MAT244H5: Differential Equations I Course Outline – Fall 2022
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MAT244H5: Differential Equations I
Course Outline – Fall 2022
Course Description:
MAT244H5 Differential Equations I is a second-year mathematics course focusing on solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) of the first and second order. We will show the existence and uniqueness of solutions. ODE solutions can be computed by series (power series and Fourier series), integrals, and numerical approaches. We will work with boundary value problems, linear systems of first order, and linearization of non-linear systems. When available, we will explore applications in life and physical sciences.
Learning Objectives:
Through completing the tutorial check-ins, quizzes, term tests, and final examination, engaging in lecture, tutorial, and assigned practice problems (e.g., tutorial activity sheets, suggested homework questions, quiz questions), and seeking assistance through various means of support, student will be able to:
1. Develop a good understanding of what a differential equation is, and what it represents
2. Learn how to solve first and second order differential equations either algebraically, numerically, or geometrically
3. Show how calculus and linear algebra are used in solving differential equations
4. Explore numerous models in math, physics, life sciences, engineering, and elsewhere
IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT THE COURSE OUTLINE AND QUERCUS:
Not knowing what is on the course outline is not an excuse. The course outline has the rules and regulations of MAT244H5 and its assessments to ensure fairness to all students. The rules and regulations will apply to all students and will not be modified for any student based on any personal circumstance.
All grades in MAT244H5 are based on student performance on assessments as stated in the course outline. There are no extra assignments or marks to boost a grade.
You are to be aware of all information provided to them on Quercus and the course outline in order to participate in MAT244H5 and its assessments. The instructor will not use any other means to communicate information about MAT244H5 other than Quercus.
Content & Copyright:
Please be advised that the intellectual property rights in the material referred to on this syllabus [and posted on Quercus] may belong to the course instructor or other persons. You are not authorized to reproduce or distribute such material, in any form or medium, without the prior consent of the intellectual property owner. Violation of intellectual property rights may be a violation of the law and University of Toronto policies and may entail significant repercussions for the person found to have engaged in such act. If you have any questions regarding your right to use the material in a manner other than as set forth in the syllabus, please speak to your instructor.
Instructor:
Lecture Section |
Name |
Contact |
Office Hours |
LEC0102 |
Andie Burazin |
a.burazin@utoronto.ca |
TU 17:00-18:00 |
Teaching Assistants (TAs):
Name |
Tutorial Section |
Danny Huong |
TUT0101 FR 16:00 TUT0102 FR 15:00 TUT0103 FR 11:00 |
Ali Gencoglu |
TUT0105 FR 14:00 |
Email Policy:
All emails must originate from an utoronto.ca email address. No personal emails, e.g., gmail, qq, hotmail, yahoo, etc. Do not use Quercus to email.
The subject line should contain MAT244H and your concern. End your email with your first and last name as registered at UTM and student number.
This is how your email should look like:
Subject: MAT244H – Term Test No.2 Absence
Hello [person’s name],
[content of email – to the point and short using full sentences and words]
Warmest Regards,
Full Student Name (as registered at UTM – no nicknames) Student ID Number
This is to help your professors and teaching assistants to identify YOU and YOUR CONCERN faster, especially when they teach multiple courses at once.
Failure to adhere to these policies will result in your email not making it through our filters, and your email will not be read. Please allow forty-eight (48) hours for a response from a teaching assistant or instructor.
You should address any administrative questions (i.e., a missing grade, missing a term test, issues with Crowdmark, etc.) to Andie ([email protected]).
Technology for the Course:
During the COVID- 19 pandemic and beyond, students are expected and responsible to have minimum technology in place to engage with and complete online taught courses. For information, please visit the link:
https://www.viceprovoststudents.utoronto.ca/covid-19/tech-requirements-online- learning/
To have optimal use of Quercus, please visit the following link:
https://utm.library.utoronto.ca/students/quercus/learn-anywhereLinks to an external site.
Carefully read 'Taking Quizzes', because there are a lot of helpful tips on how to effectively use Quercus. The same tips will also help you with other online instructional tools such as Crowdmark.
Instructor and teaching assistants will not troubleshoot your technology issues.
For MAT244H5, it is expected that students have their own consistent, stable internet connection for lectures, tutorials, office hours, other forms of electronic communication (i.e., emails, Piazza, etc.), and assessments. In particular, students are expected to have a device with consistent, stable internet access to complete all assessments and tasks in this course. Students might need a camera (on a device) and/or scanner to digitize your assessment question solutions to upload in Quercus and/or Crowdmark. For online meetings, students may want to have a microphone to verbally communicate (i.e., ask questions or give comments).
HAVING MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY TO ACCESS COURSE MATERIAL AND ASSESSMENTS IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY.
Course Textbook:
Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, 5th Edition, by Edwards, Penney & Calvis.
You are expected to have access to the textbook throughout the course, as homework will be a selection of problems from it.
OR
Elementary Differential Equations with Boundary- Value Problems, by
William Trench.
PDF version, available for free download at http://ramanujan.math.trinity.edu/wtrench/texts/index.shtml. (It is the second book listed.)
Course Website:
Quercus: q.utoronto.ca – click log-in to access Quercus. All important course information will be posted on Quercus throughout the course. You should therefore log in regularly to check for updates. You will also be able to see your marks for assignments and tests on Quercus. Email announcements will be sent through Quercus, and please make sure that you check your utoronto.ca email regularly.
Zoom:
If there is a need to connect online for this course, then it will be held through Zoom where the links will be available via Quercus.
Be sure to use ONLY the Zoom SSO to connect within this course and create a UTM Zoom account by going to this address: https://utoronto.zoom.us.
Please be mindful and respectful of others when in a Zoom meeting. During a meeting, participants should keep their microphones on mute unless they have been asked to share their audio or video. Use the chat board, when your microphone is not in use, to asked questions, and the instructor or TA will address the question.
Crowdmark:
For assessments, you will need access to Crowdmark. You will receive an invitation via your utoronto.ca email to access Crowdmark for your assessments. To use Crowdmark, you are required to have a device with internet access which will allow you to upload your solutions within a time limit.
Piazza:
Instructor and Teaching Assistants will assist students on Piazza, an online discussion forum (https://piazza.com). It is strongly suggested that you use this opportunity to ask questions. You have already been added to Piazza for this course. Any issues, please contact Andie (a.burazin@utoronto.ca). Please allow forty-eight (48) hours for a response from a teaching assistant or instructor. We will try our best to get to you as soon as possible. Piazza will be available on Thursday, September 8th , 2022.
Lectures:
Lectures begin on Thursday, September 8th , 2022.
Lectures will happen on campus as per the rooms stated in the UTM Timetable Planner (https://ttb.utoronto.ca/) or Acorn.
If for any reason lectures are on online, then a Zoom link will be provided to you in Quercus.
Tutorials:
Tutorials begin on Thursday, September 8th , 2022.
Tutorials will happen on campus as per the rooms stated in the UTM Timetable Planner (https://ttb.utoronto.ca/) or Acorn.
If for any reason lectures are on online, then a Zoom link will be provided to you in Quercus.
All students must enroll in a tutorial section (in ACORN) and attend their registered tutorial section. During every tutorial, you will be working with your peers on a tutorial activity to be submitted during the tutorial. However, the main purpose of the tutorials is to give you an opportunity to ask questions and work through questions together with your TA and peers.
Office Hours:
Instructor’s and TAs’ office hours begin in Week 2 (starting on Thursday, September 16th , 2022). See Quercus for more information and any changes.
Course Assessments:
Twelve (12) Tutorial Check-ins 10%
(best 10 out of 12 will count, each worth 1%)
Four (4) Online Quizzes 9%
(best 3 out of 4 will count, each worth 3%)
Three (3) Term Tests 9%
(each worth 15%)
Final Examination 36%
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Total 100%
NOTE:
Wednesday, November 16th , 2022 is the last day to drop a fall H course from academic record.
Wednesday, December 7th , 2022 is the last day to request or cancel Credit/No Credit.
The last day for any Term Assessment Remark Requests is Wednesday,
December 7th , 2022.
ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic integrity is essential to the pursuit of learning and scholarship in a university, and to ensuring that a degree from the University of Toronto Mississauga is a strong signal of each student’s individual academic achievement. As a result, UTM treats cases of cheating and plagiarism very seriously.
The University of Toronto’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters outlines behaviours that constitute academic dishonesty and the process for addressing academic offences. Potential offences include, but are not limited to: In papers and assignments:
1. Using someone else’s ideas or words without appropriate acknowledgement.
2. Submitting your own work in more than one course without the permission of the instructor.
3. Making up sources or facts.
4. Obtaining or providing unauthorized assistance on any assignment.
On tests and exams:
1. Using or possessing unauthorized aids.
2. Looking at someone else’s answers during an exam or test.
3. Misrepresenting your identity.
In academic work:
1. Falsifying institutional documents or grades.
2. Falsifying or altering any documentation required, including (but not limited to) doctor’s notes.
With regard to remote learning and online courses, UTM wishes to remind students that they are expected to adhere to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters regardless of the course delivery method. By offering students the opportunity to learn remotely, UTM expects that students will maintain the same academic honesty and integrity that they would in a classroom setting. Potential academic offences in a digital context include,
but are not limited to:
Remote assessments:
1. Accessing unauthorized resources (search engines, chat rooms, Reddit, etc.) for assessments.
2. Using technological aids (e.g. software) beyond what is listed as permitted in an assessment.
3. Posting test, essay, or exam questions to message boards or social media.
4. Creating, accessing, and sharing assessment questions and answers in virtual “course groups.”
5. Working collaboratively, in-person or online, with others on assessments that are expected to be completed individually.
All suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be investigated following procedures outlined in the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters. If you have questions or concerns about what constitutes appropriate academic behaviour or appropriate research and citation methods, you are expected to seek out additional information on academic integrity from your instructor or from other institutional resources.
Tutorial Check-ins:
There will be twelve (12) tutorial check-ins administered during tutorial.
All students must enroll in a tutorial section (in ACORN) and attend to their registered tutorial section. During every tutorial, you will submit your check-in work. Students should have Quercus available during tutorial to submit their tutorial check-in.
Missed Tutorial Check-ins:
There are NO extensions. There are NO make-up tutorial check-ins.
Quizzes:
There will be four (4) quizzes administered via Quercus. A forty-eight (48)-hour period will be given to complete the quiz. The quiz periods are:
Quiz No.1 Monday, September 26th, 2022 at 9:00 (EDT) to Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 at 9:00 (EDT)
Quiz No.2 Monday, October 24th, 2022 at 9:00 (EDT) to Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 at 9:00 (EDT)
Quiz No.3 Monday, November 14th, 2022 at 9:00 (EST) to Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 at 9:00 (EST)
Quiz No.4 Monday, December 5th, 2022 at 9:00 (EST) to Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 at 9:00 (EST)
Each quiz will be before a term test, or during the last week of term in preparation for the final examination.
Details pertaining to the quizzes, such as which sections are covered on each quiz will be announced Quercus approximately one (1) week before each quiz.
Missed Quizzes:
There will be NO make-up quizzes.
Two missed quizzes:
The remaining two quizzes will be 6% each.
Three or four missed quizzes:
If a student misses three or four quizzes, the student will have an ORAL EXAM arranged between the student and the instructor and administered before the last day of term (i.e., last day of lectures) being Wednesday, December 7th , 2022. The student must reach out to Andie (a.burazin@utoronto.ca) to arrange for an
It is highly advisable NOT to miss any quizzes.
Term Tests:
The three (3) term tests will be held during lecture time on Thursdays from
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Term Test No.1 Term Test No.2 Term Test No.3
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Thursday, October 27th, 2022
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
The term test will be written in person and supervised.
If the term test for any reason has to be transitioned to online, then specific instructions will be provided.
Details pertaining to the term tests, such as which sections are covered on each test will be announced Quercus approximately one (1) week before each test.
Term test remark requests – You will have one (1) week after the term test results are available for a remark request. Information will be provided as to what the procedure is for a term test remark request when the term test results are released.
Missed Term Tests:
There will be NO make-up term tests.
The University is temporarily suspending the need for a doctor’s note or medical certificate for any absence from academic participation. Please use the Absence Declaration tool on ACORN found in the Profile and Settings menu to formally declare an absence from academic participation in the University. The tool is to be used if you require consideration for missed academic work based on the procedures specific to your faculty or campus. In addition to this declaration, you are responsible for contacting the instructor Andie (a.burazin@utoronto.ca) within twenty-four (24) hours of the term test date and time to request the academic consideration you are seeking.
Record each day of your absence as soon as it begins, up until the day before you return to classes or other academic activities. The University will use this information to provide academic considerations and to monitor overall absences.
Note that the university might change the above. Please be aware of the changes in policy that the university decides.
Failure to adhere to any of these policies will result in your term test being assigned a grade of ZERO (0).
One, Two, or Three missed term tests:
It is highly advisable NOT to miss any term tests.
Final Examination:
The regular final examination will be during the final examination period from Friday, December 9th , 2022 to Tuesday, December 20th , 2022. The actual date and time of the regular final examination will be announced once it is available by the Registrar’s office.
The deferred final examination period is from Tuesday, February 21st , 2023 to Friday, February 24th , 2023 (during Winter Reading Week). The deferred final
examination for MAT244H5 will be announced on a later date.
The duration of the final examination will be two (2) hours.
It is highly advisable NOT to miss the regular final examination.
Final examination papers and their grades are never released as per university policy. If you wish to see your final examination paper and its grade, please contact the Registrar’s office.
There is no make-up final examination. See below ‘Missed Final Examination’ .
The final examination will cover all of the course material. Details of the final examination will be announced in class and posted on Quercus approximately one (1) week before the end of the fall term.
Missed Final Examination:
Students who cannot complete their final examination due to illness or other serious causes must file an online petition within 72 hours of the missed examination. Late petitions will NOT be considered. Students must also record their absence on ACORN on the day of the missed exam or by the day after at the latest. Upon approval of a deferred exam request, a non-refundable fee of $70 is required for each examination approved.
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