Instructor: Bojan Popov
Office: Blocker 507B
Email: popov"at"math.tamu.edu
Office Hours: TR 1:00-2:00, or by
appointment (email me and I will reply to you in the next 24 hours)
Class page: /~popov/math308.html
Course
Description and Prerequisites:
308. Differential Equations. (3-0). Credit 3. I, II, S Ordinary
differential equations, solutions in series, solutions using Laplace
transforms, systems of differential equations. Prerequisites: MATH 251
or equivalent; knowledge of computer algebra system.
Learning
Outcomes or Course Objectives: Your
objectives are to learn the computational methods and facts presented
in lectures and the text, to understand why those methods and facts are
valid, and to be able to apply them to concrete problems. More
succinctly you are expected to be able to solve all the types of
problems discussed during class and assigned from the text. This course is to provide students with quantitative and
problem-solving skills for first order, linear second order and systems
of linear ordinary differential equations.
Textbook
and/or Resource Materials:
Elementary Differential Equations: 10th edition,
by Boyce/DiPrima, Wiley 2012, ISBN:978-0-470-45832-7
Grades:
Your course grade will be based on your exam scores and quiz scores
weighted as follows:
Two Midterm Exams:
(100 points each) 200 points, October 2 and November 8 during class time
Final Exam:
150 points, December 12, 2018, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Quizzes (typically each week): 100 points
Computer Assignments (four or five): 50 points
Your point total T will be converted to a final grade like this; A if
450 ≤ T, B if 400 ≤ T < 450, C if 350 ≤ T < 400, D if 300 ≤ T
< 350, and F if T < 300.
Important
information:
Typically a quiz will last 15 minutes in the beginning of class
and cover material similar to assigned problems and/or knowledge of
basic facts from the text or lectures. A list of practice
problems, help session hours, etc, will be posted on my home page.
Grading Questions: If you have any question about the grading of a quiz
or exam you must contact me within two class days of the paper’s
return.
Homework: A
list of practice
homework problems will be posted on my class home page. Homework will
not be collected. However, to do well in class, I suggest you do all
the assigned problems for each section covered in class.
Help
session schedule: https://www.math.tamu.edu/courses/helpsessions.html
Copyright Policy: All printed
hand-outs and web materials are protected by US Copyright Laws. No
multiple copies can be made without written permission by the
instructor.
Students with Disabilities: The
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination
statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons
with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that
all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment
that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If
you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please
contact Disability Services, currently located in the Disability
Services building at the Student Services at White Creek complex on
west campus or call 979-845-1637. For additional information, visit http://disability.tamu.edu
Scholastic Dishonesty: Students
may work together and discuss the homework problems with each other.
Copying work done by others is an act of scholastic dishonesty and will
be prosecuted to the full extent allowed by University policy. For more
information on university policies regarding scholastic dishonesty, see
University Student Rules. The Aggie Honor System will be
enforced: An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate
those who do.