• Instructor: L. Peterson
• Section information: Section 3, call number 16292, 11:00-11:50 A.M., MTRF, Witmer 309, and Section 4, call number 16306, 1:00-1:50 P.M., MTRF, Witmer 309.
• Prerequisite: Math 166
• Office: 322 Witmer Hall. You may leave messages for me in the Math Office, Room 313 Witmer Hall.
• Office hours: I will announce my office hours in class and post them on my Web site. Please fill in the information below.

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  These office hours apply to all days on which classes are in session. These office hours do not apply during university recesses and holidays, on Reading and Review Day (December 12, 2003), or during final exam week. Additional office hours, including hours on Reading and Review Day and during final exam week, are available by appointment or, when possible, by drop-in.

• Phone numbers: 777-4609 (office), 795-8984 (home), 777-2881 (Mathematics office)
• E-mail address: lawrence.peterson@und.nodak.edu
• URL for Web site: http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/lapeters. Use of the Web is optional. I will announce all assignments in class as well as on the Web.
• Textbook: Calculus, Fourth Edition, by James Stewart (Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, California, 1999). This is the only required book for my sections of this course. Please read it as the course progresses. You may purchase the text at Barnes & Noble or from any other book distributor.
• Course content: In Math 265 we will take ideas from Calculus I and II and apply them to functions of two or three variables as well as to curves in three-dimensional space. Many of the practical applications that we discuss will come from physics. Students who lack significant background in physics may still find these applications interesting.
• Study time: Many of you will find that this is a difficult course. You should plan on spending at least two hours of study outside of class for each class period. If you are spending less than this amount of time, then spend some extra time reading the book or doing problems above and beyond those that I assign.
• Tutorial help: You may come to see me in my office for help with questions or difficulties that you may have. Tutorial help is also available in the Mathematics Learning Center (Room 312, Witmer Hall) and in the University Learning Center (Room 201A, Memorial Union). This help is free to students who are registered for the course.
• Grading:
  • Midterm exams: 60%
  • Final exam: 25%
  • Homework: 15%
• Grading scale: 90% A, 80% B, 70% C, 60% D.
• Homework: I will assign and collect homework problems regularly. I will grade selected problems (usually some of the even-numbered ones). Homework is due at 4:10 P.M. on the announced due date for the given assignment. It is best to hand homework in when I collect it in class. Otherwise, you may bring your homework solutions directly to me in my office or to the staff in the Mathematics Department office. Do not slide assignments under the door of the Mathematics Department office. You may hand in late homework up through 4:10 P.M. of the next business day following the announced due date, but I will dock your score by approximately fifty percent in this case. I encourage you to work in groups, but do not copy other people's solutions.
• Solution keys: A basket in the waiting area in the Mathematics office (Room 313 Witmer Hall) will contain solutions to past homework problems. You may borrow them for a few minutes at a time. Feel free to photocopy them in Room 211, Witmer Hall.
• Exams: There will be four midterm exams and one final exam. The midterm exams will occur in class during regular class periods. The final exam will be comprehensive with an emphasis on the material that we cover after the fourth midterm.
• Computers: You may not use computers or calculators during exams or quizzes, but I recommend that you buy a scientific calculator or a graphing calculator. Graphing calculators are generally better than ordinary scientific calculators.
• Absences from exams: If you will be absent from an exam, call me in advance.
• Attendance policy: I want you to succeed in this course. Please attend all class sessions if possible. Please be respectful and considerate of other people in the class.
• Changes to policies: Course policies, including all policies described in this syllabus, are subject to change. I will announce any changes to the policies.
• Comments and concerns: Let me know if you have any comments about the class. If you need accommodations in this course because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.

The decimal numbers following the dates refer to sections in Stewart's Calculus.

   Aug. 26   13.1               Oct. 20   16.3
   Aug. 28   13.2               Oct. 21   16.4
   Aug. 29   13.3               Oct. 23   Review
                                Oct. 24   Exam III
  Sept.  2   13.3              
  Sept.  4   13.4               Oct. 27   16.5
  Sept.  5   13.5               Oct. 28   16.5
                                Oct. 30   16.6
  Sept.  8   13.6               Oct. 31   16.7
  Sept.  9   13.7              
  Sept. 11   14.1               Nov.  3   16.7
  Sept. 12   14.2               Nov.  4   16.8
                                Nov.  6   16.9
  Sept. 15   Review             Nov.  7   17.1
  Sept. 16   Exam I             
  Sept. 18   14.3               Nov. 10   17.2
  Sept. 19   14.4               Nov. 13   17.2
                                Nov. 14   17.3
  Sept. 22   15.1              
  Sept. 23   15.2               Nov. 17   Review
  Sept. 25   15.2               Nov. 18   Exam IV
  Sept. 26   15.3               Nov. 20   17.4
                                Nov. 21   17.4
  Sept. 29   15.4              
  Sept. 30   15.5               Nov. 24   17.5
   Oct.  2   Review             Nov. 25   17.6
   Oct.  3   Exam II           
                                Dec.  1   17.6
   Oct.  6   15.5               Dec.  2   17.7
   Oct.  7   15.6               Dec.  4   17.7
   Oct.  9   15.6               Dec.  5   17.8
   Oct. 10   15.7              
                                Dec.  8   17.9
   Oct. 13   15.8               Dec.  9   17.9
   Oct. 14   16.1               Dec. 11   Review
   Oct. 16   16.2
   Oct. 17   16.3

• Final Exam: The final exam for this course will occur at 10:15 A..M. on Monday, December 15, 2003 in a location that I will announce in class.

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Contact Person: Larry Peterson
E-mail: lawrence.peterson@und.nodak.edu
Phone: (701) 777-4609
Date of most recent update: 19 August 2003
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