UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

COURSE OUTLINE

Unit Title and Code SMA 208 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION I

Lecturer: Dr Philip Ngare Office: School of Mathematics

Office Extension No: Prefab 13 Email: pngare@uonbi.ac.ke

Website: Module Leader:
Office Hours: Tue 12-2 PM

Aim: To equip students with methods for solving first and second order ordinary differential equations
with view towards mathematical modeling

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Solve first order ordinary differential equations and construct applications
2. Solve second order ordinary differential equations and construct applications
3. Construct mathematical model real physical/business problems
Contact Hours: 45 HRS

Prerequisite: SMA 103, SMA 104

Content: From the course structure/description

First order equations and applications. Second order equations. Homogeneous equations with constant coefficients.
Equations with variable coefficients. Non-homogeneous equations. Undetermined coefficients. Variations of parameters.
Inverse Differential operators. Applications.
Week/Dates Topics Intended Learning Outcomes Activities
1-5 First order equations The learners should be able to  Tutorial
and applications  Construct a Mathematical model Questions
 Classify differential equations  Discussions
 Solve linear differential equations
 Illustrate differential equations
geometrically
 Model with first order ordinary
differential equations
 Perform numerical
approximations of first order ODE
 Sit for CAT 1/Assignments
6- 12 Second order The learners should be able to  Tutorial
equations  Solve the homogeneous Questions
equations with  Discussions
1. constant coefficients
2. variable coefficients
 Solve the nonhomogeneous
equations using methods of
1. undetermined
coefficients
2. variations of
parameters
 Solve second order equation
using inverse differential
operators
 Applications of second order
equation
CAT 2 (at week 9)
13 Revision

Academic Assessment

Type Weighting (%)

Examination 70
Coursework

 CAT 1 (Assignment) 10
 CAT 2 (Supervised CAT) 20

30

Total 100 %

Course Materials

Books
Core [Required] Text
Author Publisher
Title

William E. Boyce
Elementary John Wiley & Sons (2001)
differential equations
Richard C. DiPrima

Morris Tenenbaum Dover publications, inc, New

Ordinary differential
York (1985)
equations
Harry Pollard

Differential Robert L Borrelli

John Wiley & Sons, inc (2004)
equations: A
modeling perspective Courtney S. Coleman