Summer2 2005 Course Syllabus
Course: 0251.021.
Course Title: Differential Equations.
Time: MTWR 12:55-2:55 p.m.
Place: Barton Hall 103.
Instructor: Datskovsky, Boris A.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall 632.
Instructor Email: boris.datskovsky@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7847.
Office Hours: MW 11:00-12:30.
Prerequisites: Math 0086, Calculus II, with a grade of C or higher. Co-requisite: Math 0127, Calculus III.
Textbook: William Boyce and Richard Diprima, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Eighth Edition, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Course Goals: The object of this course is to teach students techniques for solving ordinary differential equations.
Topics Covered: First order ordinary differential equations, second and higher order linear differential equations, series solutions of linear ordinary differential equations, the Laplace transform.
Course Grading: Your course grade will be based on three in-class exams and the weekly homework quizzes. The weights are as follows: the quizzes will count for 25% of your grade, the worst exam for 15% and the other two exams for 30% each. The homework quizzes will take place on Thursdays every week of the session except the sixth week. Altogether, we will have 5 quizzes. The worst quiz score will be dropped and the rest averaged to obtain your quiz score. The exams will be designed with a C+ median in mind and will be curved if necessary. The quiz scores will not be curved.
Exam Dates: First exam, Monday, July 18. Second Exam, Monday August 1. Third Exam, Monday, August 15.
Attendance Policy: None, except no make up quizzes will be administered unless you had a very good excuse for missing class that day.
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.
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed here.
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.