MATH 46, Introduction to ordinary differential equations, Spring 06.

Lecture: MWF 11:10-12pm at  SPR 2339

Instructor: Marta Asaeda
Office: Serge 239
Phone:  951-827-7384
E-mail: marta_at_math.ucr.edu
Office hours: MW 2:10-3pm, or by appointment.
Course webpage: http://www.math.ucr.edu/~marta/math46, iLearn. It is recommended that you check announcement at iLearn often, especially around exam time.

Discussion:
sec011  Thursday 8:40am-9:30am  WAT 2141
sec012: Thursday 9:40am-10:30am  STAT B650

TA: Thao-Nhi Luu
Office:  Surge 262
E-mail: thaonhi_at_math.ucr.edu
Office hours: M 9-10am, Thurs: 7:10-8pm or by appointment.

Textbook:  Elementary Differential Equations, W. Trench, published by Brooks/Cole (2000).

Quizzes: roughly every other week. 15min toward the end of the class.

Homework: posted after each lecture, collected every Friday, unless otherwise is specified at some special circumstance.

Exams: There will be a midterm exam around 5th week. The date will be announced 2 weeks in advance. It will be during the regular class hour in the same room.  The final exam will be on Thursday, 06/15/2006 11:30A-2:30P at our regular classroom.  No make up exams. An extra date for the exams can be granted only in the event of a documented medical situation or family emergency, the observance of a religious holiday. Timely contact the instructor. You should bring your UCR identification card to each exam.
All the exams are closed notes and books, no calculators allowed.

Grading: The final grade is determined by
50% of the final exam
30% of the midterm exam
20% of quizzes and homework, or of 70% of the final exam, whichever is higher. (i.e. suppose you got 100% on final, and you got only 50% of quizzes+homework, then the portion you get will be 20x0.7=14%. If you do perfect on quizzes+homework, you will get 20%.)

Points for each homework, quiz, and exam will be posted on iLearn as soon as it is graded. It is your responsibility to check it frequently and let me or Thao-Nhi know if there is anything wrong (such as missing grade even though you submitted homework, etc) as soon as possible. Do not wait till the term grade is given: it gets more complicated.

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