Ordinary Differential Equations    MATH  285


Instructor: Ilya Kapovich

Spring 2004  Section C1

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 problemsthird 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.

Also I have added an instant anonymous course evaluation form for this course. Please submit your comments at any time.
 
 
 

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 following materials are currently available:

Homework assignments:
 

  1. Due Wednesday, February 4: Ch 1.4  no. 5, 8, 10, 21;  Ch. 1.5 no. 2, 5, 11, 20
  2. Due Wednesday, February 11: Ch 1.6  no.  5, 13, 16, 23, 34, 46
  3. Due Wednesday February 18: Ch. 2.2 no. 3,6; Ch. 3.1 no. 2,5,17,20,23
  4. Due Wednesday, March 3: Ch.  3.2 no. 8,15,23; Ch 3.3 no. 7,15,24,34
  5. Due Wednesday, March 10: Ch 3.4 no. 2, 4; Ch 3.5 no. 7, 13, 18, 24, 27
  6. Due Wednesday, March 17: Ch. 3.6 no. 3, 6; Ch. 3.8 no. 2, 5, 6, 8
  7. Due Wednesday, March 31: Ch 9.1 no. 14, 21, 26; Ch. 9.2 no. 3, 10, 17
  8. Due Wednesday, April 7: Ch. 9.3 no. 2, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15
  9. Due Wednesday, April 14: Ch. 9.4 no. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
  10. Due Wednesday, April 28:  Ch. 9.5 no.  2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15

How this course is graded and administered:

How to interpret the scores for the first midterm. Although I did not assign formal letter grades for this exam, the approximate cut-off levels are:
A:  87-100
B:  75-86
C:  60-74
D:  50-59
F:  0-49
Keep in mind that this info is for orientation purposes only. The cut-off levels for the 2-nd midterm, for the final exam and for the course itself will be somewhat different, depending on the difficulty of the forthcoming exams.  Also, the final course grades will include + and - letter grades.



How to interpret the scores for the second midterm. Although I did not assign formal letter grades for this exam, the approximate cut-off levels are:
A:  86-100
B:  73-85
C:  55-72
D:  45-54
F:  0-44
Keep in mind that this info is for orientation purposes only. The cut-off levels for the final exam and for the course itself will be somewhat different, depending on the difficulty of the forthcoming exams.  Also, the final course grades will include + and - letter grades.