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Textbook and Matherial
Vector Calculus,
Marsden & Tromba 4th edition, publisher - Freeman.
Take care to look at correct problem sets for no-credits home work.
There is an (optional)
Study Guide for Vector Calculus by K.Pao & F.Soon
containing major formulae and solutions to selected problems.
It could be useful but it is not really necessary and I didn't
order it.
We will be covering all the length of Marsden & Tromba. Some of the
starred sections which are technical will not be done in depth (or even
skipped) but we don't mind if you read them. In general the emphasis in
this course will be on solving problems rather than on theory, but problem
solving based on a solid grasp of the concepts involved, rather than
cookbook recipes. You will also be expected to know the statements of
the theorems that will be covered in class and be able to explain what
they mean intuitively. You will not be asked to prove theorems but some
of the problems will be of a theoretic nature, asking you to prove
something, usually as a straight forward application of some of the
theorems.
An understanding of some linear algebra and the ability to visualize and
draw (perhaps crudely) 3-dimensional figures is essential in this course.
We will be covering this material in chapter 1 but if you have not had
linear algebra before you will have to work especially hard on this
chapter in order to become comfortable with the ideas soon.
Tutorials
There is no tutorial in the schedule. However, we will try to arrange them and
they will be announced as soon as possible.
Evaluation
There will be 6 GHA (Graded Home Assignments), of equal value, 2% of the final
mark each (12% together), 3 term tests, 2 hours each (out of regular classes hours,
with two sittings 4-6 and 6-8) of the equal value 16% of the final mark each
(48% together), and the final exam which contributes 40% of the final mark.
| Fall |
| Spring |
|
| GHA 1 (Sep) | 02% | GHA 4 (Jan) | 02%
|
| GHA 2 (Oct) | 02% | GHA 5 (Feb) | 02%
|
| TT 1 (end of Oct) | 16% | TT 3 (Feb) | 16%
|
| GHA 3 (Nov) | 02% | GHA 6 (March) | 02%
|
| TT 2 (Dec: Winter Exam Session) | 16% |
|
| Subtotal: | 38% | Subtotal: | 22%
|
| | Final Exam (Spring Exam Session) | 40%
|
(See TestSchedule and
News for exact dates when they will be available\)
Make-up
If you missed the test or home work due to
really good reasons (from instructor' point of view!) you should contact us as
soon as possible (phone and e-mail are OK) and make-up will be arranged
if possible. Otherwise, your mark will be rescaled (subject to instructor's
discretion). If your case is not so noble or if you failed to contact instructor
promptly (one week after test or dead-line is OK but this period could be
extended in some cases) you will get a make-up or rescaling with 10% or
20% reduction of your score for this test (subject to instructor's discretion again).
The grading of GHAs and Term Tests is done by TA and
you should contact them first if you have related questions.
If you came to course later
Contact instructor as soon as possible!
If you have a problem
Contact instructor as soon as possible!
Don't let you problem grow-up until it will be mature and hard-to-solve!
Problem Sets
The problem sets (usually consisting of problems from the textbook) will
be assigned weekly. These problems will be not submitted for marking.
Students must do these weekly problems in order to prepare themselves
for the GHAs and term tests. We will try to provide answers
for them on the same. Remember: it is very important to solve all
the suggested problems. You can trap yourself frequently
applying the rule "I know how to solve this problem,
ergo I shouldn't waste the time solving it".
Final Exam
Usually at the end of April. The procedure is completely determined by
University policy. No frills! No early sitting, make-up and you will not get
your papers back unless you pay some fee (instructors don't get their fair
share; actually they didn't get any share of this fee at all)
Solutions
will be provided after the tests shortly (including
final exam).
Marks management
Is done by Professor Victor Ivrii
In our records we don't distinguish between day and night students.
As soon as your tests are graded I put the
marks in the Master-File (or rather bunch of them) in my computer.
Further, I put marks for every final exam problem in the Master-File. Note,
that only this file is used for the final mark calculation. But errors are
possible: TA can make problems grading errors, I have yet to see TA who
is proficient in arithmetics and I make typing errors. To find errors you
must browse your marks in my office or on-line; further you
must get your paper, check TA marking, arithmetics and compare
master-file mark with the real one. To correct the error you should
bring the paper to my office (SS 4057; to be sure that I make a correction). I can
correct TA errors in mark calculation only; for grading discussions you
must contact TA first. Note, that you should get your paper and
check it and browse your mark-on-line!
Marks-on-line
You can browse your personal marks via WWW (URL is
where yourpass is some special password. By the
default, it is your stutent' ID number. If you want a better privacy
protection you will get a really hard-to-crack yourpass coming
to my office. I hope that you will neither give yourpass to anybody nor
put it on your home page as one whiz kid did few years ago. Note, that the
file you are browsing is not a master-file but it is generated
from Master-File by some script I run only after major changes
of the Master-File. So, any correction of your mark in my master-file
affects marks-on-line with some delay. Anyway, this file-on-line
is not used for any calculation. And
again browsing marks doesn't mean that you need not to get and check
your real paper: you still must: first, you need to read TA's notes
(which can be really useful); second, you can discover marking and copying
errors. Further, knowing your score for each final exam problem you can
decide if you really want to pay to recover your work.
M.A.C. at Sidney Smith
This M.A.C. means Math Aid Centre [joke] rather than Mess And Confusion [/joke]. It is
open during the week, starting the week of October 1. The hours of
operation and location will be announced. Any important information
concerning the course will be posted on the MAT 237Y notice board inside
the above M.A.C.