M21-117 : Integration and Differential Equations
 

       Instructor: Petronela Radu
       Office: WEH 6205, x8-5190
       Office hours: Monday to Friday 12:00 to 1:00pm or by appointment
       E-mail: pradu@andrew.cmu.edu
       Schedule: Monday to Friday from 10:30am -11:50am, room - Baker Hall 235 B

       COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This course covers topics such as integration, differential
       equations, applications of these topics in the world outside  the classroom, and different
       strategies to attack problems of this type. To some parts of the material you have been
       exposed in previous courses; nevertheless, you are strongly advised  to try to follow  all the
       lectures with attention, as you may make conceptual connections which had not occured to
       you before. I will try to at least match the student's effort in the endeavour to understand
       these concepts, but lack of motivation will not receive any additional attention .
       The website for the course is www.math.cmu.edu/~pradu/21117.html
             The text is  Calculus by James Stewart.

       HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: About twice a week the students will be required to turn in
      an assignment which will consist of 10-20 exercises given in class; at a student's request,
      there will also be optional assignments on which the student can work to improve on those
      subjects that s/he doesn't feel confident about. Also, reading assignments will be assigned,
      and at the beginning of each class students will be asked to present a problem or some
      theoretical facts from the assigned material. Late assignments will be accepted only in special
      situations.

      SYLLABUS:  The syllabus is somewhat tentative, depending on the student backgrounds.
              Week 1:  7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.7
              Week 2:  7.8, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
              Week 3:  9.5, 9.6, 17.1

     GRADING AND EXAMS :There will be two tests and a quiz of 10 minutes on every Monday
     (2 quizzes). The average of the tests will be 70% of the final grade; the homework
      assignments will represent 20% and the quizzes 10%. Make-up exams will be administered
      only in extreme cases. Cheating will be penalized by at best giving a lower letter for the course
      grade. The test dates are: Wednesday  05/ 29,  Friday 06/ 07.
 

     COURSE POLICY: Class attendance is expected. If you miss a class it is your responsibility to get
     the material and the homework assignments from your colleagues. You may discuss your homework
     assignments with each other, but the solutions should be written up individually. The final solutions
      should not be  shared.

              If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to bring them up!