FINAL EXAM
INFORMATION
Time: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 8:00-11:00am
Location: 156 Henry
Length: I will write what I consider to be a 2 hour exam. You are welcome to use the entire three hours if you wish and I expect some students will want to.
Content: The exam will cover the entire course. There will slightly more emphasis on the Chapter 9 material, since it did not appear on either of the hour exams. The previous hour exams and the homework problems are a good guide as to the general types of problems.
Formulas: For the final, you will be given some formulas. Click here to see an exact copy of the formula page you will be given for the final exam. No other notes, no calculators.
Grading: Finals week is a very busy time, so I do not make any specific guarantees about when the finals will be graded, except that they will be graded by the university deadline of 5pm, Wed. Dec. 20. The final exam grades will be posted on score reports and you will be able to see your course grade online using https://apps.uillinois.edu/selfservice/. I think 5pm Dec. 22 is the date course grades are available to students, but I am not 100% sure. Cut-offs for grades in this class will be posted on the course website. These might not be available until Dec. 21 and they will not vary much from those announced on the syllabus.
Old Tests: You can find some tests from last year at http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~kmortens/385-Fa05/
Quiz
#4 on Wed. Nov. 29, Quiz #5 on Wed. Dec. 6
Quiz information
Test 1 Information (Monday, Oct. 2)
Test 2 Information (Wednesday, Nov. 8)
Review
materials, old tests, etc. can be
found on my class
website from 2005. Here is a practice test
from S.O.S math (which also has summaries of many topics
we have covered).
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse – a famous example of destructive resonance. Forcing frequency (from wind gusts) too close to natural frequency of the bridge. Watch the video clip if you haven’t seen it before!
Drop-In Tutoring
- Beginning August 31, Mon. through Thurs.,
Instructor: Dr.
Karen Mortensen
247 Illini Hall, phone 244-4128, email kmortens@math.uiuc.edu
Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays
Textbook: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling, 3rd Edition, by Edwards & Penney, Prentice-Hall 2004
Course content: The course will cover Sections 1.1-1.6, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1-3.6, 3.8, 9.1-9.7 of the textbook, as well as the related material from four Iode labs.
Iode Labs: Iode (for "
Exam dates: There will be two hour-long exams and five 15-minute
quizzes during the semester and a final exam. Books, notes, calculators
are not allowed on exams. Dates for the
quizzes will be announced at least two class days in advance. Dates for the exams are:
Exam #1 – Monday, October 2, in class
Exam #2 – Wednesday, November 8, in class
Final Exam – Tues. Dec. 12,
Missed exams: If you miss an exam, you will receive a 0 for
your grade. The only exception is if you have a valid excuse for missing,
such as a major illness or a serious emergency - if so, you must inform me
before the exam or, if this is physically impossible, then as soon as possible
afterwards. In this case, you will be given a make-up exam as soon as
possible. In case of a valid excuse for missing a quiz, you will not be given a
make-up quiz; however, the missed quiz will not count as part of your quiz
average.
Homework: Written homework is due at the beginning of class on the
due date. Several problems from each assignment will be graded.
Grading
Information – On each homework
assignment, only selected problems will be graded (due to limits on grader
hours). Solutions to the assignments are now posted so that you can check your
work on the problems which were not graded. See the Assignments page.
Missing and late homework: Homework must be turned in at the
beginning of class on the due date. Late homework will not be
accepted. The only exception to this is when you have a valid excuse (see
"Missed exams" above"). In this case, the grade for the
missing homework will be dropped and will not count toward your average.
Course grade: Your course grade will be determined as follows:
|
Homework |
20% |
|
Quizzes |
10% |
|
Exam #1 |
18% |
|
Exam #2 |
18% |
|
Final Exam |
34% |
The follow scale describes approximately how the course grades will be assigned. The instructor reserves the right to adjust this scale slightly (for the whole class, not for individual students):
90% or above = A+, A or A-
80%-89% = B+, B or B-
70%-79% = C+, C or C-
60%-69% = D
below 60% = F
You will be able to check your homework and exam grades at Score Reports, which is the Math Department's gradebook program. This will be available beginning approximately two weeks into the semester. Please check score reports regularly to make sure your grades have been correctly reported and tell me promptly about any errors. You are responsible for keeping all of your graded homework and exams so that any discrepancies in recorded grades can be settled.