MA 341 Course Calendar
The schedule below lists the planned activities for this course. See the course syllabus for additional course information. Typos are possible. You are responsible for tracking university closures, final exam schedules, etc. through the NC State University Academic Calendar.
Due dates for assignments should be confirmed through Moodle. Always check the assignments themselves for specific dates. These due dates are tentative; dates may change on Moodle without changing on this schedule.
Week 1 (Thursday, May 21 - Friday, May 22)
- Thursday: 1.1-1.2 Solutions to Initial Value Problems (Video 1)
- Friday: 1.3, 2.2 Existence and Uniqueness & Direction Fields, Phase Lines, & Separable Equations (Video 2)
Assignments
- Please introduce yourself on our class forum! Ideally by the end of our first week. (Wednesday, May 20)
- WebWork: Solutions to Differential Equations (Friday, May 22)
Week 2 (Monday, May 25 - Friday, May 29)
- Monday: Memorial Day (University closed; No classes)
- Tuesday: 2.2-2.3 Separable Equations & Linear Equations & Mixing (Video 3)
- Thursday: 3.2-3.3 Mixing & Population Problem & Newton's Law of Cooling (Video 4)
- Friday: 3.3, 2.4 Newton's Law of Cooling & Exact Equations (Video 5)
Important Dates
- Monday, May 25: Memorial Day (University closed; No classes)
Assignments
- WebWork: Existence and Uniqueness (Tuesday, May 26)
- WebWork: Slope Fields (Tuesday, May 26)
- WebWork: Phase Lines (Thursday, May 28)
- WebWork: Classification of DE (Thursday, May 28)
- WebWork: Separable Equations (Friday, May 29)
Week 3 (Monday, June 1 - Friday, June 5)
- Monday–Tuesday: Review for Test 1 (Chapters 1-3)
- Thursday: Test 1 opens (Chapters 1-3)
- Friday: Test 1 closes (Chapters 1-3)
Assignments
- WebWork: First Order Linear (Monday, June 1)
- WebWork: More Separable Applications (Monday, June 1)
- WebWork: Mixing Problems (Tuesday, June 2)
- WebWork: Newton's Law of Cooling (Tuesday, June 2)
- WebWork: Exact Equations (Tuesday, June 2)
- Test 1 Opens (Thursday, June 4)
- Test 1 Closes (Friday, June 5)
Week 4 (Monday, June 8 - Friday, June 12)
- Monday: 4.2-4.3 Homogeneous Constant Coefficient 2nd Order (Video 6)
- Tuesday: 4.4 Undetermined Coefficients (Video 7)
- Thursday: Drop/Revision Deadline for 10-week summer courses
- Friday: 4.5 Superposition Principle (Video 8)
Important Dates
- Thursday, June 11: Drop/Revision Deadline for 10-week summer courses
Assignments
- WebWork: 2nd Order Homogeneous Equations (Monday, June 8)
- WebWork: Undetermined Coefficients (Tuesday, June 9)
- WebWork: Variation of Parameters (Friday, June 12)
Week 5 (Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19)
- Monday–Tuesday: 4.6, 4.9 Variation of Parameters & Springs (Video 9)
- Thursday: 4.10, 7.2 Forced Vibrations & Laplace Transform (Video 10)
- Friday: Juneteenth observed (No classes or exams)
Important Dates
- Friday, June 19: Juneteenth observed (No classes or exams)
Assignments
- WebWork: Springs (Monday, June 15)
- WebWork: Springs External Force (Tuesday, June 16)
- WebWork: Laplace Transforms (Tuesday, June 16)
- WebWork: Inverse Laplace (Thursday, June 18)
Week 6 (Monday, June 22 - Friday, June 26)
- Monday: 7.3-7.4 Properties & Inverse Laplace (Video 11)
- Tuesday: 7.4-7.5 Solving IVPs with Laplace (Video 12)
- Thursday–Friday: 5-Week Final Exams (No classes for 10-Week courses)
Important Dates
- Thursday, June 25 -- Friday, June 26: 5-Week Final Exams (No classes for 10-Week courses)
Assignments
- WebWork: IVPs Laplace (Monday, June 22)
Week 7 (Monday, June 29 - Friday, July 3)
- Monday: 7.5-7.6 Solving IVPs & Unit Step (Video 13)
- Tuesday: 7.6 Unit Step Functions (Video 14)
- Thursday: Review for Test 2 (Chapters 4, 7)
- Friday: Independence Day observed (University closed; No classes)
Important Dates
- Friday, July 3: Independence Day observed (University closed; No classes)
Assignments
- WebWork: Unit Step Laplace (Monday, June 29)
Week 8 (Monday, July 6 - Friday, July 10)
- Monday: Review for Test 2 (Chapters 4, 7)
- Tuesday: Test 2 opens (Chapters 4, 7)
- Thursday: Test 2 closes (Chapters 4, 7)
- Friday: 9.1-9.3 Matrices (Video 15)
Assignments
- Test 2 Opens (Monday, July 6)
- Test 2 Closes (Tuesday, July 7)
- WebWork: Matrices (Thursday, July 9)
- WebWork: 9.5 (Friday, July 10)
Week 9 (Monday, July 13 - Friday, July 17)
- Monday: 9.3-9.4 Systems in Normal Form (Video 16)
- Tuesday: 9.5-9.6 Homogeneous Systems & Complex Eigenvalues (Video 17)
- Thursday: 9.6-9.7 Nonhomogeneous Systems (Video 18)
- Friday: 9.7 Variation of Parameters & Tanks (Video 19)
Assignments
- WebWork: 9.6 (Monday, July 13)
- WebWork: 9.7 (Tuesday, July 14)
- WebWork: Interconnected Tanks (Thursday, July 16)
- WebWork: Coupled Mass Springs (Friday, July 17)
Week 10 (Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24)
- Monday: 5.6, 5.4 Coupled Springs & Phase Plane (Video 20)
- Tuesday–Thursday: Review for Test 3 (Chapter 9, 5.6)
- Friday: Test 3 opens (Chapter 9, 5.6)
Assignments
- Test 3 Opens (Thursday, July 23)
- Test 3 Closes (Friday, July 24)
Week 11 (Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31)
- Monday: Test 3 closes (Chapter 9, 5.6)
- Tuesday: 5.4, 12.2 Phase Plane & Linear Systems (Video 21)
- Thursday: 12.3 Almost Linear Systems (Video 22)
- Friday: Review for Final Exam (Cumulative)
Assignments
- WebWork: Phase Plane (Monday, July 27)
- WebWork: Almost Linear (Tuesday, July 28)
Week 12 (Monday, August 3 - Tuesday, August 4)
Assignments
- Final Exam Day 1 (Monday, August 3)
- Final Exam Day 2 (Tuesday, August 4)