Math 2720

This class will be run as a hybrid class where students may attend on-line session MTuTh and must come in on Fridays and the last day of class, June 28, 2022, for quizzes and tests. Lectures on all the sections of the text covered in this class have been recorded and will be on e-learning in the content section. The Maple files from those lectures will also be posted on e-learning.

The on-line sessions are from 9:00 to 10:15 AM on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and will streamed using WebEx meetings. You should receive an e-mailed link about 20 minutes before the each session starts. If not, go to https://wmich.webex.com/meet/jay.treiman. The main purpose of these sessions is to answer questions, go over problems, give more examples, and give alternate explanations of the material.

The sessions will be recorded and the recordings should be linked to the content section in elearning. The written and Maple work done in the on-line sessions will also be posted to the content section of e-learning. The files containing the writing will be in the format for Xournal++. There may be problems to be done during these sessions.

The prerequisite for this class is Calculus II, Math 1230 or Math 1710 at WMU. It will also be helpful for this section if you have some science background. We will try to include applications from science and engineering in this class.

You are responsible for all material in the text and all material presented in the on-lines sessions. This includes any material not in the text presented in the on-line sessions and all material in the text that was not presented in the on-line sessions. A list of topics is available. This course will mostly follow the order of the material in the draft text.

It is expected that you will spend at least 3 to 4 hours working on Math 2720 outside the on-line sessions for every credit hour in class. Even though roll will not be taken, you are encouraged to check in with the the on-line sessions.

A list of expectations may be available.

You are expected to follow all university conduct policies. This includes giving credit on any assignment you turn in for any help you receive and referencing any resources you use that are not from the text, the lectures, the notes, or the synchronous sessions.

There are some other university policies. you should be aware of.

The last day to withdraw is June 6, 2022. A tentative schedule is available.

 

All cell phones, wireless devices, mp3/mp4 type media players, and similar devices are to be turned off and put away while you are in the classroom. If you ask, you may get an exception for note taking. Use of one of these devices during a quiz/exam will be considered cheating.

 

A portion of your grade will come from homework and quizzes. A list of problems to work will be on this web site. Although some of this homework may be collected, you are responsible for all of the problems on the list. If you have any questions about problems, please ask them in the the on-line sessions, via e-mail, or by making an appointment for an on-line personal session.

All written homework will be submitted as a PDF file through a dropbox in e-learning. Submit all written assignments as a single PDF file containing the solutions to all of the assigned problems. The problems must be legible and in order of section and the numerical order, e.g. section 2.1 problem 1, section 2.1 problem 5, section 2.2 problem 2,... All pages in your PDF must be the same size. If a signed statement is required for the assignment, it is to be the first page of your submission with a written, not typed, signature. Do not submit a zip file. Your name must be in the name of the file. Make certain that you have clicked the submit button for the dropbox in e-learning.

 

There will be on-line homework. Access to the on-line homework will be through elearning. For many of the problem Maple syntax is required/usable for the on-line homework. Unless otherwise requested, give exact answers for all problems in Mobius. Last minute questions about formatting or what is going wrong may be left unanswered. Professors also need to sleep.

Please do not spend too much time on the on-line homework. The problems may require a lot of computation, but they are only the basics of what you should learn. Using Maple for complex computations is allowed for the Mobius homework. On exams you are required to show your work, so not working any problems by hand could cause you difficulties.

After the assignments are due you should have access to your old assignments along with solutions using the Mobius gradebook link in the content section of elearning. If I forget to change the access to an assignment, please remind me.

 

There will be assignments using Maple, a computer algebra system. These assignments will be in drop boxes on WMU's e-learning system. All assignments must be turned in through e-learning. Do not submit a zip file. More details will be available later.

 

One exam will be given during the term. The date is on the tentative schedule. Information about the format of the exam will come later.

 

A final exam will be given. It will be given on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. It will be comprehensive. If this time is a problem, we will try to make an accommodation that matches your schedule.

 

All exams will follow the following outline: 50% of the questions are things you must be able to do, 25-30% of the problems are things you should be able to do, and 20-25% of the questions are more difficult. It is not uncommon for averages to be around 60% or lower.

To pass this class with a "C" you must demonstrate that you can do all the required material. A starting scale is: A 85%+; BA 78+; B 72+; CB 66+; C 58+; DC 52+; and D 46+. This scale will probably change as the term progresses.

The distribution of points for calculating grades is as follows. The final exam is worth 40%, the exam is worth 30%, and the quizzes, homework, Maple, and other assignments are worth 30% of your grade. The on-line homework is worth 5% of your grade.