COURSE: Advanced Calculus for Applications I, M427K #56425, Spring 2013 ------ TTh 2-3:30pm, CPE 2.214, attendance is mandatory. PREREQUISITES: M408D or M408L or M408S, with a grade of at least C- ------------- TEXT: Boyce and DiPrima, "Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary ---- Value Problems", 9th edition. SYLLABUS: Ch. 2: 1st Order Differential Equations (5 days) -------- Ch.3,4: Higher Order Linear Equations (5 days) Ch. 5: Series Solutions of 2nd Order Linear Equations (5 days) Ch. 7: Systems of 1st Order Linear Equations (3 days) Ch. 6: The Laplace Transform (3 days) Ch. 10: Partial Diff. Equations and Fourier series (6 days) INSTRUCTOR: Hans Koch, Office Hours Tue,Thu,Fri 4-5pm ---------- GRADING: Letter grades (A,A-,B+,...,D-,F) will be given for | 93 -100 A ------- each exam, but number grades (100,99,..,2,1,0) will | 89 - 92 A- be kept for averaging. The course grade is obtained | 85 - 88 B+ by averaging the number grades of the 4 exams and of | 81 - 84 B the quizzes. Each student may replace the grade of | 77 - 80 B- ONE exam by the grade of one of the following exams. | 73 - 76 C+ | 69 - 72 C HOMEWORK problems will be posted on Wednesdays. | 65 - 68 C- -------- Homework is NOT graded or even collected, but ... | 61 - 64 D+ QUIZZES are given in the TA sessions, roughly every 2 weeks, | 57 - 60 D ------- consisting of (slightly modified) homework problems. | 53 - 56 D- The quizzes contribute 10% to the class grade. | 0 - 52 F EXAMS: Three 70 minute in-class (Exams 1,2,3) | Exam 1 (Th Feb 7) 21% ----- and a 120 minute Final (Exam 4, 9-11 am) | Exam 2 (Th Mar 7) 22% The exams are mostly on new material. | Exam 3 (Th Apr 11) 23% Books, calculators, or notes are not | Exam 4 (Th May 9) 24% allowed. No make-up exams will be given. | Quizzes 10% SSD: UT provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for --- qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) at 512-471-6259 (voice) or 1-866-329-3986 (video phone). MORE INFO: See the class web page http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/koch/M427K/ ---------