Fall 00 – Math 32A/1
SYLLABUS

Table of Contents

General Information
Prerequisites
Class Meetings
Homework
Exams
Math Help
Drop Dates
Grades

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General Information

Course: Math 32A, Calculus of Several Variables

Lectures: MWF 9:00-9:50 in KNUDSEN 1220B

Instructor: Andrea Brose

Office: MS 6931

Phone: (310) 825-3049

email: abrose@math.ucla.edu

Office Hours:
M 12-1 (32A students primarily)
R 1-2
F 12-1 (33B students primarily)

Discussions:
disc.1a Mona-Lisa Stanciulescu T 9:00-9:50A MS 5127
disc.1b Wei Zhu T 9:00-9:50A MS 5147
disc.1c Mona-Lisa Stanciulescu R 9:00-9:50A MS 5117
disc.1d Wei Zhu R 9:00-9:50A MS 5138

TAs (office; office hours (subject to change)): Text: J. Marsden & A. Tromba, Vector Calculus, 4th Ed., Freeman Errata for the book used can be found here.

Prerequisites

Course Math 31B (C- or better).

Class Meetings

This course will meet four days a week. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays class will be conducted by your instructor. Please feel free to ask questions in lecture, though none regarding homework problems. I do many problems during class and I am more than happy to help you with homework problems during my office hours, by VOH or email.

On Tuesdays or Thursdays your TA will lead a discussion. In your discussion section, the TAs will do homework problems that have been turned in and answer questions, except those about homework problems that are not yet due. TAs will help with homework problems during their office hours. If time permits, the TAs will cover supplementing material to the lecture.


Homework

Homework assignments and their due dates can be found here. No late homework will be accepted.

It is crucial that you do the homework in a timely fashion. You should expect to spend at least five days each week, two hours each day on homework. Homework must be stapled, legible, and complete. Every question must be answered in the form of a complete grammatical unit, either standard English or standard math notation. For example, an answer to the question, "what is y?" could be "y = x – 37", but not just "x – 37".

Designated readers will grade the homework, though not every single problem, but just a few per assignment. The two lowest homework scores can be dropped.

Homework will be returned in your discussion section.

Exams

Date Time Location Exam
Monday, October 30th9:00-9:50 a.m. A-Mend KNUDSEN 1220B 1st Midterm
Mene-Z FRANZ 2258A
Monday, November 20th9:00-9:50 a.m. A-Mend KNUDSEN 1220B 2nd Midterm
Mene-Z FRANZ 2258A
Monday, December 11th 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ROLFE 1200 Final Exam

These times and dates are fixed in stone, so make sure now that you have no conflicting plans. No make up exams will be given. You must bring your student ID to the exams. No graphing calculators, computers, or notes are allowed during exams.

The final exam will be cumulative.


Math Help

Besides the Professor's and TA's office hours additional help is available M-R 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in the Student Math Center located in MS 3974, where undergraduates math majors as well as graduate math majors will be able to help you with mathematics.
Other tutoring resources are:

Drop Dates

For non-impacted courses only:
By Friday of 2nd Week:Phone URSA (208-0425)
No fee, no transcript notation.
By Friday of 4th Week:Phone URSA (208-0425)
$3 fee, no transcript notation.
By Friday of 10th Week:Instructor's signature required.
Forms avaliable in A-316 Murphy.
$13 fee, transcript notation.

Grades

Homework determines 10%, the two midterms each determine 20% and the final exam determines 50% of your final grade.
If you miss one midterm, the other still determines 20% and the final exam 70% of your final grade.
If you miss both midterms, the final exam determines 90% of your final grade.
If you miss the final exam, you fail the class.

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