MATH 283 - Syllabus at a Glance
📋 Course Information & Contacts
- Lecture: Tuesday + Thursday (Check MyUNLV for times/locations)
- Discussion: Fridays (Check MyUNLV for your schedule)
- Instructor: Dr. Tony Ferrar (Anthony.Ferrar@unlv.edu)
- Office: TBE-A214
- Office Hours: Mondays 11:00am–12:00pm, Wednesdays 10:00am–11:00am (drop-in)
📊 Grading & Assessments
| Category | Weight | Primary Deliverables |
|---|---|---|
| Exams | 60% | Midterm Exam 1 (15%), Midterm Exam 2 (15%), Final Exam (30%) |
| Homework & Skill Practice | 20% | Knewton Alta adaptive assignments (due Wed/Fri, 7-day flex) |
| Tech Comm & Quality Control | 15% | Bi-weekly Redline Audits & 1-Page Technical Memos |
| Active Engagement | 5% | Active group problem-solving during 75-minute class sessions |
Grade Scale
- A: 90–100% | B+: 87–89% | B: 80–86% | C+: 77–79% | C: 70–76% | D: 60–69% | F: < 60%
⚡ Built-In Flexibility & Safety Nets
- 7-Day Rolling Grace Period: Get 100% full credit up to 7 days late on homework, provided you log a non-zero score before the original deadline.
- 4-Hour Effort Rule: Earn 100% credit on any homework assignment by either reaching 70% mastery OR investing 4 active hours.
- Retroactive Midterm Replacement: Your Final Exam score replaces your lowest Midterm score at the end of the term if you complete all midterm corrections and maintain a global homework attempt rate.
- Review Center "Buy Back": Log 8 hours in the Test Review Center to replace up to 2 zero-score homework sets per unit with 100%.
📅 16-Week Theme Schedule
- Week 1: Welcome, Prerequisite Review, and Introduction to Vectors in 2D & 3D
- Week 2: Vector Operations (Dot & Cross Products) and Lines & Planes in Space
- Week 3: Vector-Valued Functions and Space Curve Derivatives
- Week 4: Arc Length, Curvature, and Midterm 1 Review
- Week 5: Multivariable Functions and Partial Derivatives
- Week 6: Tangent Planes, Linear Approximations, and Chain Rule
- Week 7: Gradients, Directional Derivatives, and Constrained Optimization
- Week 8: Introduction to Double Integrals
- Week 9: Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates and Triple Integrals
- Week 10: Coordinate Transformations (Jacobian) and Multiple Integrals Applications
- Week 11: Midterm 2 Review and Introduction to Vector Fields
- Week 12: Catch-Up / Holiday Recess
- Week 13: Line Integrals and Vector Calculus Theorems (Green's, Curl, Divergence)
- Week 14: Curl & Divergence in Physical Systems and Surface Integrals
- Week 15: Comprehensive Final Exam Review
- Week 16: Final Exam