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syllabus
MTH-264 Syllabus
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course
Course
Discipline, Course Number, and Section Number:
Course Name:
Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
Meeting Location and Days:
MTH-264-WN380 meets Thursdays from 6:00pm-8:55pm at the Delta Downtown
Midland Center in room 208.
Course Website:
Prerequisite:
Required Materials:
Differential Equations (4th ed), Blanchard, Devaney, Hall,
ISBN 1133109039
Mathematica , a computer algebra sytem that Delta College offers
free to registered students through a site license. Follow these
instructions
to download and install Mathematica.
An appropriate scanning application for scanning and compiling
multiple pages into a single PDF file such as
Useful Materials:
TI-89 graphing calculator, or similar. The instructor will demonstrate
primarily with Mathematica and Desmos.
Attendance:
Attendance in our course is measured only by on-time completion of
assessments.
If you complete all assessments assigned for a given week you are marked
"present" for the week, otherwise you are marked "absent".
Official Course Dates:
This course does not meet during the Delta College Spring Break
(Sunday, March 5-Saturday, March 11).
Delta College publishes the list of all official course dates (start, end,
last refund, last drop date). Contact
Registration
for more information.
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instructor
Instructor
Instructor:
Office:
Office Hours
in person, Delta Downtown Saginaw Center, Room 308
in person, Delta Downtown Midland Center, Room 208
online, enter Zoom office hours
Tuesday, 6:00pm-6:55pm -
Wednesday, 6:30pm-7:25pm -
Thursday, 4:00pm-4:55pm -
by appointment - in person or enter Zoom office hours by appointment
Email:
bdredman@delta.edu
My Delta College email is the easiest way to reach me. I will contact
you through your Delta College email address.
Website:
Office Phone:
Address:
Science and Mathematics Division, Delta College, 1961 Delta Road,
University Center, MI 48710
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expectations
Expectations
Email communication
I answer your emails in the order they are received, usually within 24
hours. I will use your Delta College email address.
Reading
Read through the sections that we will cover each week before we meet and
make notes of your questions as you read.
Recommended problems
Test yourself by doing the recommended problems listed on our section
outlines.
The purpose of the recommended problems is to give you practice and
examples to help you complete your homework and prepare you for your exams.
Solutions to many recommended problems are provided as a model of what
your solutions should look like in presentation and detail.
Office hours
Office hours, in-person or online, are open times for you to come and
have your individual questions answered.
Homework
I expect that you will submit between 40 and 50 homework exercises this
semester. I will help you learn to write complete and correct solutions.
You can collaborate and compare solutions with classmates while you work
on your homework, but you must write your solutions yourself.
Exams
The three exams will feature important concepts and exercises similar to
those from the homework and text.
Exam solutions will be evaluated for the correctness of the explanations
and answers. The answers alone will be worth very little credit.
Assessments
All assessments are submitted to our
MTH-264 Assignments
folder.
All assessments must be submitted as a single PDF file.
Organize and number multiple pages clearly.
Include your full name on each page submitted.
Include all necessary graphs, diagrams, computer generated
images, or code. Assemble your pages in order.
Use an appropriate scanning application such as
Microsoft Lens ,
Apple Notes , or
Adobe Scan .
Scan your documents clearly, use a bright light, and write
clearly, legibly, and darkly.
Scan all pages in portrait orientation, full-size, fit to an
ordinary 8.5"x11" paper size.
Photographic images with dark backgrounds will not be accepted.
If you need assistance in the preparation of your PDF file, I will
help you learn how to use the appropriate applications.
Technology
You will need to use both Desmos and Mathematica at various times
throughout the course to produce graphs and diagrams for problems.
You will need to learn to draw accurate, effective, and complete graphs
and diagrams by hand.
Practice producing graphs and diagrams both by hand and with appropriate
technology.
Graphing calculators such as the TI-Nspire or TI-89 may be helpful, but are
not required.
I will demonstrate primarily with Mathematica and Desmos.
Deadlines
All assignment and exam deadlines are set to 11:59pm on dates specified.
Late homework is not accepted and there are no make-ups for missed exams.
Contact me ahead of time if you have a conflict with a deadline.
For reasonable accommodations for documented disabilities, including
accommodations related to a documented acute medical event (e.g. Covid-19)
contact the
Disability Resources Office
(disabiltyresources@delta.edu ).
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grading
Grading
Your grade is a combination of four percentages.
Your percentage scores on the three exams will each represent 25% of
your grade.
Your percentage score on the total of your homework exercises will
represent 25% of your grade.
Add these four components then round up to the nearest whole percentage to
determine your letter grade.
A (93%-100%), A- (90%-92%), B+ (87%-89%), B (83%-86%), B- (80%-82%),
C+ (77%-79%), C (73%-76%), C- (70%-72%), D+ (67%-69%), D (63%-66%),
D- (60%-62%), F (0%-59%).
Each week I will return your graded papers and a copy of your current grade
report, including your scores on all assessments taken to date, in an individual
Google Drive folder. Review your grade report to make sure that it is accurate
and to know your current grade in the course.