Instructor: Ilya Kapovich
MWF, 10:00am, Henry Administration Building, rm 156
WWW: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~kapovich/285-04/285-04.html
Textbook: Edwards and Penney, Differential
Equations and Boundary Value problems, third
edition
The
Score
Reports is the Math Department's gradebook program. All your h/work,
quiz and exam grades will be posted there. You will be prompted for your
NetID and NetID password after following the
Score
Reports link. Please check yor record regularly for completeness
and accuracy.
The
final exam has been graded and the grades have been posted via Score Reports.
You will also see your course grade there. The points were rescaled to
a maximum total of 571 points and the letter-grade cut-off levels are shown
in the table below. There were 9 As, 31 Bs, 26 Cs and
2 Fs among the course grades. The average score on the final
exam was 152/200; the median score was 155/200.
I will be away untill Tuesday,
May 18. I will hold office hours on Tuesday, May 18, 2-4pm. You can
come and take a look at your final exam then.
| Grade | A+ | A | A- | B+ | B | B- | C+ | C | C- | D+ | D | D- | F |
| Points | 549-571 | 528-548 | 507-527 | 484-506 | 461-483 | 439-460 | 407-438 | 376-406 | 345-375 | 325-344 | 305-324 | 285-304 | 0-284 |
My
office hours are Monday and Tuesday, 4:00pm-5:30pm. You DO NOT
need to tell me in advance if you want to see me during the office hours.
If you want to come at a different time, you need to schedule an appointment.
My office is located in Illini Hall, room 328.
The FINAL EXAM for this course is scheduled for 8:00-11:00 AM, Saturday, May 8 in our regular classroom. If this time is not good for you, you need to change your registration right now. Keep in mind that I will not entertain any requests for "conflict" final exams from people who do not have what the university officially recognizes as a "conflict". See the official university rules about exam conflicts here.
Instructor: Ilya Kapovich
Office: Illini Hall 328
Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays 4pm-5:30pm
Tel.
265-0633
e-mail kapovich@math.uiuc.edu.
Grader:
- The approximate syllabus for this course
- Detailed Tutoring room schedule
- SCORE REPORTS , where your grades for quizzes, h/works and exams will be posted. You will be prompted for NetId and password when you follow this link.
- Anonymous Course Evaluation Form (submit your comments, suggestions and criticisms at any time)
- First Midterm Exam (Solutions)
- Second Midterm (Solutions)
- Quiz 3 (solutions)
- Quiz 5 (Solutions)
- Final Exam Review Problems (with solutions)
Homework assignments:
- Due Wednesday, February 4: Ch 1.4 no. 5, 8, 10, 21; Ch. 1.5 no. 2, 5, 11, 20
- Due Wednesday, February 11: Ch 1.6 no. 5, 13, 16, 23, 34, 46
- Due Wednesday February 18: Ch. 2.2 no. 3,6; Ch. 3.1 no. 2,5,17,20,23
- Due Wednesday, March 3: Ch. 3.2 no. 8,15,23; Ch 3.3 no. 7,15,24,34
- Due Wednesday, March 10: Ch 3.4 no. 2, 4; Ch 3.5 no. 7, 13, 18, 24, 27
- Due Wednesday, March 17: Ch. 3.6 no. 3, 6; Ch. 3.8 no. 2, 5, 6, 8
- Due Wednesday, March 31: Ch 9.1 no. 14, 21, 26; Ch. 9.2 no. 3, 10, 17
- Due Wednesday, April 7: Ch. 9.3 no. 2, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15
- Due Wednesday, April 14: Ch. 9.4 no. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
- Due Wednesday, April 28: Ch. 9.5 no. 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15
How
this course is graded and administered:- Homeworks will count 20% of the grade.
- There will be 5 quizzes, 15 minutes each, during the semester. They will count 5% of the grade.
- There will be two midterm exams, each counting 20% of the grade.
- The final exam will count 35% of the grade.
- Homeworks are collected each Wednesday. You can turn them in either in class or by 4pm on Wednesday in the envelope on the door of my office. Late h/work will not be accepted, unless you have made prior arrangements with me before the due date. Exceptions can be made in cases of well-documented emergencies and illnesses.
- At the end of the semester two lowest h/work scores are dropped.
- I will give you make-up quizzes and midterms, but again only in exceptional cases.
- The final exam is cumulative and is scheduled for 8:00-11:00 AM, Saturday, May 8
- Check this page regularly for up-to-date h/work assignments and other updates!