Math 32B Spring 2008 Syllabus

Instructor: Alex Boisvert
Textbook: Stewart, "Calculus", 5th edition.
Office: MS 6322
Office Hours: Monday 1:30-2:30
Wednesday 11:00-12:00
Friday 10:00-11:00
Class home page: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~boisvert/32b.1.08s/ or snipurl.com/22i3f

Homework:

Homework will be assigned in class on Monday and will be due in class the following Wednesday. Homework must be written neatly and stapled in the upper left-hand corner. Late homework is never accepted under any circumstances. Your lowest homework score will be dropped; however, I encourage you to turn in all the homework in case for some reason you have to miss a homework later.

Exams:

There will be two midterms: a first on April 25th and a second on May 23rd. The final exam will be given on June 10th. There are no make-up exams. You must take the final to pass the class. You must bring your student ID to the final exam.

Grading:

The homework is graded as follows: the reader will select five problems at random to grade, for 10 points each. The remaining 50 points is for completeness. If you have attempted all of the problems (not just writing down the problem number, for instance) you get 50 points, otherwise you get 0. As mentioned above, the lowest homework score is dropped.
There are two grading schema for this class: Note: Even if you get 100% on the first midterm, you are better off taking the second midterm anyway, because the final will probably be harder than the second midterm (i.e. there is no way to beat the system).

The grade for the final exam and the final grade in the class are non-negotiable.

We will be using MyUCLA (http://my.ucla.edu) for grading. All of your grades will be visible there. I recommend you keep your old homeworks and check MyUCLA periodically to make sure there has not been an error.

Course Outline

This outline is preliminary and is subject to change.


Date
Sections
Topics
3/31
16.1
Double Integrals over Rectangles
4/2
16.2
Iterated Integrals
4/4
16.3
Double Integrals over General Regions
4/7
11.4
Polar Coordinates
4/9
16.4
Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates
4/11
16.5
Applications of Double Integrals
4/14
16.6
Surface Area
4/16
16.7
Triple Integrals
4/18
13.7
Cylindrical and Spherical coordinates
4/21
16.8
 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
4/23
16.9
Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals
4/25
11.4, 13.7,
16.1-16.7
Midterm 1
4/28
16.9
Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals
4/30
17.1
Vector Fields
5/2
17.2
Line Integrals
5/5
17.2
Line Integrals
5/7
17.3
The Fundamental Theorem for Line Integrals
5/9
17.3
The Fundamental Theorem for Line Integrals
5/12
17.4
Green's Theorem
5/14
17.5
Curl and Divergence
5/16
17.5
Curl and Divergence
5/19
17.6
Parametric Surfaces
5/21
17.7
Surface Integrals
5/23
16.8, 16.9,
17.1-17.5
Midterm 2
5/28
17.8
Stokes' Theorem
5/30
17.8
Stokes' Theorem
6/2
17.9
The Divergence Theorem
6/4
17.9
The Divergence Theorem
6/6
All
Catch-up / Review