idea of the approach you will take to your investigation;

(3)   You can redo your projects; you must turn in your redone project in a week after you get your graded one. The final score will be the average of the both.

 

Attendance Policy.

Full participation in the course is required. A student may misses two or fewer classes without penalty. You must keep this opportunity for an emergency. A student who misses three or more classes will have his/her grade lowered by one letter grade or more. If you leave the class early without any excuse, your attendance will be ignored for the class. I will give you ¡°F¡± if you miss five classes or more without any excuse.

 

Course Grading.

Grades will be based on a student¡¯s performance in the 7 projects and attendance. The score needed to get the various letter grades are:

A: 85%-100%; B: 75%-84%; C: 65%-74%; D: 55%-64%; F: below 55%

Please note that these are firm cut-offs for determining final grades. No rounding will occur in borderline situations ¨C for example, a 75% is the lowest B; a percentage of 74.9999 is a C.

 

Withdrawal Policy.

If a student withdraws from a lab, the student must withdraw from the regular course-MATH2200. Students may initiate their own withdrawals on OASIS.

 

 

 

 

Subject to change