SYLLABUS
Tulsa Community College
Spring 2015
Course: MTH2613-101
Elementary Differential Equations
Call #23992
Instructor: Amos C. Mizell
acmizell@cimtel.net
Home Phone: 918-671-9445
M W 10:00 am – 11:20 am TR Room No.
MC 400
Start Date: 1-12-2015
End Date: 5-10-2015
Science and Mathematics Division
Associate Dean: Dr. Connie Hébert
Office No: MC 620
Telephone: 918-595-7242
COURSE PRE-REQUISITE
MTH2134 – Analytic Geometry & Calculus III
TEXTBOOK AND OTHER MATERIALS
Text: Differential Equations, 1st Edition
Author: Christian Constanda
Publisher: Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology, 2013
CALCULATOR
A calculator that is capable of performing exponential and logarithmic operations may be necessary on
tests. Cellular devices will not be allowed nor will students be allowed to share a device during testing.
COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
Math Lab - MC 529. If you have questions or need help with your homework, please go to the math lab
day or evening hours to receive free help. There is a schedule posted on the math lab door.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Solutions and applications of first order ordinary differential equations by symbolic and numerical
methods. Solutions and applications of second order linear equations. Series solutions, Laplace
transforms, and higher order equations with constant coefficients and an introduction to systems of
differential equations. Lecture 3 hours. No laboratory.
General Education Goal Statement:
The General Education Goals are designed to ensure that graduates of Tulsa Community College have the
skills, knowledge, and attitudes to carry them successfully through their work and their personal lives.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to solve many classes of ordinary
differential equations. The student will be able to choose the appropriate method to solve a particular
equation or initial boundary value problem and recognize the circumstances under which the tools they
have learned to date are (and or are not) appropriate.
ADA Policy:
Students with special needs: Students with documented disabilities are provided academic
accommodations through the disABLED Student Resource Center(918-595-7115) or Resource
Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing(918-595-7428/TDD-TTY 918-595-7434). If any student is in
need of academic accommodations from either office, it is the student's responsibility to advise the
instructor so an appropriate referral can be made no later than the first week of class. Students may also
contact the disABLED Student Services Offices directly at the telephone numbers indicated.
ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATIONS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED UNLESS APPROPRIATE
DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED TO THE DISABLED STUDENT SERVICES OFFICES TO
SUPPORT THE NEED.
TEACHING METHODS
The class will primarily be taught by the lecture method with question and answer sessions over
previously covered material.
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
Evaluation will be determined by points accumulated from homework and tests. Homework assignments
will be taken up at the time of each test. The average of all assignments will be equivalent to one test
(100 points). There will be three regular tests (100 points each) and one comprehensive final exam (100
points). Thus, there are 500 points possible. If your grade on the final is higher than your lowest test
score, then your lowest test score will be dropped and the final exam will be counted twice. Thus, the
basis of your grade will be:
All Tests
400
Final Exam 100
Total
500
or
Test Points without 300
Lowest Score
Final Exam
200
Total
500
GRADING SCALE:
Overall percentages of 90%, 80%, 70%, 60% will guarantee you at least an A, B, C, or D, respectively.
Any curving will be to your benefit. Bonus test questions allow scores to exceed
100%.
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is important. The student is expected to attend class regularly and to be on time. More than
four (4) absences is considered excessive. Excessive absence results in being dropped from the class.
According to the school calendar, April 24 is the last day to change from credit to Audit or to withdraw
with a “W” grade, so excessive absences may result in a failing grade. Additionally, please note that in
this class three (3) times tardy, i.e., more than 5 minutes late or leaving 5 minutes early equals one (1)
absence.
LATE ASSIGNMENTS AND MAKE-UP TEST POLICY:
Prior arrangements must be made with the instructor for late assignments or requests to make up tests.
Late homework must be turned in no later than one week after the due date. Make up tests are allowed
only on rare occasions since the student is allowed to drop the lowest test score.
CLEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:
Under no circumstances will there be allowed any smoking in the classroom, either during class or
between classes. Tulsa Community College has a No-Smoking Policy that prohibits all smoking inside
the building. Also, no refreshments (food or drinks) are allowed in the classroom at any time, whether or
not a class is in session.
INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT:
Each student is responsible for being aware of the information contained in the TCC Catalog, TCC
Student Handbook, TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook, and semester information listed
in the Class Schedule.
FAILURE TO WITHDRAW POLICY:
Contact the Counseling Office at any TCC campus to initiate withdrawal from a course (“W” grade) or to
change from Credit to Audit. Students who stop participating in the course and fail to withdraw may
receive a course grade of “F,” which may have financial aid consequences for the student.
PLAGIARISM POLICY
Plagiarism is claiming, indicating, or implying that the ideas, sentences, or words of another writer are
your own; it includes having another writer do work claimed to be your own, copying the work of another
and presenting it as your own, or following the work of another as a guide to ideas and expression that are
then presented as your own. The student should review the relevant sections of the TCC Student Code of
Conduct Policy Handbook.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY OR MISCONDUCT:
Academic dishonesty or misconduct is not condoned nor tolerated at campuses within the Tulsa
Community College system. Academic dishonesty is behavior in which a deliberately fraudulent
misrepresentation is employed in an attempt to gain undeserved intellectual credit, either for oneself or for
another. Academic misconduct is behavior that results in intellectual advantage obtained by violating
specific standards, but without deliberate intent or use of fraudulent means. The student should review
the relevant sections of the TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook.
COMPUTER SERVICES ACCEPTABLE USE:
Access to computing resources is a privilege granted to all TCC faculty, staff, and students. Use of TCC
computing resources is limited to purposes related to the College's mission of education, research, and
community service. Student use of technology is governed by the Computer Services Acceptable Use
Statements/Standards found in the TCC Student Code of Conduct Policy Handbook. These handbooks
may be obtained by contacting any Student Activities or Dean of Student Services office.
SCHEDULE CHANGES
The instructor may change the assignment schedule AT ANY TIME by verbal or written notification in
class.
MTH2613 – Differential Equations
Tentative Class Schedule
Class No.
Date
Section/Test
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1-13
1-15
1-20
1-22
1-27
1-29
2-3
Intro: Course syllabus, 1.1 – 1.4
2.1, 2.2
2.3, 2.4
2.6
Wrap up Chs 1-2
Tesst Review
Test #1(Chs. 1,2)
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
2-5
2-10
2-12
2-17
2-19
2-24
2-26
3-3
3-5
3-10
3-12
Handout: Chapter 3
Continue handout
Chapter 4
4.4
4.5
4.5
4.6
Handout: Chapter 5
Continue handout
Test Review
Test #2 (Chs. 3,4,5)
Spring Break
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
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3-16 through 3-22
3-24
3-26
3-31
4-2
4-7
4-9
4-14
4-16
Chapter 9
continue
continue
7.1 – 7.3
7.4
7.5
Test Review
Test #3(Chs. 7 & 9)
4-21
8.1, 8.2
4-23
8.3
4-28
8.4
4-30
Final Review
Week of 5-4-2015 Final Exam: Exact Date and Time
To be determined at a later date
MTH2613 – Differential Equations
HOMEWORK
Section
Page
1.2
1.3
5
8
Odds 1-7
Odds 1-13
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.6
19
24
26
28
34
Odds 1-9
Odds 1-9
Odds 1-5
Odds 1-5
Odds 1-9
3.1
3.2
3.3
Chapter 3 Handout
4.2
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.5.2
4.5.3
4.6
66
74
76
79
92
96
99
5.1
5.2
5.3
Chapter 5 Handout
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
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Exercises
Odds 1-11
Odds 1-11
Odds 1-11
Odds 1-7
1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33
1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25
Odds 1-9