Class Meeting Time:
Tuesday, Thursday 11:00am - 12:15pm, McBryde 332

Course Objectives:
This course covers the calculus of functions whose domain and/or range is multidimensional. The topics covered will include both differential and integral calculus of such functions: differential operators, such as the divergence and curl, integral operations, such as line integrals and surface integrals, and variations of the fundamental theorem of calculus (which relates differential calculus to integral calculus) such as Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and the Divergence theorem.

Prerequisites:
MATH 2224.

Text:
Vector Calculus, fifth edition, by Jerrold E. Marsden and Anthony J. Tromba.

Evaluation Criteria and Grading:
There will be two in-class tests announced at least a week in advance, and a comprehensive final exam. The two tests will each count 20 % and the final exam will count 30 %. There will be weekly homework assignments as well as quizzes based on the homework problems and solved examples in the textbook. Selected, but unannounced, homework problems will be collected and graded. The homework assigments and quizzes will count 30 %. A score of 90% will guarantee an A-, 80% a B-, 70% a C-, and 60% a D-.

Final Exam:
December 14, 1:05pm - 3:05pm.

Missed Work:
No make-up tests or homework assignments will be given.
If you miss a test for any reason, the percentage score of your final exam grade will be substituted for the missed test. If you do not miss any test, the percentage on the final exam will replace your lowest test if it is to your benefit.

Honor:
Students work on the in-class tests and final exam alone. There will be NO books, notes, calculators, etc. allowed on the exam. The honor code applies to all graded work in this course.

The Virginia Tech Honor System will be strictly enforced.

Special Needs:
If you need adaptations or special accomodations because of a disability (learning disability, attention deficit disorder, psychological, physical, etc.), if you have mergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.

IMPORTANT:
If you are not on the class roll that comes out after the last add date, immediately check your schedule at a terminal and start attending the proper section. For no forseeable reason (computer and registrar personnel mistakes included) will you be allowed to stay in the wrong section or to drop a section for which you are actually enrolled after the last drop date. By simply attending a section you will not be placed on its roll.
 

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