MATH 2200L Syllabus
Spring Semester,
2005
Instructor: Yu, Jie
Call Number: 20-666
Room: GSRC
1023-0221
Office: 427-D Boyd
Graduate Studies Bldg
Period: 08:00A-08:50A Wednesday
Email: jyu@math.uga.edu
Phone: (706) 542 2619 (office)
Office hours: 03:35P-5:00P Monday 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: All materials can be found on website: http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab/calclab2200/.
Lab Project Schedule:
Projects
Due day
Project 1 Welcome
to Maple I and II Feb 2
Project 2 Introduction
to Limits Feb
16
Project 3 Definition
of the Derivative Mar
2
Project 4 Home
Mortgages Mar
23
Project 5 New
Project 6 The
Bungee Jump Apr
27
Please note that a late project will incur a 10% deduction.
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; I want the format of your write-up to be along the lines of the description at the bottom of:
http://www.math.uga.edu/calclab/calclab2200/intro_limits1.html;
(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 an ¡°F¡± if you miss five
classes or more without any excuse.
Course Grading.
Grades will be based on a student¡¯s performance in the 6 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.
Open Labs.
The
open labs will begin on Tuesday, January 18th. Room 308 in Boyd will
be open from
Subject to change