Math 32A, Lecture 3
Winter 2008
Lecture Meeting Time: MWF 1:00P-1:50P
Lecture Location: MS 5200

Professor:     Talia Fernós
Office:     MS 6228
Office Hours: Monday 9:30-10:30am & Wednesday 2-3pm, or by appointment (please see the comment about email at the end).

Teaching Assistants and Discussion Sessions:

    3a    MS 5117     T 1:00P-1:50P    Kree Cole-McLaughlin
    3b    HUMANTS A26     R 1:00P-1:50P    Kree Cole-McLaughlin
    3c    WGYOUNG 4216     T 1:00P-1:50P    Zaher Hani
    3d    MS 5137     R 1:00P-1:50P    Zaher Hani

Text: Stewart's Multivariable Calculus, 5th ed.

Homework: Homework will be assigned every day during lecture and is due the following Monday. This is with the exception that Monday is a holiday, in which case it is due on Wednesday. Homework assignments will also be posted on the course website:
http://www.math.ucla.edu/~talia/32a.3.08w/

Quizzes: There will be 8 quizzes. They will be administered in your discussion sessions each week except for the first week and the week of the midterm.

Midterm: Friday, Week V, February 8.
You can not reschedule  the midterm under any circumstances.

Final Exam: The final exam code is 06. If you do not take the final you will automatically fail the course. You can not reschedule it under any circumstances.

Course Grading Schemes: You will be given the best grade according to the following 2 schemes.
Scheme 1: Scheme 2:
       Homework (Drop lowest score) 15%        Homework (Drop lowest score) 15%
       Quizzes (Drop lowest score) 15%        Quizzes (Drop lowest score) 20%
       Midterm (No makeups) 20%        Final 65%
       Final 50%

      
Virtual Office Hours:
http://www.math.ucla.edu/classes/math/08w/32a.3.08w/voh/

I will occasionally check the VOH. It is more an opportunity for the class to answer eachother's questions.  Please take advantage of this resource.

Tutoring: There are various free tutoring options at your disposal and I encourage all of you to take advantage of them.

*Student Math Center @ MS 3974, re-open on Wednesday, January 9, 2008. 
  Hours: Monday through Thursday, 09:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

*Covel Tutorials (must sign up at the beginning of the quarter; it's free)
230 Covel Commons, in Sunset Village, just north of Sproul Hall.

*Covel Drop-In Tutoring M - Th, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Email: Due to students over-emailing me with questions that are answered above, I will only answer emails requesting additional office hours.

Google Calendar: If you have a gmail account (if not, you can get one for free at mail.google.com) you can search the calendar database for "Math 32a, Lecture 3". There you will find a calendar with the due dates of homework, dates of quizzes, and the midterm.
January Schedule
February Schedule
March Schedule
Syllabus:
Week I:
13.1 Three Dimensional Coordinate Systems
13.2 Vectors
13.3 Dot Product

 Week VI:
15.2 Limits and Continuity
15.3 Partial Derivatives
Week II:
13.4 Cross Product
13.5 Equations of Lines and Planes
11.1 Curves defined by parametric equations

 Week VII:
15.4 Tangent Planes and Linear Approximation
Week III:
14.1 Vector Functions
14.2 Derivatives and Integrals of Vector Functions

 Week VIII:
15.5 Chain Rule
15.6 Directional Derivatives and the Gradient Vector
Week IV:
14.3 Arc-length and curvature
15.1 Functions of several variables
13.6 Cylinders and quadric surfaces

 Week IX:
15.6 Directional Derivatives and the Gradient Vector
15.7 Maximum and Minimum Values
Week V:
15.2 Limits and Continuity
Review
Midterm

 Week X:
15.8 Lagrange Multipliers
Review
(if time permits) 14.4 Motion in space; Kepler's Laws