Summer1 2015 Course Syllabus - Mathematics 3041.012

Course: Mathematics 3041.012.
Course Title: Differential Equations.
Time: MTWR 11:50-13:20.
Place: TTLMAN 306.
Instructor: Datskovsky, Boris A.
Instructor Office: WACHMAN 632.
Instructor Email: boris.datskovsky@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7847.
Office Hours: TW 10:10-11:40.
Prerequisites: Math 1042 with a grade of C or better, or equivalent transfer credit, co-requisite Math 2043.
Textbook: William E. Boyce and Richard C. Di Prima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 10th edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Course Goals: To help prepared students learn basic concepts, techniques, and applications of ordinary differential equations.
Topics Covered: First order differential equations, second and higher order linear differential equations, series solutions, Laplace transforms, system of first order equations.
Course Grading: Four quizzes (20%) and three tests (lowest 20%, other two 30% each).
Exam Dates: Tuesday, May 26, Monday, June 8, and Thursday, June 18.
Attendance Policy: Attendance and engagement in class are expected and will be factors in determining grades in borderline cases.
Quizzes: We will have 4 quizzes consisting of homework problems or slightly modified homework problems. The tentative quiz schedule (subject to change) is Thursday in weeks 1, Wednesday in Week 2, no quiz in Week 3, Tuesday in Week 4, Thursday in Week 5, and no quiz in Week 6. The worst of the four quiz scores will be dropped and the rest averaged to determine your overall quiz score.
Make Up Policy: Make ups will only be given in cases of DOCUMENTED EMERGENCIES (sickness, car accident, a death in the family, etc.) It is the student's responsibility to contact me RIGHT AWAY, preferably by e-mail, in case of a missed exam or quiz. No make ups will be given once the graded tests or quizzes are returned.
Calculator Policy: No graphing calculators will be allowed on any exams or quizzes. Scientific calculators may be allowed on some tests and quizzes at the instructor's discretion.
Letter Grades: 93-100 A, 9-92 A-, 87-89 B+, 83-86 B, 80-82 B-, 77-79 C+, 73-76 C, 70-72 C-, 65-69 D+, 55-64 D, 50-54 D-, 0-49 F.

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