MATH2221001ElementaryDifferentialEquationsFall2014

ProfessorProfessorHolladay OfficeRoomMa251 Tel(504)2806124

ClassRoomLA120,MW3:30pm4:45pm.
Office hours MW 12 - 3 pm, TTh 12:30 - 1:45 Email khollada@uno.edu
Textbook"DifferentialEquationswithBoundaryValueProblemswithWebAssign"by
DennisG.ZillandWarrenS.Wright,8thedition.
Brooks/Cole,CengageLearning.ISBN13:9781111827069;ISBN10:1111827060.

Homework:Therewillbeweeklywrittenassignmentthatwillbegraded,returnedwithan
answersheetanddiscussedinclass.TherewillalsobeonlinehomeworkinWebAssign.
ImportantWebAssignisrequiredandwillbeusedthroughoutthecourse.Apackage
containingboththetextandWebAssignhasbeenarrangedtobesoldbytheUNObookstoreata
discountoverpurchasingthetextonAmazonandbuyingWebAssignaccessseparately.Ithasa
looseleafbindingandISBN:9781285890951.
Thesubjectstobecoveredinthecoursewillincludetopicsfrom
I.Introductiontodifferentialequations:Sections1.11.3
II.Firstorderdifferentialequations:Sections2.12.6
III.Linearsecondorderequations:Sections4.14.7
IV.Laplacetransforms:Sections7.17.5

CourseprerequisitesMath2109or2112withagradeofCorbetter.

Grading Therewillbehomework,threequizzes,twomidtermtestsandafinalexam.The
quizzeseachcountfor4%ofthetotalgrade,testsfor20%andthefinalexamfor35%.A further
13% of the grade will come from homework assignments.Graderangesforquizzesandtestswill
beannouncedwhentheyarereturned.Approximategraderangesforthewholecoursewillbe
announcedneartheendofthesemester.
AttendanceUNOhasamandatoryattendancepolicyforall2000classes.
WebAssign The course homework and practice examples will use online access accounts at
webassign.net. Details about how to use this are on a separate handout and use the Class Key:
uno 8448 6594 to log in. You also need a separate individual code once logged in which
comes packaged together with the textbook at the UNO bookstore. (The book alone does not
include webassign).
Tutoring A free tutoring service is available in the Math Tutor Center on the ground floor of
the mathematics building.
OtherAlltestsandquizzesareclosedbooknocalculators,smartphonesorsimilardevices
areallowedAsheetofLaplacetransformswillbeprovidedwiththefinalexam.Thefinalis
cumulative.
Final:Wednesday,December10FinalExam(3:00pm5:00pm)
StudentLearningOutcomesTheobjectofthecourseisforstudentstobecomeproficientin
basictechniquesforsolvingfirstandsecondorderODEs.Oncompletionofthecourse,students
shouldbeabletosolvelinearandnonlinearfirstorderdifferentialequations,secondorder
constantcoefficientequations,withandwithoutnonhomogeneousterms,CauchyEuler
equations,andbeabletoapplyLaplacetransformtechniquestoequationsandsystemsof
differentialequations.
TentativeSchedule

Week Start date Sections Notes

1 8/20/14 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
2 8/25/14 2.1, 2.2 8/27 - Quiz - Derivatives
3 09/03/14 2.3 No class Monday - Labor Day
4 9/8/14 2.4, 2.5
5 9/15/14 2.6, Review
6 9/22/14 Test, 4.1 9/22 -Test on Chapters 1 and 2
7 9/29/14 4.2, 4.3 9/29 - Jeopardy Quiz
8 10/6/14 4.4, 4.5
9 10/13/14 4.5, 4.6 10/15 - Drop Day
10 10/20/14 4.7, Review
11 10/27/14 Test, 7.1 10/27 - Test on Chapter 4
12 11/3/14 7.2 11/3 - Quiz - Integration
13 11/10/14 7.2, 7.3
14 11/17/14 7.4
15 11/24/14 7.5
Laplace Transforms are emphasized on the
16 12/1/13 Review final, but the final is cumulative.

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