The course is a further development of calculus at a more advanced level. We will start with some vector geometry and matrices (later to be used in analysing surfaces), then cover power series (including Taylor series), geometry of surfaces (quadric surfaces, ruled surfaces, level sets), and then start with functions of several variables - partial derivatives, critical points and the Hessian matrix, volumes as double integrals.

AN ADVISORY NOTE: This course contains some material that would perhaps be more likely to be found in a Calculus III class in many American universities. This is because some of our degree-seeking students require this material for their higher-level classes. Nevertheless, anyone with a good background in a university level Calculus I class should be able to do well in this class if they are prepared to study. Do think carefully though before signing up if you are a transfer student with a particularly high GPA requirement - this class will be challenging.

Attendance is mandatory for the course.

You cannot make-up a major exam (midterm or final) without the permission of the Dean’s Office. The Dean’s Office will grant such permission only when the absence was caused by a serious impediment, such as a documented illness, hospitalization or death in the immediate family (in which you must attend the funeral) or other situations of similar gravity. Absences due to other meaningful conflicts, such as job interviews, family celebrations, travel difficulties, student misunderstandings or personal convenience, will not be excused. Students who will be absent from a major exam must notify the Dean’s Office prior to that exam. Absences from class due to the observance of a religious holiday will normally be excused. Individual students who will have to miss class to observe a religious holiday should notify the instructor by the end of the Add/Drop period to make prior arrangements for making up any work that will be missed.

DURING THE SEMESTER, MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL NOT BE GIVEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. If you need to miss an assessment, the weight of that assessment will be shifted to the final. If you have to miss the final, if you are in good standing with the course, you can ask for an incomplete. If you are not in good standing and miss the final, I will be unable to assign a grade for the course, other than by considering the class tests you have already completed (this means you will be assigned a D or an F as appropriate).