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Prof. Lewin's Survival
Guide for Students
Taking University
Courses in Mathematics
DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS I, Fall 2004
- MAP 2302-002-17943
- Instructor: Heinrich Niederhausen, SE 214,
phone: 297-3237
- E-mail: niederha@fau.edu
- Web-site of this
outline: http://www.math.fau.edu/Niederhausen/html/DiffEq/DiffEqF04.htm
- When: MWF 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- Where: FLH 424
- Prerequisites:
Calculus II (C or better). Derivatives, integrals, and infinite series
are topics that you have to know; having heard about it is not
sufficient. On the Friday of the first week of classes there will be a
Quiz 0 about prerequisites.
- Office Hours: MWF 4 – 4:50 pm in SE 214
(except when absent due to unforeseen
circumstances).
Additional office hours (by TA) on TBA
- Text: Elementary Differential Equations by W.E. Boyce and R.C. DiPrima,
Eighth Edition, Wiley & Sons, 2005
- Course description:
This is a first course in Differential Equations. It will cover most of
the Chapters 1-3 and 6 from the textbook, and parts of Chapters 4 and 5.
- Objectives: Know the
basic concepts and terminology of differential equations as taught in
this course. Apply the concepts to applied and theoretical problems.
- Assessment:
Weekly homework, due on Wednesdays; some of it graded (10% of grade).
No
homework will be accepted after Wednesday.
Weekly 10 minute quizzes (Fridays) about the material of the past week.
(20% of grade)
Two term tests (20% each), October 1 and November 5 (Fridays).
Final exam (30% of grade), Sunday, December 5, 6:45 – 9:15 pm, SO
270
Sections on the final exam: TBA
- Homework policy: All
weakly assigned problems will be collected; some problems will be
graded. The weekly quizzes will be based on the homework. No late
homework will be accepted.
- Make-up policy:
None for homework and quizzes, but only the best 10 of each will count
for the final grade.
Students who cannot attend a test must make arrangements for a make-up BEFORE
the test.
- Grading criteria: Only
results count, but effort is appreciated.
0-47%:F, 48-49%:D-, 50-59%:D, 60-62%:D+, 63-64%:C-, 65-72%:C, 73-76%:C+,
77-79%:B-, 80-85%:B, 86-87%:B+, 88-89%:A-, 90-100%:A
- Grades and other
course information will be listed on Blackboard.
- See the undergraduate
catalog for statements on incomplete grade,
academic integrity, classroom etiquette and advice for Students
with Disabilities (OSD).
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