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MA222
Differential Equations II

MTRF 7/8, G310
John Rickert, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office: G-215A, Crapo Hall
Phone: (812) 877-8473
Campus mail: CM 141
e-mail: john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu
Office hours: MTRF 9, or stop by and see if I'm in. My schedule
policy       _ grade weights       Notes      
Textbook: Differential Equations, Polking, Boggess, and Arnold.(2nd ed.)

Homework

Today's homework (for tomorrow's class)

For Tuesday, December 2: Section 5.1 #3,5,9,17,19,23,29. Turn in these exercises on Thursday.
For Thursday, December 4 Turn in the Section 5.1 exercises.
Section 5.2 #5,7,19,23,31,35,43.
We will have a basic skills quiz Thursday. (no computer, calculator, notes, etc. allowed)

Notes


We will be covering

Course Policy

Material added since the beginning of class will be in purple
This class will have three in-class exams - most likely during the 3rd, 6th or 7th, and 9th weeks. Exam 1 will be given Friday, December 19, 2008.
Note: I don't set grades using a 93/86/77/70 "straight scale" system. I plan to challenge you to excel. This means that the exam averages will generally be lower than what you are used to.
The final exam will be given during finals week. If you are making arrangements for travel home, you should make sure that they will not conflict with the final exam schedule. If your parents will be purchasing airline tickets for you, you should contact them and remind them not to schedule you on a flight that might cause you fail a class.
The weights for the grade are given below.
There may be two other types of quizzes given in class: announced and unannounced.

A stapler is probably a good investment for most of you. Multi-page homeworks should be stapled together, not mutilated.
Homework will typically be due at the beginning of class on the due date. Homework may be turned in later but will be penalized based on just how late it is - typically 10% off per day. i.e. 10 days later, it's too late to get a makeup homework turned in.
When writing up homework, you should circle (or otherwise clearly indicate) your answers. If the homework is on a worksheet that is passed out to the class, you will generally be expected to write your answers on a separate sheet of paper, in a well-organized fashion. Answers should be written on the worksheet only if answer blanks have been specifically provided.
If you have any questions while I'm not around, you may e-mail me at rickert@rose-hulman.edu and I will reply as soon as I can.

You should come to class prepared. This means that I expect you to have done the homework, brought your book to class and launched Maple at the beginning of class.

I will assign some `group' projects in this class. Groups will consist of either three or four members. Write-ups from smaller or larger groups will not be accepted unless prior approval has been given.
Write-ups should be neatly presented. Write-ups returned on the information sheet handed out to the groups will not be accepted. Write-ups handed in at the end of class may be hand-written. Write-ups for work outside of class should be typed. Maple code may be included as part of an appendix or in figures, but should not be considered as a `formal' write-up. Similarly, `scratch-work' is unacceptable. Neatly written partial results may be turned in, but scribbles will reduce your grade.

A summary of the grade weights

There will be three in-class exams worth 18% each
The final exam will be worth 36%
Quizzes and homework will be worth 10%
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