Math 213: Calculus III with Vector Analysis

Fall 2026

Instructor: Prof. Cleary
E-mail: scleary (at sign) ccny.cuny.edu
Office: Marshak 301C
Phone: 650-5122
Office Hours: see webpage here for up-to-date office hours.
Text: Calculus Early Transcendentals (9th ed.), Stewart, Clegg, Watson.

Course documents:

• Course information sheet with grading policy (pdf)
• Syllabus and Course Learning Outcomes page

Announcements:

• Some WeBWorK assignment deadlines extended as some students were having difficulty with the login. Remember that you want just the CCNY identifier (jdoe000 not jdoe000@citymail.cuny.edu). If you have a question about the WeBWorK questions, do not use the "Email Instructor" as that goes to multiple people who have nothing to do with our course. Instead, post your question to the Brightspace discussion area.
• Exam 0 is coming up on Thursday Sept 10th. Bring a CCNY photo ID and know your EMPLID. No notes, books, or electronic devices.
• WeBWorK accounts are setup for students. If you are not able to connect, please make sure you are using your CCNY identifier, not your CUNY identifier. Your CCNY identifier is typically a first initial, last name, and then some digits, such as msimpson000 with no periods, no @, and no domain information. If you do not know your CCNY identifier, there are instructions on how to find it on our Brightspace pages under "Content/Resources" or you can visit https://reset.ccny.cuny.edu/ to find out your identifier and reset that password, as needed. If you are sure of your CCNY identifier and password, email me to make sure that you are registered for the correct section of WeBWorK and I can check. If you continue to have difficulty, try connecting to the CCNY Wifi using your CCNY identifier and password. You may need to visit the Help Desk in the Cohen Library of NAC if you have difficulty that you cannot address with the reset password pages.
• The Artino Tutoring Center in the first floor of NAC (1511) is open and available for tutoring for Math 213.
• The Marshak Math/Physics Tutoring Center in Marshak 106 is open and available for tutoring for Math 213.
• There are many sample exam questions for topics throughout the term in the Sample Questions document on Brightspace, which is under Content and Resource Files. The ones near the beginning include many on the topics we have covered already.
• Topics for Exam 0 are review material from earlier calculus courses, including quadric surfaces, and the vector operations and topics covered so far in class up to algebraic and geometric properties of dot and cross products and related vector operations.
• Exam 0 will be a 50 minute exam at the beginning of class Thursday Sept 10th. Bring CCNY ID. Know your EMPLID and name. No electronic devices, no books, no calculators, no smart watches, no earbuds or headphones, etc. Students who expect to need to leave the room during the exam need to request in advance a two-part exam.
• For students not as familiar with hyperbolic functions, there is a video and examples on Dr. Marchese's 202 lecture page at the 202 videos page as Lesson 8.
• The AccessAbility Center/Student Disability Services office ensures equal access and full participation to all of City College's programs, services, and activities by coordinating and implementing appropriate accommodations. If you are a student with a disability who requires accommodations and services, please visit the office in NAC 1/218, or contact AAC/SDS via email (disabilityservices@ccny.cuny.edu), or phone (212-650-5913 or TTY/TTD 212- 650-8441). Their policies include a one-week advance notice before exams and it is important to arrange things with them well in advance as they are typically not open at 8am when our class meets.
• The official schedule for all finals is now available here. Our final will be the departmental one on Monday, December 21 at 1:00PM - 3:15PM. Room TBA.
• Review on Quadric Surfaces quiz is available on Brightspace and should be done before Sept 10th.
• Introductory quiz "Quiz1" is available on Brightspace and is due Sept 10th.
• The "Student Orientation" WeBWorK assignment is optional and should not be needed for students already familiar with the system.
• We will be using the WeBWorK assignment system for homework which is at https://webwork.ccny.cuny.edu/webwork2/26_Fa213_KL part of the CCNY WeBWorK system To log in there, use your CCNY account information (what you would use to connect to the ccny-wifi wireless network) without the @citymail.cuny.edu, same password. There are already a few assignments posted there so you check make sure that you can log in and begin to familiarize yourself with the system. If you are not able to connect to the system, you may need to visit the CCNY Helpdesk and reset your password there. Note: to login to the WeBWorK system, use just the username part of your login, and not the @citymail.cuny.edu part. It is not your CUNY First identifier, which typically has firstname.lastname##@login... Instead it is your CCNY identifier, which is typically something like mcurie004 with no periods, no @, and no domain information.
• Students enrolled in the course as of Sept 1st should have received a 213 welcome email. Please check your registration and email settings if you believe you are enrolled in the course but have not gotten such an email.
• First lecture is Tuesday, Sept 1st, in NAC 1/203, which is toward the left (southeast) after entering the main entrance near the flagpoles on the NAC Plaza from Convent Ave.
• Questions about administrative aspects of the course or specific mathematical topics are generally best posted in the appropriate Brightspace discussion board, as that way others can either answer them or benefit from responses.
• Introductory quizzes "Quiz0" and"Quiz 1" are available on Brightspace and should be completed by Sept 10th.
• Our class will meet in NAC 1/203 in the North Academic Center, on the first floor. You can head left from the plaza entry near the flagpoles.
• Questions about administrative aspects of the course or specific mathematical topics are generally best posted in the appropriate Brightspace discussion board, as that way others can either answer them or benefit from responses.
• Review quiz on quadric surfaces will be available on Brightspace and is due Sept 9th. Note that you will also need to submit photos or images of handwritten work (in this case, sketches) as supporting material on Brightspace, under "Assignments/Supporting Work for Quadric Surface quiz"
• We will be using the WeBWorK system for electronic homework, but it is important to get in the habit of working out exercises clearly and completely by hand. Furthermore, note that the electronic system does not test many important aspects of the course, including knowing the definitions, theorems, and proofs, as well as geometric aspects such as sketching both in the plane and in space.
• The video lessons from the old Math 203 course which overlaps 213 considerably are here. To review prerequisite material, you may want to consider Lesson 7 "Cylinders" and Lesson 8 "Quadric Surfaces" which were covered in Math 212.
• There are some resources at the departmental Math 213 page which may be helpful.
• There are some helpful videos from Dr. Marchese at this YouTube channel which cover material from old 201, 202, and 203. These can be very helpful either to fill in gaps in preparation (for example for those who took calculus elsewhere and may be missing some topics) or as a review or supplement.
• For those who took a course comparable to Math 212 elsewhere or a while ago, there is a range of information available about current CCNY Math 212 here including syllabi, assignments, and sample departmental final exams.
• Sample departmental finals from Math 213 are available here.

Webpages for this course:

• Brightspace page requires login for registered students
  
  
• WeBWorK at CCNY for current homework assignments, requires login.
  
  
• Gradescope page for our course which requires login for registered students and will be set up in due course.
  
  
• Upcoming Front Row Duty
  
  
• Artino Lab Tutoring Center in NAC 1511 and Tutoring Center Hours in Marshak 106
  
  
• Math 213 page at CCNY Math has course documents and sample final exams
  
  
• Math 203 at CCNY Math has course documents and resources covering topics from old 203, some of which overlap current 213.
  
  
• Math 392 at CCNY Math has course documents and resources covering topics from old 392, some of which overlap current 213.
  
  

Other Links

• Dr. Cleary's homepage