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COURSE HANDBOOK
1 Course Title Multivariable Calculus
2 Course Code MTH 105
3 Credit Hours 3(3,0)
4 Semester Fall 2015.
5 Resource Persons Dr. Adeel Farooq
6 Supporting Team Members Will be informed later
7 Contact Hours (Theory) 3 hours per week
8 Contact Hours (Lab) Not Applicable
9 Office Hours
10 Course Introduction
This module is the continuation of Calculus and Analytic Geometry. This module is primarily
intended to develop the understanding of concepts of calculus, providing the experience with its
methods and applications. In this module, the student will study to extend concepts of limit,
continuity and differentiation to the function with more than one variable. The student will also
learn about conics, vectors, quadric surfaces and multiple integrals.
11 Learning Objectives
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This module will enable the students to:
a. Understand vectors in plane and in space.
b. Understand dot and vector product and their usage in solving problems.
c. Find the parametric equation of lines in plane.
d. Find the equation of a plane in space.
e. Convert a given equation in different coordinate systems.
f. Graph the polar curves.
g. Comprehend domain and range of multivariable functions and their level curves.
h. Calculate the limit of multivariable functions.
i. Learn about the continuity of a multivariable function.
j. Differentiate the function partially and find directional derivatives.
k. Determine extrema and saddle point of a multivariable function.
l. Evaluate areas and volumes using double and triple integrals.
m. Evaluate Line integrals.
12 Course Contents
This module will enable the students to evaluate the dot product, cross product, interpret the lines
and planes in the space, and interpret different coordinate systems, functions with more than one
independent variables. This module will cover vectors, quadric surfaces, limits, partial
derivatives, directional derivatives, extreme values, saddle points, double integration, triple
integration and Line integrals.
13 Lecture Schedule
Weeks Topic of Lecture
Vectors
Week 1 Three dimensional coordinate systems
Introduction to Vectors in Space
Scalar product
Week 2 Vector product
Scalar triple product
Week 3 Equations of Lines and Planes
Week 4 Polar coordinates
Sketching of Polar curves
Week 5
Areas and lengths in polar coordinates
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Week 6 Cylinders and quadric surfaces
Multivariable functions
Week 7 Function of several variables
Domain and range of function of several variables
Level curves
Week 8
Limit of a function of several variables
Continuity of function of several variables
Partial derivatives and their geometrical interpretation
Week 9 Higher order partial derivatives
Chain rule
Week 10
Directional derivatives
Tangent planes
Extrema of multivariable functions
Week 11 Method of Lagrange Multipliers
Multiple Integrals
Week 12 Double integrals
Area using double integrals
Week 13 Double integral in polar coordinates
Triple integrals
Week 14 Spherical and Cylindrical coordinates in Triple Integrals
Vector Fields
Week 15 Line Integrals
The fundamental theorem of line integrals
Week 16 Review
14 Course Assessment
The assessment of this module shall have following breakdown structure
First Sessional Test 10%
Second Sessional Test 15%
Quizzes/Assignments 25%
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Terminal Examination 50%
The minimum pass marks for each course shall be 50%. Students obtaining less than 50% marks
in any course shall be deemed to have failed in that course. The correspondence between letter
grades, credit points, and percentage marks at CIIT shall be as follows:
Grades Letter Grade Credit Points Percentage Marks
A ( Excellent) 4.0 90and above
A- 3.7 85-89
B+ 3.3 80-84
B (Good) 3.0 75-79
B- 2.7 70-74
C+ 2.3 65-69
C (Average) 2.0 60-64
C- 1.7 55-59
D (Minimum passing) 1.3 50-54
F (Failing) 0.0 Less than 50
Note: The marks to be assigned to students shall be in whole numbers and are not same as
followed in the annual system of Lancaster University.
15 Assessment Schedule
Week 2 1st Assignment Week 2 1st Quiz
Week 4 2nd Assignment Week 4 2nd Quiz
Week 7 3rd Assignment Week 7 3rd Quiz
Week 9 4th Assignment Week 9 4th Quiz
Week 12 5th Assignment Week 12 5th Quiz
Week 13 6th Assignment Week 13 6th Quiz
16. Format of Assignment
Will be informed in class.
17. Text Book Thomas Calculus (11th Edition),
18. Reference Books 1. Anton, H, Calculus: Eighth Edition, John wiley & sons, Inc.
19. Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves the unacknowledged use of someone else’s work, usually in coursework, and
passing it off as if it were one’s own. Many students who submit apparently plagiarised work
probably do so inadvertently without realising it because of poorly developed study skills,
including note taking, referencing and citations; this is poor academic practice rather than
malpractice. Some students, particularly those from different cultures and educational systems,
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find UK academic referencing/acknowledgement systems and conventions awkward, and proof-
reading is not always easy for dyslexic students and some visually-impaired students. Study skills
education within programmes of study should minimise the number of students submitting poorly
referenced work. However, some students plagiarise deliberately, with the intent to deceive. This
intentional malpractice is a conscious, pre-mediated form of cheating and is regarded as a
particularly serious breach of the core values of academic integrity.
Plagiarism can include the following:
1. collusion, where a piece of work prepared by a group is represented as if it were the
student’s own;
2. commission or use of work by the student which is not his/her own and representing it as
if it were, e.g.:
a. purchase of a paper from a commercial service, including internet sites, whether
pre-written or specially prepared for the student concerned
b. submission of a paper written by another person, either by a fellow student or a
person who is not a member of the university;
3. duplication (of one’s own work) of the same or almost identical work for more than one
module;
4. the act of copying or paraphrasing a paper from a source text, whether in manuscript,
printed or electronic form, without appropriate acknowledgement (this includes quoting
directly from another source with a reference but without quotation marks);
5. submission of another student’s work, whether with or without that student’s knowledge
or consent;
6. Directly quoting from model solutions/answers made available in previous years;
7. cheating in class tests, e.g.
a. when a candidate communicates, or attempts to communicate, with a fellow
candidate or individual who is neither an invigilator or member of staff
b. copies, or attempts to copy from a fellow candidate
c. attempts to introduce or consult during the examination any unauthorised printed
or written material, or electronic calculating, information storage device, mobile
phones or other communication device
d. personates or allows himself or herself to be impersonated.
8. Fabrication of results occurs when a student claims to have carried out tests, experiments
or observations that have not taken place or presents results not supported by the evidence
with the object of obtaining an unfair advantage.
These definitions apply to work in whatever format it is presented, including written work,
online submissions, group work and oral presentations.
20. Attendance Policy
Every student must attended 80% of the lectures/seminars delivered in each course and 80% of
the practical/laboratory work prescribed for the respective courses. The students falling short of
required percentage of attendance of lectures/seminars/practical/laboratory work, etc., shall not
be allowed to appear in the terminal examination of this course and shall be treated as having
failed this course.
21. Field Trips/Case Studies/Seminars/Workshop
Not Applicable
