Summer 2014
Instructor: Sergei Chmutov
Teaching assistant: Hari Ravindran
Classes: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
12:40 - 1:35 pm, and
Tuesday, Thursday 12:45 - 2:05 pm
at Scott Lab N-048.
TEXTBOOK: Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value
Problems,
9-th OSU edition, by W.E. Boyce.
John Wiley & Sons (2012). ISBN: 9781119935148
You should read sections of the book before they are studied in class.
Homework: There will be two assignments per week due Tuesday and Friday before class.
Tests: There will be two midterms and one final exam. You may not use your calculator, your text, notes, or solutions to assignments. Except for extraordinary reasons, you must take the examinations at the scheduled times.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE:
| MIDTERM 1 | Wednesday, July 2. | MIDTERM 2 | Wednesday, July 23. | FINAL EXAM | Wednesday, August 6, 2:00-3:45 pm |
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: Each homework will be graded out of 50 points. The lowest grade will be dropped. The total homework score will be the mean of remaining grades.
| Homework | 50 | Midterms | 2x100 | Final exam | 150 | TOTAL | 400 |
GRADING SCALE (Percent):
| A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D |
| 90 | 87 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 63 | 60 |