MATH 433/533: Ordinary Differential Equations
Boise State University, Spring 2009
Instructor:
Stephen Brill
Office:
MG 218-A
Phone:
(208) 426-3122
Fax:
(208) 426-1356
E-mail:
brill@math.boisestate.edu
Class meetings:
1240 to 1330 every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
in room MG120.
Textbook:
Ordinary Differential Equations (fourth edition)
by Birkhoff and Rota.
Computer:
You have access to the
MG 104
computer lab, where you may use Maple
and other mathematical software.
Here's a link to our session of
20 February.
Office hours:
Monday and Wednesday: 1330 to 1430.
Tuesday and Thursday: 1400 to 1500.
Other times by appointment.
Academic honesty:
All students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to the policies
and standards given in the BSU
Student Code of Conduct.
Cell phones, paging devices, etc.:
If, during class,
your cell phone, paging device, etc.,
makes a noise that I can hear, your score on the next test or exam
will be reduced by five points. If such a noise occurs and no one admits
to being responsible for it, then
this penalty will be applied to the entire class.
Late work and/or extensions:
If you seek an extension on graded work
and the request occurs after the due date or time, your request will be summarily denied (except in the
most extraordinary circumstances). Such requests that occur before the due date and time will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Contesting grades:
If you think I have graded you unfairly on a particular assignment, you must
bring this to my attention within a week from the time that the assignment
was returned to the class. After a week I will not consider any requests
to review and possibly change my grading.
Grading policy:
Your grade will be determined by your performance in three areas:
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Homework (60%) --
Homework will be assigned
and collected on a regular basis.
Although collaborative work on homework is encouraged, each student must
hand in his/her own homework paper.
Failure to hand in homework on time will result in its not being graded.
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Midterm Exam (15%) -- 6 March.
Collaborative work is not permitted on the midterm exam.
Each student is required to supply a blank (large-size)
"blue book" for his/her written work.
A week before the midterm, each student needs to give me a blank blue book.
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Final exam (25%) -- due 11 May at 1500.
Collaborative work is not permitted on the final exam.
Your grade will be computed via the following algorithm. Let x be
the number of points accumulated throughout the semester (between 0 and
100):
A+: x > 97
A: 93 < x < 97
A-: 90 < x < 93
B+: 87 < x < 90
B: 83 < x < 87
B-: 80 < x < 83
C+: 77 < x < 80
C: 73 < x < 77
C-: 70 < x < 73
D: 60 < x < 70
F: x < 60
This page was most recently updated on 4 May 2009.
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