| Prerequisites | MA 242 or (MA 132 and MA 231). In particular, you should be comfortable with differential and integral calculus, and with the basic idea of a vector. | ||||||||
| Learning Objectives | After taking Math 341, a successful student will be able to:
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| "H" is for "Honors" | This is an honors section of 341. The following description of honors courses can be found on a university website: "Honors sections of courses (designated by an 'H' suffix) typically have a smaller class size, and provide students with a more in-depth and challenging exploration of the course subject matter than their non-Honors equivalents." | ||||||||
| Instructor | Nathan Reading | ||||||||
| Office | SAS 4118 | ||||||||
| Telephone | 515-3261 | ||||||||
| nathan_reading AT ncsu DOT edu | |||||||||
| Course website | http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nreadin/341. You will be responsible for material on this site. You will be notified by email or in class when new information is posted on the site. | ||||||||
| Class email list | A class email list will be established within the first few days of the class. You will be responsible for any information emailed to the list. In particular, you should check your "unity" email account at least every other day. | ||||||||
| Class Sessions | Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11:20 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. in SAS 2225. | ||||||||
| Office hours | Wednesdays, 12:45 to 2:15 and Thursdays, 1:30 to 3:00, or by appointment. I'm happy to make appointments (email me) outside of scheduled office hours, but I discourage students from simply dropping by my office. | ||||||||
| Text | Fundamentals of Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, by Nagle, Saff, and Snider (5th edition, Addison-Wesley 2008). | ||||||||
| Homework |
Homework will be assigned weekly.
Homework will not be collected, but it is nominally "due" every Friday.
The choice of homework problems will be an indication of what I expect students to learn.
It is expected that students will do every problem in every assignment and will seek help from the instructor, from classmates and/or from others when they have trouble with a problem.
You are encouraged to work in groups on the homework.
However, if you do not put in your own effort on each problem, you may find that you are less prepared for quizzes and exams than you would like to be.
Here are the homework assignments. Here are some Comments and answers on homework assignments, quizzes and tests. |
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| Quizzes | Each Friday (or almost each Friday) there will be a quiz on the homework assignment due that day. The purpose of the quiz will be to test your understanding of the assigned homework problems. The quiz will typically be short. It will be my intention each week to write a quiz that students will do well on, if they have mastered every homework problem. The lowest quiz score will be dropped. If you find that your performance on quizzes is not what you would like it to be, then you probably should be putting more effort into homework. | ||||||||
| Reading Assignments, Lecture Schedule and Tests |
Students are expected to read the text in addition to attending lectures.
Here is the most up-to-date schedule for the class.
This schedule (except for test dates) is subject to change as the course progresses. Here is a link to files that were shown on the screen in lecture. |
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| Midterm exams | There will be three midterm exams in class on the following dates:
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| Final Exam | The final exam is Wednesday, December 9, 8:00 - 11:00 a.m. in the usual room. | ||||||||
| Grading |
The student's numerical score will be determined by weighting exams and quizzes as follows: 10% for quizzes, 20% each for the three exams and 30% for the final.
The numerical score will be a number from 0 to 1000, and final grades will be determined on the scale below.
Precise cutoffs for + and -- grades will be determined after the final.
These gradelines may be adjusted slightly but only in a way that improves the letter grades assigned.
Please don't have unrealistic expectations about the gradelines being adjusted.
They will probably not be adjusted, or will be adjusted by only a very few points.
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| Policy on Attendance and Make-ups | Attending every lecture (in its entirety) is considered part of the course requirement. No provisions will be made for students to make up missed work or tests except as spelled out in the University's attendance regulation available at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.3.php} . | ||||||||
| H1N1 Flu | If you are ill with symptoms of H1N1 influenza (i.e. fever over 100, sore throat, cough, stuffy or runny nose, fatigue, headache, body aches, vomiting and diarrhea) please do not come to class. Instead, immediately contact your medical provider or Student Health Services (515-7107) for advice or to arrange an appointment. If you are diagnosed with H1N1, please inform your instructor immediately. You will be required to be isolated away from class until at least 24 hours after you are free of fever (100 degrees), or signs of a fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications. If, however, you are ill with symptoms of "I-am-not-prepared-for-today's-test" flu, please come to class anyway. I'll expect you to bring me documentation of a visit to your health provider, with details on your illness, if you are sick for an exam. |
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| Policy on Incompletes | Incompletes are not offered except in cases where special circumstances (such as outlined in the attendance regulation mentioned above) make it impossible for a student to complete the course. Even in these special circumstances, incompletes will not be offered unless the student was in a position to pass the class before the special circumstance arose. In particular, incompletes cannot be used as a way to "bail out" when a student feels that they cannot pass the course or feels they cannot do all the work they put off until the end of the semester. | ||||||||
| Statement for students with disabilities | Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, students must register with Disability Services for Students at 1900 Student Health Center, Campus Box 7509, 515-7653. For more information on NC State's policy on working with students with disabilities, please see the Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities Regulation, available at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.1.php . | ||||||||
| Academic Integrity | Students are expected to conform to standards of academic integrity as described in the Code of Student Conduct, which can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/student_services/student_discipline/POL11.35.1.php . The student, by signing or writing their name on a homework assignment or test, affirms that they have neither given nor received unauthorized aid. (See "Homework Assignments" above for guidelines on acceptable collaboration on homework.) |