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MAC2313 - Spring 2019 - Syllabus

This document provides information about Professor Luis Rodriguez's Calculus III course at Miami Dade College InterAmerican Campus. It outlines course details like meeting times, textbooks, grading policies, and competencies. Tests will be worth 85% of the grade, with three tests at 28.33% each. Homework on MyMathLab is worth the remaining 15%. The course will cover topics like vectors, surfaces, vector functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, and vector calculus.

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MAC2313 - Spring 2019 - Syllabus

This document provides information about Professor Luis Rodriguez's Calculus III course at Miami Dade College InterAmerican Campus. It outlines course details like meeting times, textbooks, grading policies, and competencies. Tests will be worth 85% of the grade, with three tests at 28.33% each. Homework on MyMathLab is worth the remaining 15%. The course will cover topics like vectors, surfaces, vector functions, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, and vector calculus.

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Miami Dade College

InterAmerican Campus
Mathematics Department
MAC2313 – Calculus III

Instructor: Professor Luis Rodriguez Office: 1361


E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 305-237-6092
Website: http://faculty.mdc.edu/lrodri25/

Reference Number: 5627


Meeting Days/Times: TR 10:40am – 12:20pm
Room: 6024-10

Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals


Textbook: 14th Edition
Thomas

TESTING AND GRADING POLICY: There will be three (3) tests worth 28.33% each (for a total of
85% of your grade) and online homework assigned on MyMathLab which will be worth 15%.

NOTE: There is no cumulative final exam and so as a result you must take all three tests and do well on all
of them in order to do well on the class.

Test 1 28.33%
Test 2 28.33%
Test 3 28.33%
MyMathLab Homework 15%

Grading Policy:
90 – 100 = A
80 – 89 = B
70 – 79 = C
60 – 69 = D
0 – 59 = F

Note: If you are caught cheating on a test (using your phone or a cheat sheet etc) your test will be taken away
and a grade of zero will be given.

Seating: I reserve the right to change your seating position in any lecture and/or test.

I reserve the right to make changes as needed. Any changes will be announced in class and by email as early as possible.
Attendance:
Attendance is highly encouraged. Roll will be taken at every class session. Students are responsible for all
material covered in class even if they are absent for a valid reason. If you miss 3 or more classes I may drop
you from class.

Math Lab:
The math lab is located at the STEM Success Center. There are tutors available who can help you with any
class material and/or homework. This is a free service to the students.

Homework:
MyMathLab Course ID: rodriguez35741
Homework will be assigned for each section covered in class. Each chapter contains several sections. The
homework will always be due the day of the test.

Withdrawal Policy:
If you decide to withdraw from this course, it is your responsibility to do so before the official withdraw date
in order to receive a grade of “W”. However, I periodically purge my class roster. If you are excessively
absent (up to my discretion) and do not inform me of a reason, you may be purged from the class.

Electronic Devices:
Electronic devices must be on silent or be turned off before class. If you receive an important phone call that
you must answer, never do so while in class. Please step out of the class first.

Calculators:
You may use a scientific calculator. Graphing calculators will not be allowed on exams.

Incompletes:
Incompletes will be given only in very limited circumstances. The student must have a passing average and
have a serious personal illness, family death, or unexpected crisis.

I reserve the right to make changes as needed. Any changes will be announced in class and by email as early as possible.
Course Outline:
Note: the following outline denotes the order the material will be
covered. No dates are pre-set as it is usually impossible to abide
by them perfectly.

Three-Dimensional Coordinate System


Vectors
Lines and Planes in Space
Quadric Surfaces Test #1
Vector Functions (Curves in Space)
Tangent and Normal Vectors of a Curve

Functions of Several Variables


Partial Derivatives
The Chain Rule Test #2
Directional Derivatives and Gradient Vectors
Tangent Planes and Linearization
Extreme Values and Saddle Points

Double Integrals
Triple Integrals
Line Integrals
Vector Fields and Line Integrals Test #3
Conservative Fields and Potential Functions
Green’s Theorem

I reserve the right to make changes as needed. Any changes will be announced in class and by email as early as possible.
Course Competencies:
Course Competencies:

Competency 1: The Student will demonstrate knowledge of three-dimensional vectors and surfaces by

a. computing sums, differences, scalar multiples, and magnitudes of three-dimensional vectors


b. computing dot products and cross products of three-dimensional vectors
c. solving applied problems using dot and cross products
d. determining equations of lines and planes in three dimensions
e. determining equations of quadric surfaces
f. representing points and surfaces in cylindrical and spherical coordinates

Competency 2: The Student will demonstrate knowledge of curves in space by

a. representing curves as vector-valued functions


b. representing curves parametrically
c. representing curves as intersections of two surfaces
d. computing limits, derivatives and integrals of vector-valued functions
e. computing the velocity and the acceleration of a particle moving along a curve in three-space

Competency 3: The Student will demonstrate knowledge of partial differentiation by

a. computing partial derivatives of any order of functions of two or more variables


b. applying appropriate chain rules to compute partial derivatives and total derivatives
c. computing gradients of functions of two or more variables
d. computing directional derivatives of functions of two or more variables
e. determining the direction in which the directional derivative of a function at a point is maximized or
minimized
f. determining equations of tangent planes and normal lines to a surface at a given point of the surface
g. finding extrema of functions of two or more variables

Competency 4: The Student will demonstrate knowledge of multiple integration by

a. evaluating double and iterated integrals in rectangular and polar coordinates


b. solving applied problems involving double integrals
c. evaluating triple and iterated integrals in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates
d. solving applied problems involving triple integrals

Competency 5: The Student will demonstrate knowledge of vector calculus by

a. computing the divergence and curl of a vector field


b. determining the potential function of a conservative vector field
c. computing line integrals over oriented curves
d. solving applied problems involving line integrals
e. determining whether a line integral is independent of path
f. evaluating line integrals using Green’s Theorem
g. evaluating surface integrals

I reserve the right to make changes as needed. Any changes will be announced in class and by email as early as possible.

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