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Calculus & Mathematica with emphasis towards Engineering
Mee Seong Im (FALL 11 - MATH220 E8, 1-1:50pm, Mondays to Fridays)
Email Address:
mim2 (at) math.uiuc.edu
[OR] mim2 (at) illinois.edu
Office Address:
346 Illini Hall, 725
South Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Office: 217-333-6328
Class Assistants
Stephen Berning, sberning [at] illinois.edu, 155 Altgeld Hall
Siti Sarah Ghazali, ghazali2 [at] illinois.edu
Zi Prince Wang, ziwang2 [at] illinois.edu
Who to contact for help?
Administrative Concerns: Mee Seong Im
Questions on Mathematica commands: Wolfram, classmates, Office Hours, Sarah or Prince
Questions on the mathematics: classmates, Office Hours or
tutoring
Questions on or disputing Attendance or HW grades: Sarah, Prince or Stephen
Posting weekly HW problems on ClassComm [on Friday afternoons]: Stephen Berning
Technology used in this class
Math Department Grade Book: to view your class averages
Mathematica 8 Software
NetMath Courseware: an interactive textbook, need Mathematica to run it
ClassComm
Welcome to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This is the course website.
This course is designed so that you can learn calculus by exploring interactively
using Mathematica, rather than by reading a textbook or listening to lectures.
Learning mathematics by discovering it yourself is an essential aspect of this course.
This is a mathematics class, not a computer programming class. The C&M lessons are carefully written
so that you do not need to memorize many of the Mathematica commands. It is suggested that you copy and paste
commands that you need within each lesson and then make minor changes to the commands.
Classroom and Office Hours
We meet in room 239 Altgeld
Hall on MTRF and we meet in room 445 Altgeld Hall on Wednesdays for
in-class discussions.
We meet in room 239 Altgeld
Hall on MWF and we meet in room 445 Altgeld Hall on Tuesdays and
Thursdays for lectures and in-class discussions.
In-class discussions will include applied mathematics problems related to each lesson.
These problems will be provided in the form of a worksheet and they are not to be submitted.
You are not required to attend Office Hours
but I strongly urge you to make use of them if you need extra help.
For some information on departmental and private tutoring, go here.
These tutoring services are in no way affiliated with this class.
Class Schedule
If you cannot make it to any of these OH's, then set up an appointment with any of us.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1-1:50pm: 239 AH with MSI (lab) 6-9pm: 341 AH Free drop-in tutoring (bring questions) |
12-1pm: 239 AH Sarah's OH 1-1:50pm: 239 AH with MSI (lecture & discussion) 2:30-3:30pm: 239 AH Prince's OH 6-9pm: 341 AH Free drop-in tutoring (bring questions) |
1-1:50pm: 239 AH with MSI (lab) 2-3pm: 239 AH Mee Seong's OH 6-9pm: 341 AH Free drop-in tutoring (bring questions) |
1-1:50pm: 445 AH with SB (problem session) 2-3pm: 239 AH Stephen's OH 6-9pm: 341 AH Free drop-in tutoring (bring questions) |
1-1:50pm: 239 AH with SB (lab) |
Course Material
TI-calculators are not required for this course but you do need to purchase the Mathematica 8 Software (Student Version) and NetMath Courseware. You must bring writing utensils and paper/notebook to class. Since this is not in the format of a traditional learning environment, you are expected to be a proactive learner, coming to class prepared, keeping up with all the assignments, and seeking your peers, the Class Assistants, and myself for help.
The course syllabus includes these lessons from the electronic text NetMath Courseware:
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Aug 22-23 Aug 24-26 Aug 29-Sept 2 Sept 6-9 Sept 12-16 Sept 19-23 Sept 26-30 Oct 3-7 Oct 10-14 Oct 17-21 Oct 24-28 Oct 31-Nov 4 Nov 7-11 Nov 14-18 Nov 28-Dec 2 Dec 5-7 Dec 16 |
Feel of Mathematica 1.01 Growth 1.01 Growth 1.02 Natural Logs and Exponentials 1.03 Instantaneous Growth Rates 1.04 Rules of the Derivative 1.05 Using the Tools Exam 1 Week (Exam 1 will cover 1.01-1.05) 1.06 The Differential Equations of Calculus [Solving differential equations] 1.07 The Race Track Principle 1.08 More Differential Equations [Euler's Method and interactions of Predator-Prey curves] 1.09 Parametric Plotting [Parametrization of curves in 2-space & in 3-space, parametrization of surfaces, the cycloid] 2.01 Integrals for Measuring Area 2.02 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus [and all properties and techniques of integration] 2.03 Measurements [Integration by Parts, Density, Work, Arc Length, Surface of Revolution] Exam 2 Week (Exam 2 will cover 1.06-1.09, 2.01-2.02) Cumulative Final Exam, 1:30-4:30pm |
You are responsible for all four parts of each computer lesson:
1. Basics.nb
2. Tutorials.nb
3. GiveItaTry.nb [Homework problems will be assigned from these files and will be posted on ClassComm. See below for more details.]
4. Literacy.nb [These files contain extra practice problems that you should attempt by hand or by using using Mathematica. These are not to be collected.]
We will spend most of our class time working through the computer lessons and homework assignments.
Calendar
Information on Grades
10% Attendance and Class Participation
40% Homework
20% In-class Exam 1
20% In-class Exam 2
10% Cumulative Final Exam
The Math Department Grade Book will be updated each week with all your grades. There will be no curve and the following is the cut-off of your grades:
98-100.00 A+
93-97.99 A
90-92.99 A-
88-89.99 B+
83-87.99 B
80-82.99 B-
78-79.99 C+
73-77.99 C
70-72.99 C-
68-69.99 D+
63-67.99 D
60-62.99 D-
< 60 F
Attendance and Class Participation
Sarah or Prince will randomly visit our class and take attendance two or three times each week. If, however, you have submitted your homework for that week and you are absent the day Sarah or Prince is taking attendance, she or he will give you full credit for that day. This portion of your grade will be listed as pr* in the Math Department Grade Book and each pr* grade will be out of 10 points.
I understand that unforeseen circumstances do occur from time to time. For that reason, I will drop two pr* grades at the end of the semester.
Homework
How to save and submit your weekly homework? The Class Assistants and I will demonstrate this procedure during the first two weeks of classes but all assignments should be saved and submitted to ClassComm by the due date. I encourage you to exchange cell phone numbers and collaborate on homework as discussion of the course material is an essential part of this course. Form groups of two or three students and submit one homework set per group with all names on the homework assignment. It should be saved on the ClassComm server by 2pm on Fridays. Use complete English sentences to explain your solutions. By explaining your work, we hope that you will learn to use the vocabulary of MATH220 and provide yourselves with study aids written in your own words. Think about what you want to say and reread problems after you finish them.
If your group was unable to submit your homework by the time it is due, you must send an email to Sarah or Prince with an explanation. Late HW may or may not be penalized. Each HW set will be graded out of 20 points and returned to ClassComm with some feedback and your grade. Problems will be graded for style and clarity as well as correctness of the solution, so be sure to use text cells explaining the mathematics. Email Sarah or Prince with questions on the grading. I will not drop any HW grades, but instead, your lowest HW grade will be replaced with your highest HW grade at the end of the semester. Since your password is your netid the first time you log-in to ClassComm, I suggest that you change your password as soon as possible.
Lastly, it is in your best interest to not split up the homework problems among the members of your group, but instead, go through all the problems together as a team. Any homework problem is fair game for test material.
Helpful Homework Advice
Save your work on a regular basis as computers do crash, which may result in you losing all your work. At the end of each day, do not leave your work saved onto the Mcintosh desktop as everything will be erased when you log out of your machine.
Exams
Electronics (including calculators, Mathematica, phones, ipod, ipad, etc) are not allowed and all exams are in-class and closed book. They will be in the form of paper-and-pencil. You only need to bring pens and/or pencils as paper will be provided on the exam day. We will review in class a few days before each exam and I may provide you with practice exam problems, which you should go over with your classmates or with the Class Assistants.
Makeup exams will only be given if you notify the instructor of a conflict before the exam and provide the instructor with a letter or an email from appropriate authority [for example, the Emergency Dean, an academic counselor]. It is completely the instructor's discretion whether or not there will be any penalty assessed for your absence from the exam.
Our final exam is on December 16, 1:30-4:30pm. Since university regulations are very strict about taking the final at the required time, please make your end-of-the-semester travel plans accordingly.
Special Accommodation
If you are a DRES student, please provide the instructor with official documentation from DRES.
Lab Hours
The lab in 239 AH will be open from 8AM-4PM between Mon-Fri and 7-9PM between Sun-Thurs. The lab in 24 IH is only open when classes are present. Most instructors do not mind if other C&M students use the lab during their classes. Please do not bring food or drinks to the lab.
Getting a credit in MATH290
Every C&M student is entitled to take MATH290 once at no extra cost to your tuition bill. If you have not already taken it, you can take it this semester, or another semester that you are enrolled in a C&M course. It is a one-hour course that gives you credit for learning the Mathematica language. (You are going to be learning this language anyway as you take a C&M course, so you may as well get credit for it.)
Progress in this class is demonstrated by regular submission of homework in an ordinary C&M course. Submitting all homework is sufficient to get an A in this course. Make sure that you sign up for the section of this course that matches with MATH220; our Symbolic Computation Lab course has CRN 57099. Talk to Debra Woods in 108 AH [dwoods2 (at) illinois.edu] if you need more details.
Respect
Each person in the room has the privilege to learn and share opinions, and any form of discrimination will not be tolerated. Please respect everyone in the lab, value differing ideas, and keep an open mind.
Academic Dishonesty
The student's academic integrity code can be found in the Student Code Article 1 Part 4. In accordance with these policies, the penalty that an instructor is permitted to impose for cheating of any kind on any graded material or calculator policy violation in this class is anything up to immediate failure of the course and a letter placed in the student's permanent school file. SUCH ACTIONS CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR CAREER WELL BEYOND YOUR UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING. Integrity is something you should protect.
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of Mathematics 273 Altgeld Hall, MC-382 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 USA Telephone: (217) 333-3350 Fax: (217) 333-9576 Email: office@math.uiuc.edu Last Updated: August 16, 2011 |