| Day | Date | Topic(s) | Section of Book | Assignment |
| Wed | Jan 20 | Introduction Linear Equations |
1.3 2.1 |
1.3: 1,2,7,8,14,15,17,19 2.1: 1,13,15,16,17,34 |
| MON | Jan 25 | Separable Equations LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS WITHOUT RECEIVING A "W" | 1.2 2.2 | 1.2: 3 2.2: 1,3,7,8,9,10 |
| TUE | Jan 26 | LAST DAY TO ADD A CLASS | ||
| Wed | Jan 27 |
Modeling Linear and Nonlinear Equations | 2.3 2.4 |
2.3: 1,4,7,9 2.4: 1,3,4,5,13,14 Quiz 1 (on HW assigned 1/20,1/25) |
| Mon | Feb 1 | Direction Fields Autonomous Equations |
1.1 2.5 |
1.1: 1,2,11,13,15,16,17,18,19,20 2.5: 2,3,4 |
| Wed | Feb 3 | Exact Equations and Integrating Factors | 2.6 | 2.6: 1,2,5,7,13,15,19,25 Quiz 2 (on HW assigned 1/27, 2/1) |
| Mon | Feb 8 | Euler's Method | 2.7 | 2.7: 1 |
| Wed | Feb 10 | Class Canceled | ||
| Mon | Feb 15 | Existence and Uniqueness Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients |
2.4, 2.8 3.1, 4.1, 4.2 |
Problem 3.1: 1,3,9,11,17,20 4.2: 13,16 Quiz 3 (on HW assigned 2/3, 2/8) |
| Wed | Feb 17 | Fundamental Solutions | 3.2 | 3.2: 1,5,7,11,13 4.1: 3,5,11 |
| MON | Feb 22 | Exam 1 | ||
| Wed | Feb 24 | Linear Independence and the Wronskian | 3.3, 4.1 | 3.3: 1,4,5,15,17,23 4.1: 7 |
| Mon | Mar 1 | Complex Roots of the Characteristic Equation | 3.4 | 3.4: 7,11,12,17,18,27 4.1: 11 4.2: 20,29 Quiz 4 (on HW assigned 2/15, 2/17, 2/24) |
| Wed | Mar 3 | Repeated Roots; Reduction of Order | 3.5 | 3.5: 1,2,5,6,12,14,23,28 4.2: 11,18,32 |
| Mon | Mar 8 | Method of Undetermined Coefficients | 3.6, 4.3 | 3.6: 1,2,12,13 4.3: 4,8 Quiz 5 (on HW assigned 3/1, 3/3) |
| Wed | Mar 10 | Variation of Parameters | 3.7, 4.4 | 3.7: 1,5,13 4.4: 2,3 |
| Mon-Wed | Mar 15,17 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| Mon | Mar 22 | Power Series | 5.1 | 5.1: 1,2,3,13,14 Quiz 6 (on HW assigned 3/8, 3/10) |
| Wed | Mar 24 | Ordinary Points | 5.2 | 5.2: 1,2,6,7,9,15a,16a,17a,21 |
| MON | Mar 29 | Ordinary Points LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS AND RECEIVE A "W" |
5.3 | 5.3: 1,2,3,4,5,11,12, Extra problem Quiz 7 (on HW assigned 3/22, 3/24) |
| Wed | Mar 31 | Regular Singular Points | 5.4 | 5.4: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,13,14 |
| Mon | Apr 5 | Euler Equations | 5.5 | 5.5: 1,2,3,4,5,12,13,21 Quiz 8 (on HW assigned 3/29, 3/31) |
| WED | Apr 7 | Exam 2 | ||
| Mon | Apr 12 | Regular Singular Points | 5.6 | 5.6: 1,4,14, Extra problems |
| Wed | Apr 14 | Regular Singular Points | 5.7 | 5.7: 1,2,3,5,7,13 Quiz 9 (on HW assigned 4/5, 4/12) |
| Mon | Apr 19 | Bessel's Equation | 5.8 | 5.8: 1,6,7 |
| Wed | Apr 21 | Laplace Transform | 6.1 | 6.1: 1,2,5,11,12,26 Quiz 10 (on HW assigned 4/14, 4/19) |
| Mon | Apr 26 | Initial Value Problems via Laplace Transforms | 6.2 | 6.2: 1,2,3,4,11,12,13,14,21 |
| Wed | Apr 28 | Step Functions | 6.3 | 6.3: 1,2,7,9,10 Quiz 11 (on HW assigned 4/21, 4/26) |
| Mon | May 3 | Discontinuous Forcing Terms | 6.4 | 6.4: 1,2,3,4,7 |
| MON | 8:30-11:30am, May 10 |
FINAL EXAM | The final is comprehensive, but will emphasize the material since Exam 2 |