Differential Equations, Summer 2015

Academic Integrity Policy

• All students in the course are expected to be familiar with and abide by the academic integrity policy:
• (See http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/academic-integrity-at-rutgers )
• Violations of the policy are taken very seriously.

Students with Disabilities

• Full disability policies and procedures are indicated at http://ods.rutgers.edu/
• Students with disabilites requesting accommodations must present a Letter of Accommodations to the instructor as early in the term as possible.
• (See https://ods.rutgers.edu/my-accommodations/letter-of-accommodations )

Attendance Policy

• Attendance is expected in every class.
• Students are responsible for all of the material covered if they miss a class.
• If you will (or did) miss a day, please self-report your absence.
• Text messaging, checking email, and general cellphone use is prohibited during class time.
• If you must take an important phone call, you may discreetly excuse yourself from the classroom.

Quizzes

• There will be two quizzes each week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• No make-up quizzes are allowed.
• However, I will drop the lowest grade received on the quizzes.

Homework

• Please go through the list of suggested problems for homework in the course plan below. 
• It is highly recommended to attempt ALL the homework problems as soon as the relevant section in the book is covered. 
• Homework problems provide excellent practice for quizzes and exams. You will be surprised to see the similarities between the quizzes and the suggested homework problems.
• Homework is assigned every day, to be collected at the beginning of the next lecture.
  
• Late work will not be accepted, however the two lowest homework scores will be dropped for everyone.

Exams and Grading

• There will be a midterm exam on July 23rd, and a final exam on August 12th.`
• The midterm exam will take roughly 80 minutes, while the final exam will be 3 hours. 
• The midterm exam will cover Chapters 1 and 2. The final exam will cover everything presented in class.
• Grade distribution will be as follows: 

  Homework	15%
  Quizzes	10%
  Group Work	5%
  Midterm	25%
  Final	45%
  Total	100%

  
  
• There will be NO makeups for any of the quizzes or the midterm.
• If you are unable to take the midterm at its appointed time, and have a legitimate documented reason why, then your score on the final exam will replace your midterm score.

Course Plan