MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS -- MATH 249 -- Fall, 2006

Time: M W F 10:20 – 11:20 am Location: Collins 204

Professor: Steve Prothero Office: Collins 303

Phones: Office: 6484 Home: (503) 393 - 5143

e-mail: prothero@willamette.edu

WeBWork URL: http://hosted.webwork.rochester.edu/webwork2/Willamette_mth249_prothero/

Office Hours: M W Th F 9 - 10:10 and 11:10 - 11:45, T 9 – noon

Afternoons “by appointment”

{In class: M W Th F 8 – 8:50, M W 1:50 – 2:50, & W 2:50 – 3:30}

Text: CALCULUS 5^th edition by James Stewart (compact edition for Willamette U.)

Coverage: Chapters 13 – 17

Grading: Webwork Excercises 9 20 %

During-term Exams: 5 @ 40 points 200 points (50%)

Final Exam: 1 @ 120 points 120 points (30%)

WeBWork assignments will vary in the number of points that are possible. At the

end of the semester you will have accumulated a certain percentage of the WeBWork

points. That percentage will be counted as 30% of the grad. This will then be

weighted using the percentages listed above.

For example: A student accumulates 200 out of 240 on WeBWork, 170 our of the 200

on Chapter Exams, and 88 our of 120 on the Final. His/her overall

percentage is then,

(.2)(200/240)+(.5)(170/200)+(.3)(88/120) = 82%.

While grade cutoffs are not rigidly determined ahead of time, an overall class percentage

of 90 or better ensures no worse than an A-, 80 ensures no worse than a B-, etc. However, the cutoffs may be lower. [So the student in the example can expect no worse than a B-, but may receive a B if the cutoff ends up being lower than 80%.]

When in doubt I use the Final as a tiebreaker.