MAA4102 Syllabus

* Advanced Calculus MAA 4102
Fall Semester 2007 		Special Information
WHO Instructor: David C. Wilson.

Office: 464 Little Hall.

Phone: 392-0281 ext 253

Office Hours: MWF 3rd Period, 9:30-10:30AM, or by appointment

 Special Accommodations:

Students requesting classroom accommodations or special arrangements during examinations must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the instructor when requesting accommodation.
GOALS The purpose of this course is to study calculus in more depth. In particular, mathematical rigor will be an important aspect of the course. By the end of the course, the student will be expected to be able to prove theorems. The two main themes for this subject are connectedness and compactness. While applications will be introduced throughout the semester,

Class Notes Available on the Class Website
TOPICS:

  • Convergent Sequences
  • Subsequences
  • Series
  • Functions
  • Limits of Functions
  • Continuity
  • Differentiation
  • Mean Value Theorems
  • Monotone Functions
  • Integration
  • Taylor’s Theorem
  • Polynomial Interpolation
Academic Honesty:

Code of Student Conduct . The university has a policy on academic honesty, which may be found in the University of Florida Rules 6C1-4. In particular, students must refrain from cheating, not make their work available for cheating, give due credit and citation for any quoted work, and make only fair use of copyrighted materials and software. You are expected to write exams on your own. You are allowed to work with others on homework problems–including the ones to be handed in.
TESTS TESTING & GRADING:

There will be three exams during the term and a final exam. The final exam will be given on the date and at the time published in the semester’s course publication. 

Hour Exam                          100
Hour Exam                          100
Hour Exam                          100
Homework (&possible quizes)         50
Final Exam                         200
Total                              550

GRADES:

  1. Each homework problem is worth -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether it is undone, incorrect, or correct. Students ARE encouraged to work together on the homework problems.
  2. If 1/2 of a student’s score on the final exam exceeds his/her lowest hour exam score, then this lowest score is replaced by 1/2 of the final exam score. As a consequence make-up exams will rarely be given.
  3. The instructor reserves the right to give unannounced quizes. The points from these quizes will be included with the homework points.

LOWER bounds for letter grades.
Let T = the total points possible.
Let N = the number of points you earned.

  • If N > MIN(0.90 T, 495), then Grade = A.
  • If N > MIN(0.80 T, 440), then Grade = B.
  • If N > MIN(0.70 T, 385), then Grade = C.
  • If N > MIN(0.60 T, 330), then Grade = D.
 Other Issues:

  • Regular attendance is expected.
  • “Extra credit assignments” may be given throughout the term.
  • Incomplete grades are assigned only for extreme situations.
  • Calculators are NOT permitted during examinations.

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This page was created on 23 August 2007.