Math 410-0301     Spring 2009
Course Description


Course title: Advanced Calculus I
Class time TuTh 9:30 - 10:45
Class location: MTH 1308
Professor: Michael Brin
Office: Room 4407, Math Building
Phone: 301-405-5107
Email: mib@math.umd.edu
Office hours: Tu,Th 11--12:15 and by appointment.

MATH 410 tutoring:
Prerequisites. MATH 240 and MATH 241 with grade of C or better, and permission of department.

Required text: Advanced Calculus, Patrick M. Fitzpatrick, Second Edition

Syllabus. Almost all of Chapters 1-9. There will be some additional material also.

Grading. (The possible points in each category will be normalized at the end to give the corresponding percentages.)



Conflicts. If you know before an exam that you have a schedule conflict, contact me in advance.

On-line grades. We will use the online gradesheet provided by the mathematics department. After giving me an alias you will be able to see your grades from a link on the course website.

Expectations/philosophy. You are expected to come to class, do the homework, and most important of all be actively engaged in trying to understand. Tips for success:

Religious observances. If your religion dictates that you cannot take an exam or hand in assigned work on a particular date, then contact me at the beginning of the semester to discuss alternatives. You are responsible for making these arrangements at the beginning of the semester.

Disabilities. If you have some disability related to testing under the usual timed, in-class conditions, you may contact the office of Disabled Students Services (DSS) in Shoemaker. If they assess you as meriting private conditions and/or extra time, then you may arrange to take your tests at DSS, with extra time as they indicate. You must arrange this well in advance of a test (in particular: no retakes). Click to Disability Support Services for further information.

The course MATH 410. MATH 410 is a gateway to higher mathematics and probably the most fundamental undergraduate course a math major takes. At last: we argue, think and prove in the way that mathematicians do. If you succeed in MATH 410, you then you can handle undergraduate mathematics and have taken one of the biggest steps toward becoming a matematician. Success in MATH 410 requires a personal immersion in the material and homework. You have to be willing to struggle with reading and problems until understanding comes. By far the greater part of this will happen outside of class. I won't cover in class all the things you must read and understand: In class, we will do some complicated things. But I am thinking of class more for giving context, interpretation, extra material, things that will help the reading and homework, and answering questions.