Math 2173 - Engineering Mathematics B

Instructor: Hoi H. Nguyen

Email: nguyen.1261@math.osu.edu, phone: (614) 292-2789, office: Mathematics Tower MW 446

Course meetings: MW 8:00 am-8:55 am, in Scott Lab E0004

Office hours: M 9:15am-10:15am, W 9:15am-10:15am, F 1:30pm-2:30pm (can be slightly extended for Friday)

Recitation TA: Tapopriya Majumdar

Recitation meetings: Th 8:00-8:55am (Scott Lab N0056), 9:10-10:05am (Dulles Hall 0020), 10:20-11:15am (McPherson Lab 1021).

Outline

Prerequisites and Exclusions: 1172 or 1544 (154). Not open to students with credit for 2153, or for any Math course 2173 or above, or for any quarter-system Math course 254.xx or above.

Textbook : Calculus for Scientists and Engineers: Early Transcendentals by Briggs, Cochran & Gillett, OSU Custom 2nd Edition, Pearson.

ISBN: Looseleaf/Full Bk 978125678771X, Hardcover/Full Bk 9781256776467.

Electronic copy of textbook (with interactive figures) is available from MyMathLab. Hardcopy available from the Ohio State University Bookstore.

Contents: Course Syllabus. Topics to cover: multiple integrals, line integrals, vector fields, second order ordinary differential equations. More description here;.

MyMathLab: Online homework will be assigned through MyMathLab. You can access it from the course page on Carmen. Technical help is available through technical support.

Some materials: Practice problems I, Midterm I ,Practice problems II, Midterm II , Practice problems III, Solution to Hw10, Partial solution to Hw11, (a student's solutions).

Grading and Exams

Grade Distribution
HW & Quizzes 20%
Midterm I (13.6, 13.8,13.9, 14.1,14.2,14.3)Monday September 2920%
Midterm II (14.4,14.5,14.7,15.1,15.2)Monday November 1020%
Final (all topics listed in Course Syllabus) December 16(8-9:45am)40%
The midterms will take place in the regular classroom. Calculators will not be allowed during exams.

See the table to the right for OSU standard scheme.
     
OSU standard scheme
93-100%      A
90-92.9%      A-
87-89.9%      B+
83-86.9%      B
80-82.9%      B-
77-79.9%      C+
73-76.9%      C
70-72.9%      C-
67-69.9%      D+
60-66.9%      D
Below 60%      E

Further Information

You can get futher help from MSLC tutors.

Any student who wants an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately. Please contact the Office for Disability Services at 614-292-3307 Pomerene Hall to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.

55-minute classes: 8-8:55; 9:10-10:05, 10:20-11:15, 11:30-12:25, 12:40-1:35, 1:50-2:45, 3-3:55, 4:10-5:05, 5:20-6:15.

80-minute classes: 8-9:20; 9:35-10:55, 11:10-12:30, 12:45-2:05, 2:20-3:40, 3:55-5:15, 5:30-6:50.