## Calculus III for Engineers and Scientists (Syllabus)

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### Instructor Information

Name: Scott Strong

Title: Teaching Professor and AMS Director of Undergraduate Studies

Office: Stratton Hall room 205 and Center for Academic Services

Office Hours: (Hosted at CASA) MTF 11am–1pm,

### Basic Course Information

Title: Calculus for Engineering III with Honors

Description: Multivariable calculus, including partial derivatives, multiple integration, and vector calculus.
Meeting Times: MTWF 9-10am (AH143), 10-11am (AH143), 1-2pm (GC263)

Textbook Information: (Recommended not required) Calculus: Early Transcendentals by Jon Rogawski, 2nd Edition

Text Resources:

• List of recommended problems (Rogawski, Stewart)[to be posted]
• Copies of the text and its solution manual are on reserve at Arthur Lakes Library
• Here [to be posted] you will find a link to a blog post about other textbooks and available resources

Primary Digital Resources:

• My webpage [You can find this by searching Scott Strong Mines in google.]
• My Calendar [This contains important dates in the academic calendar]
• A Wiki: (For static information)
• Weblog: (For dynamic information and media)
• Lon–Capa: (Digital assessments) Not sure if it will be utilized but it’s right here. Here you will find information on the Lon-CAPA system.

Grade Scale: Standard Scale $F<60\%$, $60\% \leq D < 70\%$, $70\% \leq C < 80\%$, $80\% \leq B < 90\%$, $90\% \leq A \leq 100\%$ [Do we want to use +/- grading? To be posted after vote. Update: This measure was voted down 84% to 16%. There will be not +/- grading system.]

Assessment Details: (Percent of Final Grade) Homework 20%, Quizzes (30%), Mid–Term 25% and Final 25%.

• Final Exam: (Comprehensive) After December 6th
• Mid–Term Exam: (In Class) Before the week of November 3rd and will be announced two–weeks prior
• Quizzes: (Three Total) TBD but will be announced two–weeks prior
• Homework: (Two–Components)
1. Worksheets will likely be administered in an online environment
• Pro: Computers provide instant feedback and work can be scheduled
• Con: Computers cannot think and are callous
2. A student journal will be kept and reviewed on two–week or longer cycles. A rubric will be published so that assessment expectations are clear. You will be able to use your journal on quizzes. [TBD for exams]
• Pro: Humans can think and respond thoughtfully!
• Con: Humans are slow and the schedule is more fluid

### Expectations

• On Instructor: [to be posted after vote] [Done See this post]
• On Students: [to be posted after vote][Done See this post]

Absence Policy: (See this for CSM absence policies) I will not take attendance and no part of your grade depends on it. However, as you test the waters, if you do find
yourself regularly skipping [note the difference between skipping and having to miss class to go deal with life]:

• I don’t care. I’ve go no beef with this but if you do ask for accommodations, the will likely not be granted.
• Absences cleared through Student Life will be accommodated according to the expectations they define.
• If you are dealing with life then you should let either Student Life or myself know. All personal matters are confidential and only the bear essentials need to be reported. [Discussions of this nature should not be a shakedown.]

Illness Policy: At one point the school had a website you could go to and self-report if you had the swine flu. I don’t think it exists now. I once had a student come to class with a roll of paper towels. I asked her what’s all that about, they said to me I have so much snot I don’t know what to do. Well, after getting terribly sick within weeks after, I think what you should do is stay at home in bed and/or go to the Health Center! So, the moral is, if you are too sick to come then don’t come.

Academic Integrity Policy: Here you will find the CSM Academic Integrity Policy. A highlight:

• The Colorado School of Mines affirms the principle that all individuals associated with the Mines academic community have a responsibility for establishing, maintaining and fostering an understanding and appreciation for academic integrity.

[Don’t cheat. Cheaters get beaned. FYI, I have poor aim, so you have that going for you.]

### Tentative List of Topics

1. Multivariate functions
2. Limits and Continuity
3. Partial Derivatives
4. Linear Approximations in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$
6. Extrema in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$
7. Lagrange Multipliers
8. Integration on $\mathbb{R}^{2}$
9. Integration in polar coordinates
10. Applications
11. Surface Area
12. Integration on $\mathbb{R}^{3}$
13. Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
14. Change of Variables
15. Fundamental Theorem of Calculus in Higher Dimensions
16. Applications [Diffusive and Wave Phenomenon]

17. “Good news, everyone-”
―Farnsworth
“Uh-oh, I don’t like the sound of that.”
―Bender
“You’ll be making a delivery to the planet Trisol…”
―Farnsworth
“Here it comes.”
―Bender
“A mysterious world in the darkest depths of the Forbidden Zone.”
―Farnsworth
“Thank you, and goodnight. ”
―Bender

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