MTH 306F
2005
Fall
SYLLABUS
Text 1: (Required) Blanchard, Devaney and Hall, Ordinary Differential
Equations, 2nd edition, Brooks/Cole, 2002
Text 2: (Required) Coombes, Hunt, Lipsman, Osborn and Stuck, Differential
Equations with Maple (3rd edition), John Wiley & Sons
Topics: Portions of chapters 1-3 and 5. Other material as time allows. See the
Lecture Schedule below for more detail.
Exams and other required work: Two Exams during the semester and a
Final Exam. Math Lab assignments.
Homework: Weekly homework assignments will be posted on the course web page.
Math Labs: Weekly Math lab assignments will be posted on the course web page.
Grades: First Exam 25%. Second Exam 25%. Math Lab Reports 25%. Final Exam:
25% . +/- grades will be assigned.
Math Lab Assignments:
Guidelines for Math Labs:
1. Your Name, ID# and assignment # should appear on your cover page, and all attached
Maple worksheets.
2. Indicate on each Maple Work Sheet which problem, and problem part appears on the
sheet.
3. Show all Maple commands and the results of executing them.
4. Math Lab assignments that are submitted after the due date indicated below may be
rejected or subject to a grading penalty.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Recitations will begin the second week of class.
Students with Disabilities: If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or
psychological) which will make it difficult for you to carry out the course work as
outlined, or requires accommodations such as recruiting note takers, readers, or extra
time on exams and/or assignments, please advise me during the first two weeks of the
course so that we may review possible arrangements for reasonable accommodations.
Making up an Incomplete in mathematics:
To make up an incomplete, you must...
1. Not re-register for the course — You are making up an incomplete in your original
course.
2. Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 244, ask for Rosemarie
Marciniak and ask her to initiate an incomplete petition form for you.
3. Sign the petition.
4.
a) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed with
him/her, take the approved petition form to your original instructor for his/her
signature.
b) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed by your
repeating the course, take the approved petition form to your new instructor for
his/her signature.
5. Return the petition form to Rosemarie Marciniak in Room 244 Mathematics Building
by the last day of drop/add (Friday, September 2).
Repeating Course: If this course is being taken to repeat a course previously taken at UB, it is
important , for financial aid purposes, to be registered for 12 credit hours in addition to the course
which is being repeated to be considered full time.
Important Dates:
Friday, September 9: Last day to drop course –no record appears on transcript.
Friday, September 9: Last day to file "Petition to make up an incomplete" with the Department of
Mathematics for Fall 2005 class attendance.
Friday, October 31 Last day to "resign" Fall 2005 courses. A grade of "R" appears on transcript.
(One semester UB students have until November 11 (3 WEEKS LATER) to resign with an "R"
provided they have contacted their advisor about this option prior to November 11 to discuss this
option.)