Vector Analysis - 67897 - MATH 311 - 003 Fall 2023
Hybrid Instructional Method.
| Type | Time | Days | Where | Date Range | Schedule Type | Instructors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-Face Plus | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | T | Dane Smith Hall 226 | Aug 21, 2023 - Dec 16, 2023 | Lecture | Dimiter Vassilev (P) |
| Online | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | R | Online MS Teams | Aug 21, 2023 - Dec 16, 2023 | Lecture |
Instructor: Dimiter Vassilev Office : SMLC 326 Email: vassilev@unm.edu Phone Number: 505 277 2136
Office Hours: I will have office hours through Microsoft Teams on M 4pm-5pm and Th 9:30am-10:30am. You can join using the link in Teams or the link that appears in your Outlook or Teams calendar. You can also send me an email to arrange a meeting or stop by my office if you have a quick question.
Please note the following information. This page will not be updated beyond August 28, 2023. You should join the class MS Team and follow the information there. You need to be registered for the course with a @unm.edu email. Any other email will disable features of Microsoft Teams. I have sent you by email a link to join the MATH311 team. Please follow it in order to request access. You can find the link to join the team in Canvas as well. I will drop from the class all students who do not request access to Microsoft Teams by Friday, September 9 or do not come to class during this period. The remote class on Thursday will be through MS Teams. Homework, including submission, and and the commucation of all course information will rely on MS Teams and OneNote. I will assume that you have already passed Calculus III and can solve the following problems from the Review for the standard Calculus III class at UNM. In particular, I will go very fast over the material that has been covered in Calculus III.
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Catalog Course Description. Vector algebra, lines, planes; vector valued functions, curves, tangent lines, arc length, line integrals; directional derivative and gradient; divergence, curl, Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems, geometric interpretations. Prerequisite: Undergraduate level MATH 2531 Minimum Grade of C or Undergraduate level MATH 2530 Minimum Grade of C or Undergraduate level MATH 264 Minimum Grade of C.
Text: Introduction to Vector Analysis by H. F. Davies and A. D. Snider, 7th Edition, Hawkes Publishing, ISBN: 0-697-16099-8. Additional books of interest: 1. Susan Jane Colley, Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition; 2. M.R. Spiegel, Schaum’s Outlines-Vector Analysis, McGraw-Hill; 3. Paul C. Matthews, Vector Calculus, Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, 1998, Springer-Verlag London, eBook ISBN 978-1-4471-0597-8, Softcover ISBN, 978-3-540-76180-8
Semester Deadline Dates: https://registrar.unm.edu/semester-deadline-dates/fall-2023.html
Collaboration. I encourage you to work with your peers and me on the homework, provided you write up and submit your own solutions in your own words. I will have in-person office hours if you prefer to stop by my office. I will also have office hours through Microsoft Teams.
Homework. Homework is due every Tuesday at the beginning of the class. I encourage you to work on the homework with your classmates, but you are required to write up your own solutions in your own words. To help the grader, please write your solutions neatly using correct grammar and mathematical notation (no points will be given for work that the reader cannot follow). The ten best homework grades will be used in computing the homework score. Please do not turn-in late homework as it will not be accepted. The syllabus also lists recommended homework problems. These are NOT to be handed in. Work as many as it takes for you to understand the material. Keep all your homework together in a folder for easy reference. You should see me as early and as often as necessary if you are having difficulties with the homework problems.
Exams. The exam dates are given in the schedule posted in the class OneNote. The Final Exam date is set by UNM, see https://schedule.unm.edu/final-exams/final_exam/fall2023.pdf. No makeup exams will be given unless you contact me ahead of time with a documented “university authorized absence”, including, but not limited to illness, family emergency, active participation in scholarly or athletic events. Exams may include some multiple-choice questions testing very specific skills or concepts. The exams will be predominantly based on homework and in-class problems. Students having conflicts with the examination schedule must notify me before TBD. Any student having more than three examinations scheduled in any one day may notify the instructor of the last examination listed. If notified before TBD, I shall make arrangements to give a special examination. Conflicts arising as a result of scheduling out of normal hours-pattern or day sequences must be resolved by the instructor of the off-pattern courses.
Assessment (including grading). You should think of most of the work during the semester including homework and exams as means for feedback and learning. This will be reflected in the grading policy. I will drop about 25%-30% of the lowest homework scores. The Final Exam score will replace the midterm score if the latter is lower than the Final Exam score. The final grade will be determined using the following weights: homework (30%), one midterm (35%) and a final exam (35%). There will be some opportunities for bonus points which will only be announced in class. If you are not present you will miss these opprtunities.
Although a small curve might be used, 90%, 80% or 70% of the possible maximum points guarantees at least an A, B or C, respectively.
Accommodations: UNM is committed to providing equitable access to learning opportunities for students with documented disabilities. As your instructor, it is my objective to facilitate an inclusive classroom setting, in which students have full access and the opportunity to participate. To engage in a confidential conversation about the process of requesting reasonable accommodations for this class and/or program, please contact Accessibility Resource Center at arcsrvs@unm.edu or by phone at 505-277-3506.
Support: Contact me by email or in office hours and contact Accessibility Resource Center (https://arc.unm.edu/) at arcsrvs@unm.edu (505) 277-3506.
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