Engineering Outreach Course Syllabus

Instructor:      Kirk Trigsted
Office Hours: T.B.A
Email:             kirkt@uidaho.edu
Text:               Boyce, Diprima   Elementary Differential Equations 7th Edition. Note: The 8th edition of the text is ok. There
                        are only a few problems that are different. These problems appear in section 2.3 and are pointed out in the homework assignment list.

Course Description: 
This is a first semester course in differential equations. We will discuss the classification of differential equations. We will solve several types of
first order differential equations including: Linear, exact, separable, Bernouilli and homogeneous. We will do some modeling using differential equations. We will also study various techniques used in solving higher order differential equations. We will find series solutions to differential equations and solve differential equations using Laplace Transforms. We will essentially cover chapters 1-6 of the text.

Homework:
The key to success in this course is to master the homework. There will be several homework problems assigned after every lecture. I will not
collect the homework. Your grade will be based soley on the four exams. The exams will be created using problems very similar to the
homework assignments. Click HERE to view a complete list of the homework assignments. All solutions may be found in the back of the text. WARNING: The author is very clever rewriting some of the solutions using algebra. Therefore, you may very well have an equivalent solution
that does not exactly match the author's solution. I have created solutions to selected problems. Use these solutions wisely! Look at these solutions
only when you are completely stuck! Click HERE to view the solutions to selected homework excercies.

Exams:
There will be 4 Exams. Each exam is worth 150 points. GRAPHING CALCULATORS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED DURING AN EXAM!

Exam 1  Will cover lectures 1-12   and will consist of problems from chapters 1 and 2.
Exam 2  Will cover lectures 13-20 and will consist of problems from chapters 3 and 4.
Exam 3  Will cover lectures 21-28 and will consist of problems from chapter 6.
Exam 4  Will cover lectures 29-38 and will consist of problems from chapters 1-6 (Cumulative Final Exam)

 

Grading:
Total Points Possible: 600
                   540 PTS     A           
                   480 PTS     B                                
                   420 PTS     C                           
                   360 PTS     D