MATH 230 --- Calculus of Several Variables,
Fall 2008

Instructor Amos Ong

This document and other course information may be found at the class website:

http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/ong/courses/Y2008/f-math230


Prerequisites: Math 141
Instructor: Amos Ong 
Email:  amos[at]psu[dot]edu
Office:PRISCHAK Room 9 Telephone: x6009
Office Hours: M W F 9:05AM - 9:55AM You can make an appointment to see me at other times.

Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendental Functions: 4th Edition by Larson, Hostetler and Edwards, Published by Houghton/Mifflin. We will be covering material from Chapters 11-15.  The calendar on the course website contains general information regarding daily course content.

Calculators:   A  graphing calculator is strongly recommended for homework. However, they will not be allowed during quizzes and tests.     

Homework: Suggested homework problems will be given every class day except on test days.  I should give the assigned problems at the beginning or end of every class.  If I forget you can check the assignment on the class web site. At the beginning of every class (except test days) I will take questions from the previous day's assignment. I urge you to do all the assignments as they are given. Doing homework is a very essential part of learning in Mathematics

Tests: There will be 5 chapter exams each worth 100 points.  Test dates are posted (and possibly updated) in the calendar on the course website.

Quizzes: There will be 10 quizzes throughout the semester each worth 12 points. The dates are posted in the Calendar on the class web site. The best 8 quizzes will count towards your grade.  NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES WILL BE GIVEN.   If you miss a quiz it will count as one of your dropped quiz grades.

Finals:  There will be a cumulative finals that you may take on a date to be announce later.

Grading:  Grades will be based on your total out of a possible 600 points (500 from exams and 96 from quizzes 4 from attendance).  Your score will generate a grade based on the following percentages.  

A A- B+ B B- C+ C D F
> 93 > 90 > 88 > 83 > 80 > 78 > 70 > 60 < = 60

Make-up Exams: A make-up exam will only be given with a documented University-approved excuse. 

Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and typically results in a failing grade for the class. The school's academic integrity code can be found at:  http://www.pserie.psu.edu/faculty/academics/integrity/htm .