MATH 2200L Syllabus

 

Fall 2005

 

Instructor: Zhuang, Chao

Call Number: 51-424

Room: GSRC 1023-0221

Office: 643 Boyd Graduate Studies Bldg                   

Period: 12:20PM-01:10PM Friday

Email: czhuang@math.uga.edu

Phone: (706) 542 5139 (office)

Office hours: Thursday 02:15P-04:15P, and by appointments.

 

Course Description:

The calculus labs have been designed to give you an opportunity to investigate math problems in greater depth 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: The following is a tentative schedule for the course. It is subject to change as we proceed through the material. The dates show the due day of each project. We will discuss the details of each project during the class and students are required to submit their written reports at the beginning of the class meeting on due day. This is very important since we will discuss the new project on that day. Please note that you will lose 5% for each day late.

 

            Date                                         Project

            Sep 2                           Welcome to Maple I and II

            Sep 16                         Introduction to Limits

            Sep 23                         Definition of the Derivative

            Oct 7                           Home Mortgage

            Oct 14                         Tangent Lines

            Nov 4                          Newton¡¯s Method

            Nov 18                                    Powerline through the Park

            Dec 6                           Bungee Jump

 

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 revised project in a week after you get your original one. The final score will be the average of the both.

 

 

Attendance Policy.

Full participation in the course is required. It is your responsibility to contact me in advance if you are not able to attend the class. A student may miss no more than two classes without any penalty. You must keep these opportunities 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 8 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 should begin on the beginning of the third week. Room 308 in Boyd will be open from 10 am to 2 pm Monday through Friday. Room 221 will be open Monday through Thursday evenings between 6 pm to 10 pm.

 

Changes to Syllabus.

I may need to make revisions to this syllabus as the course progresses. If the revisions are substantial, I will publish a revised syllabus to keep the class full informed.