Dr. Sadun's M427K Calculus, Honors Section, Spring 2008

Unique number: 58740

Lecture Meeting time and place: MWF 11-12:00, CPE 2.206

Discussion Section: TuTh 8:30-9:30, RLM 5.104

Web page: http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/sadun/S08/427K/

Professor: Lorenzo Sadun, RLM 9.114, x1-7121

Office hours: TBA I generally keep an open door and welcome visitors at other times, too.

TA: Mike Williams

Textbook: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, by Boyce and DiPrima, 8th Edition.

Syllabus: Most of chapters 1-5, 7, and 10 and parts of chapter 9. We will NOT be covering Laplace transforms (chapter 6).

Attendance: Attendance and participation in lecture and in discussion section is mandatory.

Homework and exams: There will be weekly problem sets, listed in http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/sadun/S08/427K/hwk.html.  These will be collected every Thursday in discussion section.

Exams: There will be three in-class midterm exams, on February 6, March 7, and April 30, plus a final exam.  These exams will all be closed book. However, each student will be allowed to bring a single letter-sized ``crib sheet'' (2-sided) to each midterm, and 2 crib sheets to the final. These notes must be HANDWRITTEN ORIGINALS - NO XEROXING ALLOWED. Calculators are NOT allowed on the exams unless I specifically say otherwise.

Grading: Each midterm counts 20%. The final exam counts 40%. The homework counts 20%. At the end of the term I will drop your lowest 20%.  The final grade distribution is based on the same standards as for a regular section of M427K. Since you are honor students, that should mean that most students will get A's.

Honor system:  There will be a vote on whether to govern the class by the honor system. 

Disabilities: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-4641 TTY