AMS 20/20A – Mathematical Methods for Engineers II. The course provides fundamentals of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) and systems of ODEs with strong emphasis on engineering applications.
Instructor: Qi Gong, Associate Professor, BE 361A, email: qigong@soe.ucsc.edu
Teaching Assistants:
LSS Tutor: Jason Vranek (jvranek@ucsc.edu). Sign up for a tutoring section at: http://lss.ucsc.edu/programs/small-group-tutoring/index.html
Lectures: MoWeFr 12:30PM - 1:40PM, Steven Acad 150
Sections: There are four mandatory lab/discussion sections. Students are required to attend one of these four sections. Lab/discussion sections will be used to teach MATLAB programming needed for the course, review lectures, and solve practice problems.
Office Hours
Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations, William Boyce and Richard DiPrima, Wiley, 10th Edition. You can get the UCSC custom version to save the cost.
Homework: Homework will be due weekly on Wednesday at the beginning of class. Homework will be posted online. Late homework is NEVER accepted. For each homework, a selected set of problems will be graded. The graded homework will be returned to you in lab sections. Please print your name, lab section number, and Student ID clearly on the first page of your homework.
Quizzes: All quizzes will be given in Lab sections.
Grading:
Academic Honesty: See explanation at http://www.ucsc.edu/academics/academic_integrity/index.html
Tentative Schedule: (AMS 20A students are NOT required to attend classes from week 6 to week 10)
Midterm exam (only for AMS 20)
Final Exam:
Students with disabilities: If you have special needs, we will accommodate you. The Disability Resource Center offers services that are confidential and free of charge. After you contact the Disability Resource Center, bring your Accommodation Authorization form to me after class or during office hours and we will discuss your accommodations.