Instructor Information:
Web site: www.colstate.edu/~thoward/welcome.html
NOTE: The information contained in this syllabus may be subject to change. Please check this web site regularly for updates.
Office Hours: MW 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. and Tues 2-3. Other hours are available by appointment.
Course Description: The Laplace transform and its properties, applications to physical systems involving the solution of ordinary and partial differential equations.
Text: Operational Mathematics, by Ruel Churchill. See also course notes on the course web page. We'll be covering material from chapters 1, 2, and 4, plus several applications.
Your course grade will be based upon
nine homework assignments, two take-home tests, and a comprehensive final exam.
Point values will be assigned as follows:
Homework: 120 (20 pts. each)
Tests: 240
Final Exam: 200
Course grades will be based on 10-percentage-point intervals (90% for A, 80% for B, etc.).
Homework will be assigned each Wednesday (weeks 1-9), which will be due on the following Wednesday. Each assignment will be worth 20 points.
Homework will be due by 5 pm on Wednesday afternoons. Late homework received by 5 pm Thursday will have four points deducted; late homework received by the end of class on Friday will have eight points deducted. No homework will be accepted after that time.
Homework submissions should include all hand calculations and a printout of any computer work used.
Two take-home tests will be given during the quarter. In completing these tests, you may use your books, your notes, and your computer. Do not get assistance from any other person.
The tentative dates on which the two tests will be handed out are Friday, October 17, and Friday, November 14. Each test will be due one week later at the beginning of class.
Drop Day: The last day to withdraw from the course with a grade of "W" is Friday, October 31.
Holidays during quarter: Friday, November 28
Final Exam: The final exam will be comprehensive. It's TENTATIVELY scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 8:00 - 10:50 a.m.