Home Page of MA366, Spring 2013

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Homework is updated on March 18
Test 2 covers Chapter 3, 4, section 7.1 and chapter 8
Test 2 practice MA266 website Practice A Practice B (take out 5--8)
no office hours on Mar. 25, & 27 no classes on March 27 Sec3.8 No more scanning!

Instructor: Dr. Min Chen

Office: MATH 418
Mailbox location: MATH 419
Office Hours: MWF 10:30--11:30am
or by appointment;		 Phone: 41964
E-mail: chen@math.purdue.edu

TA: Ms. Shanshan Huang

Office: MATH 613
Mailbox location: MATH 630
Office Hours: TR 1:30-2:30pm
or by appointment;
E-mail: huang94@math.purdue.edu

Course Web Pages:

http://www.math.purdue.edu/~chen/ma366/syl.html

Computer Lab

There is a Computer Lab each Tuesday, see your schedule. For questions regarding Lab assignments, contact your Lab instructor. Lab help sessions are on Thursdays 7:00-9:00pm at SC 289.

The Lab assignments can be found at http://www.purduema366.com

Homeworks:

Homeworks will be collected every Monday in class and some of them will be graded. Late homeworks will not be accepted. Attendance and doing homework assignments are very important for your success in this class.

Tests:

There are two in-class midterm exams and a comprehensive final exam. Calculators, books and notes are not allowed during the exams.

Important Dates Test 1 Feb. 15
Test 2 March. 25
Final Exam May 1 (Wed), 7--9pm at ARMS 1010

Grading Policy:

Your course grade will be determined as follows: 20% from each mid-term exam, 30% from the final exam, 10% from homeworks and 20% from computer projects.

Make-up Policy:

There will be no make-up exams except in extreme circumstances (such as: death in immediate family, military obligation, etc.) at the discretion of the instructor. The instructor has to be informed IN ADVANCE by e-mail. You will be asked to provide proper documentation.

Attendance:

Class attendance is expected and I'll "spot check" attendance throughout the semester. I may deduct up to 5% of your grade if you miss more than two of those random checks.

Helpful links:

If you have questions, please contact Min Chen.