Instructor optional take-home examinations designed to evaluate the students ability to solve more complicated and time consuming problems. These problems give students the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to use technology to solve problems that are not amenable to simple analytic techniques. Other texts in recent years are Multivariable Calculus , Preliminary Edition, McCallum, Hughes-Hallet, Gleason. Calculus with Analytic Geometry , Ellis and Gulick, Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich. Format, Student Activities, and Grades Class meetings involve a combination of lecture, questions and discussion and sometimes small group activity.
Homework is an important part of the course.
Part of the homework consists of computer-lab assignments completed outside of class. The Maple software environment is used especially to extend the students' experiences with three-dimensional graphics. The exams may be given in class or take-home. The students are given a letter grade based on points earned.