Fall 2013 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 4043.001
Course: Mathematics 4043.001.
Course Title: Applied Mathematics.
Time: TR 9:30-10:50.
Place: Barton Hall 401.
Instructor: Grabovsky, Yury.
Instructor Office: 616.
Instructor Email: yury.grabovsky@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: (215)204-1650.
Office Hours: by appointment.
Prerequisites: ODE, PDE, Linear Algebra.
Textbook: Industrial Mathematics: modeling in industry, science and government by Charles R. MacCluer, Prentice Hall 2000, ISBN 0-13-949199-6.
Course Goals: The course has a dual goal. On the one hand the course will teach students to use knowledge from their mathematics courses for applications. On the other hand the course will touch on some of the topics that are not covered in basic mathematics courses.
Topics Covered: We will cover the course material in the following order of chapters: 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 3. Chapter 15 is not part of the course and is assigned as a self-reading. It is necessary for writing your final report. The chapters covered in the course are independent of each other and instructor's whim is the only organizing principle. Use the book as a rough guide. Use Internet/library, if you feel you need a better exposition of a topic.
Course Grading: The student's grade will consist of 50% homework and 50% final project. The homework will be assigned every week and will consist of several problems from the book. The homework is always due on Tuesdays, when the students will have the opportunity to run their solutions by me, get feedback, hints and suggestions. The homework will be collected on Thursdays. There will be 12 homeworks in all. The final project consists of one super-hard problem that the students need to solve during a semester. Each student will get a personal problem. A detailed written solution a.k.a. project report is due on the last day of classes December 3. The students will give 5-10min ``presentations'' on December 3, stating their problems and telling their answers. The grade scale is as follows: A:90--100; A-:85--89; B+:80--84; B:70--79; B-:65--69; C+:60--64; C:50--59; C-:45--50; D+:40--44; D:30--40; D-:25--29; F:0--24.
Exam Dates: No final exam.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory.
Blackboard: The course will use Blackboard. Check often.
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at (215) 204-1280, 100 Ritter Annex, to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
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Students will be charged for a course unless a withdrawal form is processed by a registration office of the University by the Drop/Add deadline date given below. For this semester, the crucial dates are as follows:
During the first two weeks of the fall or spring semester or summer sessions, students may withdraw from a course with no record of the class appearing on the transcript. In weeks three through nine of the fall or spring semester, or during weeks three and four of summer sessions, the student may withdraw with the advisor's permission. The course will be recorded on the transcript with the instructor's notation of "W," indicating that the student withdrew. After week nine of the fall or spring semester, or week four of summer sessions, students may not withdraw from courses. No student may withdraw from more than five courses during the duration of his/her studies to earn a bachelor's degree. A student may not withdraw from the same course more than once. Students who miss the final exam and do not make alternative arrangements before the grades are turned in will be graded F.
The grade I (an "incomplete") is reserved for extreme circumstances. It is necessary to have completed almost all of the course with a passing average and to file an incomplete contract specifying what is left for you to do. To be eligible for an I grade you need a good reason and you should have missed not more than 25% of the first nine weeks of classes. If approved by the Mathematics Department chair and the CST Dean's office, the incomplete contract must include a default grade that will be used in case the I grade is not resolved within 12 months.