Class: : Section 92L
Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm on Monday and Wednesday                                                            
Location: TBA, Date Range: August 24, 2020 - December 10, 2020

Instructor: Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury, MAGC Building 3.702
Phone: (956) 665-3555; Email: mrinal.roychowdhury@utrgv.edu
Webpage: http://faculty.utrgv.edu/mrinal.roychowdhury/
Office Hours:  TBA

Text Book:  A First Course in Differential Equations (11th Edition) by Dennis G. Zill, Cengage Learning.         
Syllabus: 
Chapter 1 (Introduction to Diff. Equations): 1.1-1.3;
Chapter 2 (First Order Diff. Equations): 2.1-2.6;
Chapter 4 (Higher Order Diff. Equations): 4.1-4.9;
Chapter 6 (Series Solutions of Linear Equations): 6.1-6.3;
Chapter 7 (Laplace Transforms): 7.1-7.6

Prerequisite: MATH 2414 (Caluculus II) with a grade of C or better

Student Learning Outcomes (Course Goals): After completing this course students will

1. Understand what differential equations are, how they arise, why they are useful, and what they can tell us about the situations they model;
2. Be able to use correct differential equations terminology, such as the terms linear, nonlinear, order, explicit solution, implicit solution, ordinary differential equation, partial differential equation, existence of solutions, uniqueness of solutions, etc.;
3. Be able to solve first order differential equations by the standard methods of separation of variables, integrating factors, exact methods, substitutions, and transformations or show that solutions do not exist;
4. Be able to solve certain types of linear differential equations of order greater than one;
5. Be able to model applied problems in terms of differential equations and use the equations to obtain useful information about the problems;
6. Be able to use Laplace transform and series solution methods to obtain solutions and other useful information about the differential equations to which these methods apply;
7. Be able to use technology to solve differential equations or to obtain other useful information about the problems that they model.

1. The course will meet via zoom remotely. More instructions will be sent by emails. 
   
2. Attendance Required: Any student who accumulates the equivalent of three (3) hours of absences, excused or unexcused may be withdrawn from the class with the grade "DF". Three (3) tardies will count as one (1) absence. A tardy is defined as entering class after the starting time OR leaving the class early. Time lost from a QUIZ or TEST due to tardiness will not be made up.
   
3. Home Work: HW will be collected on every Wednesday. HW should be neat and clean, pages stapled together, with the name, section number and HW# written legibly on the right hand corner of the first sheet of the HW. Please do the problems in the order of them being assigned and make sure to show ALL of your work. No late HW will be accepted. Students must have the Instructor’s permission before submitting late work. Note that from each of the HW a couple of problems may be selected randomly, which will be graded. HW may be replaced by class quiz based on the assigned HW.
   
4. Students are responsible for all reading materials.
5. Students are expected to attend all classes regularly. If you miss any meeting, it is the Student's responsibility to get class notes from another student.
6. There will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS given. Students who know they will miss a class test/exam for an excusable reason must inform the instructor before or on the day of the test/exam through phone or e-mail; otherwise, absence will be considered unexcused and a zero will be given.
   
7. Cell Phone: Cell phone needs to be turned off during the class or test period. Handling with the cell phone during a test is strictly prohibited.
8. Laptops: Students are not allowed to turn on their laptops or any noise making device during the class time without the special permission of the instructor.