| Week 1 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 8/31 | Organization | Student information forms | |
| W | 9/2 | Direction fields | Ch.1 | Worksheet: Questions about DEs |
| F | 9/4 | Lab orientation | Lab: Maple Tutorial | |
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| Week 2 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 9/7 | Separable DEs | 2.3 | |
| W | 9/9 | Numerical solutions | 8.1a, 8.3a, 8.4a |
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| F | 9/11 | Numerical solutions | Lab: Numerical Solutions of Initial Value Problems |
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| Week 3 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 9/14 | First-order linear DEs | 2.1-2.2 | |
| W | 9/16 | Qualitative behavior | 2.4 | |
| F | 9/18 | First-order linear DEs | Lab: World Class Sprints | |
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| Week 4 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 9/21 | Second-order linear DEs | 3.1-3.3 | |
| W | 9/23 | Numerical methods for systems |
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| F | 9/25 | Nonlinear systems | Lab: Predator-Prey Interactions | |
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| Week 5 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 9/28 | Fundamental solutions | 3.2 | |
| W | 9/30 | Complex roots, repeated roots |
3.4, 3.5 | |
| F | 10/2 | Second-order linear DEs | Lab: Second-Order Linear Differential Equations |
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| Week 6 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 10/5 | Undetermined coefficients | 3.6 | |
| W | 10/7 | Variation of parameters | 3.7 | |
| F | 10/9 | Spring motion | 3.8 | Lab: Spring Motion |
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Fall Break
| Week 7 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| W | 10/14 | Review | Ch. 1-3 | Start Take-Home Test 1 |
| F | 10/16 | Nonhomogeneous linear DEs |
Take-Home Test 1 due Lab: Forced Spring Motion |
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| Week 8 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 10/19 | Matrices | 7.1-7.2 | |
| W | 10/21 | Systems of linear equations |
7.3a | |
| F | 10/23 | Matrices | 7.1-7.3a | Lab: Matrix Operations |
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| Week 9 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 10/26 | Eigenvalues and eigenvectors |
7.3b | |
| W | 10/28 | Eigenvalues and eigenvectors |
7.3b | |
| F | 10/30 | Eigenvalues and eigenvectors |
7.3b | Lab: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors |
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| Week 10 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 11/2 | Systems of linear DEs | 7.4-7.5 | |
| W | 11/4 | Complex roots, repeated roots |
7.6-7.7 | |
| F | 11/6 | Trajectories | Lab: Trajectories of Linear Systems |
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| Week 11 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 11/9 | Review | Ch. 7 | Start Take-Home Test 2 |
| W | 11/11 | Heat equation | 10.1 | Take-Home Test 2 due |
| F | 11/13 | Lab: Introduction to the Heat Equation |
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| Week 12 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 11/16 | Fourier series | 10.2 | |
| W | 11/18 | Fourier series | 10.3-10.4 | |
| F | 11/20 | Fourier series | Lab: Experiments with Fourier Series |
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| Week 13 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 11/23 | Wave equation | 10.6 | |
| W | 11/25 | D'Alembert's solution | ||
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Thanksgiving Break
| Week 14 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 11/30 | Laplace's equation | 10.7a | Start Take-Home part of Final Exam |
| W | 12/2 | Dirichlet Problem for a circle |
10.7b | |
| F | 12/4 | PDEs | Lab: The Heat Equation or The Wave Equation (TBA) |
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| Week 15 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| M | 12/7 | Summary of the semester | ||
| W | 12/9 | TC Evaluation | Take-Home part of Final Exam due |
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| Week 16 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
| W | 12/16 | Final Exam, 7-10 pm | In-Class part of Final Exam |
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Last modified: September 12, 1998