Math 203: Calculus 3 with Computers
Multivariate and Vector Calculus
Fall 2011
Instructor: Dr. Cleary
E-mail: cleary@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Office: NAC 8134
Phone: 650-5122
Office Hours: current office hours kept updated at this link
and by appointment
Course documents and links:
Announcements:
- Final exams are not returned, but if you are interested in seeing your exam, those will be available to see during my office hours next semester.
- Final exams graded, all scores and grades on Blackboard. Congratulations to those who did well, and good luck to those who still have other finals to take.
- Final exam will be in Aronow Theater in the NAC (room 1214, apparently), Monday, December 19 from 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm. Seats are assigned on Blackboard- check there. Arrive early for the final and find your seat and get settled.
- Please check on Blackboard for your recorded homework scores- if you have any homework scores which are not recorded there, you must notify me by Thursday 12/15 to get that updated.
- You may find this grade calculuator helpful to answer the question "What do I need to get on the final to get a B?" for example.
- Exam 3 grades, scores on Blackboard.
- Remember section MM has regular lecture from 12-1 on Friday Dec 9, the day of the MATLAB exams.
- Solutions for exam 3 on Blackboard.
- MATLAB exam seating schedule on Blackboard, as an annoucement there.
- MATLAB final details: There will be 4 possible seatings at the following times, all on Friday Dec 9th:
- 10:00-10:35
- 10:40-11:15
- 11:20-11:55
- 1:00-1:35
Please send email to request a spot in one of the seatings, indicating at least one second preference.
I will make an effort to accommodate all requests.
LL students have priority for the #1 time spot, and MM students have priority for the #4 time spot. Students who do not send email stating a preference will be assummed to be OK with any of the four possible times.
- Departmental final will be Monday, December 19 from 1:00 pm - 3:15 pm, room TBA.
- MATLAB final coming up. Will be Dec 9th.
- Exam 3 coming up, Dec 6th. Will cover up to 8.5.
- Class and office hours cancelled Nov 17th.
- Tuesday, Nov 22nd is a Thursday as far as CCNY goes. So section LL meets but section MM does not.
- Exam 2 graded and returned, scores on Blackboard. If you got a score less than 70 on exam 2, I suggest visiting during office hours to discuss your prospects for passing the course.
- Exam 2 covers material up to 12.4 as well as the material in 13.6 that we have covered.
- Friday, Oct 21st: bonus 9:30am-9:50am office hour to help prepare for exam 2
- Handout on symmetry is here.
- Exam 2 coming up, Nov 1st.
- For those who have never seen a round pizza cut into square pieces, here is a picture. Such pizzas are possibly created
by fiendish devices such as this one.
- Friday, Oct 14th: bonus office hours at 9:30am, before the 10am class.
- Tuesday, Oct 4th: Friday classes meet, so we have lab.
- Exam 1 graded, scores on Blackboard.
- No class on Thursday, Sept 29th or Friday Sept 30th as CCNY classes do no meet in observance of the Rosh Hashanah holiday.
- Bonus office hours to prepare for exam 1: Thurs Sept 22nd: 11am-11:50am, 2:30-4pm Fri Sept 23 9-9:45am
- Exam 1 coming up, Tuesday Sep 27th. Covers 10.1-10.7, the part of 13.6 that we did, and 11.1 to 11.5.
- Section MM now meets in NAC 1511E on Tuesdays, 11am-12:40pm
- Blackboard is now available. MATLAB HW is available there as quizzes, under "Assignments".
- First homework due Tuesday, Aug 30th
- First class meets Friday, Aug 26th
- Homework assignments usually due each Tuesday
- Previous semesters departmental final exams and our MATLAB manual
Homework Assignments
Upcoming Front Row Duty
MATLAB News:
- Blackboard has been having some CUNY-wide problems which have made it difficult to take the online quizzes ("system error" and blank pages, for example.) So deadlines have been moved forward to accommodate that.
- MATLAB HW9 (9.2, 9.3, 9.4) and then complete on Blackboard before 11:55pm, Fri Nov 11th
- MATLAB HW8 (8.2, 8.3) and then complete on Blackboard before 11:55pm, Fri Nov 4th
- MATLAB HW7 (7.2, 7.4, 7.5) and then complete on Blackboard before 11:55pm, Fri Oct 28th
- MATLAB HW6 (6.1) and then complete on Blackboard before 11:55pm, Fri Oct 21st
- MATLAB HW5 (5.2, 5.3) and then complete on Blackboard before 11:55pm, Fri Oct 14th
- MATLAB HW4 (4.2, 4.3, 4.5) and then complete on Blackboard before 11:55pm, Fri Oct 7th
- MATLAB HW3 (3.1-3.4) and then take MATLAB quiz 3 before 11:55pm, Fri Sept 23
- MATLAB HW2 (2.1, 2.3) and then take MATLAB quiz 2 before 11:55pm, Fri Sept 16th
- MATLAB HW1 (1.2, 1.4, 1.5) then take MATLAB quiz 1 before 11:55pm, Fri Sept 9th -now due Sep 15th.
- MATLAB HWs will be on Blackboard as online quizzes.
- We will be using MATLAB for the computer assignments.
Tutoring:
- Tutoring will be available at the
Math Help Desk in Science 418 and in the
Engineering tutoring center in Steinman 2M5.
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