Prof. Paul Gunnells, LGRT 1115L, 413.545.6009, gunnells at math dot umass dot edu. The best way to contact me is by email, but please read this before trying to send me email.
This course is part of a 3-semester sequence (131-132-233), covering standard material on differential and integral calculus at an intermediate level: more sophisticated (and much faster moving) than high school calculus, but with less emphasis on theoretical rigor than in advanced courses such as Math 523. Instead the emphasis is on basic concepts, methods, and applications suitable for students majoring in engineering, natural sciences, computer science, and mathematics. Math 233 covers calculus of functions of more than one variable.
Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Sixth Edition. We use a custom edition of this text prepared for UMass Amherst. It is available at the Textbook annex. You will also need to purchase access to Webassign, if your instructor requires it.
There is no required calculator for the course, although many students find them helpful. You will be allowed to use a calculator on exams, but you must show all work other than arithmetic calculations.
www.math.umass.edu/~gunnells/calc/m233.html
Instructors, TA's, meeting times, and classrooms will be listed here.
The grading of the course will be as follows. There will be a final exam worth 40% and two exams during the semester worth 20% each. The final 20% of each student's grade will be determined by his or her section instructor ("Instructors 20%").
All scores will be scaled to a 0-100 scale before averaging.
The final will be cumulative, with some emphasis placed on topics covered after the second exam. You will be allowed to bring in one (single-side only) page of notes.
The date and time of the final exam will be scheduled by the university. The final will only be given at that time, and not at any other time for any reason. In particular, adjust your travel plans accordingly; planning to leave for vacation before the final exam is a bad idea.
The dates of the exams during the semester are tentatively scheduled to be the following:
(We have submitted these dates to campus scheduling and are waiting for room confirmation.) These dates and times are compliant with the academic regulations issued by the Registrar.
Please be aware of these dates and write them down in your datebook. Exams will not be given at any other time. Sections covered on an exam will be announced before the exam date. As with the final exam, you may bring in one (US Letter, single-side only) page of notes.
Makeup exams will only be given for reasons described here.
Each instructor will determine 20% of a student's course grade, based on the student's performance in such areas as homework, quizzes, projects, attendance, etc. How this portion of the grade is computed is solely up to the discretion of your instructor. In particular, different instructors may compute this portion differently.
A list of suggested homework problems can be found here. Your instructor may require you to complete these problems for the Instructor's 20%. In any case, it is important that you study these problems for several reasons:
The best way to get help is to visit your instructor's office hours. If you can't make those, try visiting the Calculus Tutoring Center, which has drop-in hours for help with Math 131, 132, and 233. Another option is to visit the Learning Resource Center, which usually has at least a few tutors who can help with 233.