20407 DIXIE STATE COLLEGE - - Spring 2009
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Course Number: MATH 2210 Course Title: Multivariable Calculus
Section Number: 01 Meeting Time: MWF 8:00 – 8:50 AM
Room Number: NIB 136 Jan 5 to Apr 27
Instructor: Ross Decker Office Room Number: NIB 139
Office Phone Number: 652-7763 Office Hours: 10:00-10:50 Daily (or by appointment)
Text: Calculus—Concepts and Contexts (3rd Edition) Author: James Stewart
Prerequisites: C or better in MATH 1220
Exam dates and points possible are as follows:
Exam 11A Jan 16-21 100 points
Exam 11B Jan 30 – Feb 3 100 points
Exam 12A Feb 13-18 100 points
Exam 12B Mar 6-10 100 points
Exam 13A Mar 27-31 100 points
Exam 13B Apr 15-17 100 points
Final Exam April 27 (7:30-9:30) 200 points
Homework (5 points per assignment) 125 points
TOTAL POINTS: 925 points
ATTENDANCE: Any student who misses the first two days of class will be dropped from the class.
DISHONESTY: If it is determined that you cheated, you will receive a zero for that exam.
If cheating occurs a second time, you will receive an F for the course.
DISABILITIES: If you are a student with a medical, psychological, or learning disability, and would like accommodations or think
you might have a disability, contact the Disability Resource Center (652-7516) in the Student Services Center, Room 201. The
Disability Resource Center will determine eligibility based on your professional documentation and determine the appropriate
accommodations related to your disability.
GRADES: Your semester grade will be based on the following scale: A(92-100%), A-(89-92%), B+(86-89%),
B(82-86%), B-(79-82%), C+(76-79%), C(72-76%), C-(69-72%), D+(66-69%), D(62-66%), D-(59-62%), F(0-59%)
GENERAL REMARKS: It is the responsibility of each student to make time each day to read the text, attempt all homework
problems, study for exams, and get extra help. Your work should be neat and easily read. Problems will be graded more for the
work shown than for the final answer. Assignments should be considered a minimum and many students should work additional
problems to reach mastery. Course schedules, assignments, and exam dates are subject to change as circumstances dictate.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
All mathematics classes at Dixie State College will:
1. Require students to perform mathematical processes including fractions, percentages, decimals,
proportions/rations, algebraic equations and/or calculus techniques.
2. Provide students with application problems that use a variety of methods including arithmetical, algebraic, and geometric methods.
3. Challenge students to make inferences from mathematical models that include formulas, graphs, and tables.
4. Provide students with real-life applications that use a variety of mathematical functions.
Upon successful completion of MATH 2210, a student will demonstrate through testing, the ability to:
1. Use plane and space vectors to solve applications in geometry and physics.
2. Use space curves to analyze the motion of an object.
3. Use contour diagrams to analyze the behavior of a function of several variables.
4. Use partial derivatives to solve optimization problems.
5. Set up and compute double and triple integrals in order of integration using rectangular coordinates.
6. Set up and compute double and triple integrals using polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates.
7. Use line integrals to compute the work done by a vector field along a curve.
8. Use surface integrals to compute the flux of a vector field through a surface.
9. Use multiple integrals to calculate some line and surface integrals.
