Faculty of Science

MATH2860: Differential Equations for Engineers

Course outline for Fall 2018

1. Course Details & Important Dates*

Term CRN Course Type Day Time Location
Tue 09:40am-11:00am
Fall 40346 LEC UB-2080
Thu 09:40am-11:00am
Tue 8:10am-9:30am
40347 LEC UA-1350
Thu 8:10am-9:30am

Classes Start Classes End Final Exam Period

06/09/2018 05/12/2018 Dec 7 – 16, 2018

Tutorials for this course shall start the week of Sep. 10th.

* For other important dates go to: www.uoit.ca >Current Students >Important Dates and
Deadlines

2. Instructor Contact Information

Instructor Name Office Phone Email
In Blackboard, or ONLY IF Blackboard is
Azar Shakoori UA2042 3615
down: [email protected]
Office Hours: Tue 12:50pm-1:50pm; Fri 12:50pm-1:50pm OR, by appointment

Teaching Assistant Names CRNs

Christopher Chow: 40352, 40354, 41338
Nicholas Faulkner: 40349, 41655, 41656
Brady Metherall:
40350, 40353, 40356

Camelia Yazdani: 40348, 40351, 40355, 42331

Note: For updated information on tutorial schedule, always, check MyCampus.

Teaching Assistants Office Hours

TA/Day Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu

1:00pm- 1:00pm-
2:00pm and 2:00pm
Christopher
4:00pm- In UA 4029
Chow: 5:00pm
In UA 4029
12:00am-
2:00pm and
Nicholas
5:00pm-
Faulkner: 6:00pm
in UA 4029
Brady 09:00am-
Metherall: 12:00am
UA4240
Camelia 10:00am- 3:00pm-
Yazdani: 1:00pm 4:00pm
in UA 3070 in UA 4240

Note: I reserve the right to modify the above office hours schedule if needed. Check
Blackboard under Office Hours for the full office hours schedule and location.

All office hours will start from the week of Sep. 10th. All students can attend any office
hour regardless of what tutorial section they are enrolled in.
3. Course Description

A study of differential equations that arise as models of phenomena in engineering.

Topics include first order equations; linear equations; second order equations and
their applications; systems of linear equations; series solutions; Laplace transforms;
introduction to partial differential equations. 3 cr, 3 lec, 1 tut. Prerequisite: MATH
1020U. Course requisite: MATH 1850U or MATH 2050U. Credit restriction: MATH
2060U.

4. Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Categorize differential equations and based on this select an appropriate method
for solving it. Solve first order and higher order ordinary differential equations. Set
up, solve and interpret solutions for various associated applications. Solve
systems of first order ordinary differential equations. Memorize various definitions
and theorems relating to solutions of ordinary differential equations and
associated initial value problems, and definitions and theorems relating to
systems of first order differential equations. Find separable solutions for partial
differential equations.

5. Course Design

Two lectures of 80 minutes each per week, one tutorial of 50 minutes each week.
Typed notes are posted in Blackboard ahead of lectures, with completed by hand
notes uploaded the day after lecture. Help resources are Office Hours for
instructor and teaching assistants, workshops offered by the Student Success
Centre, practice tests from prior years posted ahead of midterm.

6. Required Texts/Readings

Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems, D.G Zill and W.S. Wright,
Brooks/Cole, 9th edition, 978-1-305-96579-9, Publisher – CENGAGE Learning.
7. Evaluation Method

The course mark will be calculated as follows:

• Assignments: 6%
• In Lecture Pop Quizzes on Blackboard: 5%
• Tutorial Quizzes: 6%
• MapleTA Weekly Quizzes: 3% (will be available from 8:00am every Friday
till 9:00am on the following Monday)
• Midterm: 35% (October 25th in lectures)
• Final Exam: 45% (During Exam Period)

• A bonus 2% will be awarded to those who obtain a grade of 90%or better by

the end of Friday Sep. 14th on the Maple TA readiness test. There are
maximum of 3 attempts for the readiness test and the best attempt counts.
Maple readiness test will not be available after the deadline under any
circumstances. Since there are only 3 attempts do not waste your attempts
before you prepare yourself for the test! The readiness test opens at
11:00am on Thursday Sep. 6th and will close at 11:59pm on Friday Sep.
14th.

Important!
• If you are an upper year student please note that accessing Maple T.A.
has changed this year! Please click on the Maple T.A. link on our course
homepage on blackboard. No username/password required.
• You must write the midterm in the section that you are registered in,
otherwise there will be 25% deduction in your grade!
• You must take the pop quizzes in the lecture you are registered in,
otherwise you may receive a grade of 0.
• You must write tutorial quizzes in the tutorial you are registered in,
otherwise you will receive a grade of 0.

Final course grades may be adjusted to conform to program or Faculty grade

distribution profiles.
8. Lecture Weeks and Memos

Week Date Days: Lecture Name of the PDF file Tutorials

Tue. &
Thu.
0 Sep. Thu. 0 Intro. Pop Quiz ______________ No
(Half 3-7 Sep. 6 Tutorials
Week No
) Tue.
1 Sep. Sep. 1: First Order Lec.1_Part1 Tutorial 1
10-14 11, Equations: Lec.1_Part2 Calc. &
Sep.13 Sec.1.1,1.2,1.3,2.1,2.6, Lin. Alg.
Review
Grouping
2 Sep. Sep. 2: First Order Lec. 2_Part1 Tutorial 2
17-21 18, Equations (Cont'd): Lec. 2_Part2 Week 1
Sep.20 Sec. 2.2,2.3, materials
2.4,3.1,3.3
3 Sep. Sep. 3: Higher Order Lec.3_Part1 Tutorial 3
24-28 25, Equations: Sec. Lec.3_Part2 Week 2
Sep.27 4.1,4.2,4.3 Materials

4 Oct. Oct. 2, 4: Higher Order Lec.4_Part1 Tutorial 4

1-5 Oct. 4 Equations (Cont'd): Lec.4_Part2 Week 3
Sec. 4.4,4.6,5.1 Materials

5 Oct. Oct. 9, No Lectures Reading Week No

8-12 Oct. Tutorials
11
6 Oct. Oct. Modeling with Higher Lec.5_One_part_only Tutorial 5
15-19 16, Order Equations Lec.6_Part1 Week 4
Oct. (Cont'd): Sec. 5.1 Materials
18
7 Oct. Oct. Modeling with Higher Lec.6_Part2 Tutorial 6
22-26 23, Order Equations Oct. 25th Midterms Week 6
Oct.25 (Cont'd) Materials
Nonlinear models.
Mid. (End of 5.1)
8 Oct. Oct. Series Solutions Ch. 6 Lec.7_Part1 Tutorial 7
29- 30, Lec.7_Part2 Week
Nov.2 Nov. 1 7Materials
9 Nov. Nov. 6, Ch. 7 : Laplace Lec.8_Part1 Tutorial 8
5-9 Nov. 8 Transforms Lec.8_Part2 Week 8
Materials
10 Nov. Nov. Ch. 7 Cont’d Lec.9_Part1 Tutorial 9
12-16 13, Lec.9_Part2 Week 9
Nov. Materials
15
 11 Nov. Nov. Ch. 7 Cont’d Lec.10_Part1 Tutorial
19-23 20, Lec.10_Part2 10
Nov. Week 10
22 Materials
12 Nov. Nov. Ch. 7 Cont’d, Ch. 9 Lec.11_Part1 Tutorial
26-30 27, Lec.11_Part2 11
Nov. Week 11
29 Materials
13 Dec. Tue. Ch. 12.1 Lec.12_BVP_in_rectangular Tutorials
3-5 Dec. 4 Mon.
(half Tues,
week) Wed .
No All
Thus Sections
can
attend

The above weekly schedule is a tentative one! Should it become necessary I reserve the right to
change this schedule accordingly.
9. Weekly (tentative) Outline of Topics in the Course

Week 0: Thursday class, only (Introduction)

Week1 First Order Equations: Sec.1.1,1.2,1.3,2.1,2.6,
Definition and classification of differential equations;
Modeling using differential equations;
A Numerical Method
Week 2 First Order Equations (Cont'd): Sec. 2.2,2.3, 2.4,3.1,3.3
Solving separable and linear equations
Linear Models;
Solving exact equations;
Modeling with first order equations.
Week 3 Higher Order Equations: Sec. 4.1,4.2,4.3
Linear independence and the Wronskian;
Reduction of order;
Homogeneous equations with constant coefficients (real distinct and repeated roots).
Week 4 Higher Order Equations (Cont'd): Sec. 4.4,4.6,5.1(Midterm covers)
Homogeneous equations with constant coefficients (complex roots);
Variation of Parameters;
Modeling with Higher Order Equations (free undamped spring motion).
Week 5 Reading Week (No lectures or Tutorials)
Week 6 Modeling with Higher Order Equations (Cont'd): Sec. 5.1
Applications (free damped; external force spring motion; forced vibrations; circuits).
Boundary value problems;
Week 7 Modeling with Higher Order Equations (Cont'd), Midterms Oct. 25th
Nonlinear models.
Week 8 Series Solutions Ch. 6
Overview of series solutions; Special Functions (Bessel).
Week 9 Laplace Transforms
Definition of the Laplace transform;
Inverse Transforms and Transforms of Derivatives;
Properties of Laplace transforms. Ch. 7
Week 10 Laplace Transf. (Cont'd)
Properties of Laplace transforms;
Solution of initial value problems. Ch. 7 cont’d
Week 11 Laplace Transf. (Cont'd); Systems of Linear First-Order Eq'ns
Step functions; Discontinuous forcing functions;
Introduction to systems of equations. Ch. 7 cont’d
Week 12 Systems of Linear First-Order Equations (Cont'd)
Homogeneous linear systems with constant coefficients; Complex and repeated
eigenvalues. Ch. 9,
Week13: Partial Differential Equations Sec. 12.1
Introduction, terminology, classification;
Separation of Variables; Heat Equation
.

I reserve the right to adjust or shift some of the lectures during the course.
10. Assignments Quizzes and Tests

• Assignments are to be completed in groups of up to 4 students.

• Each member of the group MUST do ALL the questions on each assignment,
individually and MUST have their work documented. Then, group members get
together and compare their work and choose the best assignment or transfer all
the best answers to one booklet and highlight that booklet with a thick red marker
on the first page clearly saying “To be graded”; this will be the assignment that
will be graded for the group.
• Each group members’ names MUST be not only on her/his individual work but
also on the booklet which is marked as “To be graded”. If a group member’s name
is forgotten the TAs will not accept to add that name later after the tutorial and that
member gets zero for that assignment.
Notice that your TA will be collecting all 4 members’ individual assignments as well, but
the one that will be graded for marks is the one that the group chooses as the best one and
MUST be clearly marked on the first page as explained above. If your TA does not see the
phrase “To be graded” in a clear red ink on the cover-page, she/he will not grade any
assignment for that group. The TAs will NOT accept the group to come back later to
highlight the best assignment for grading after the assignment is submitted. To be clear,
everyone has to attach and submit her/his own solution in the same package for the
group; but only one assignment which is clearly marked in red on the cover-page with the
phrase “To be graded” will be graded for the whole group; this assignment should
showcase the best solution for each question among all group members. Late
assignments and out of group submissions are not accepted.
• The single lowest assignment mark will be dropped.
• In-lecture (pop) quizzes
• may be administered at any point during the lecture time. You MUST attend
your own lecture to write the pop-quiz.
• will be based on the current or previous lecture(s).
• will always be True/False or Multiple Choice/Answers. These are normally out
of 1.
• the three lowest pop quiz marks will be dropped.
• In-tutorial quizzes
• will be maximum of 7 minutes long at any time during the tutorial.
• will be based on materials recently covered.
• the three lowest in-tutorial quiz marks will be dropped.

• The MapleTA online quiz will be completed following each week of lectures (it
will be available from 8:00am each Friday to 9:am on the following Monday. You will
only get credit for the quiz if you achieve a minimum of 4 out of
5 on the quiz, but you may take the quiz up to 5 times to achieve this. (i.e. best
attempt counts, and you receive 1/1 if you get a min of 4, or 0 if you get less than
4).The 3 lowest online quiz marks will be dropped.

• The Final Exam will test all material covered in the course.
11. Missed Work Policy (Important!)

• If you miss an online quiz or an assignment or pop quiz in

lecture, then you receive a 0 on it. We recognize that times may
arise when you are forced to miss a quiz/assignment through no
fault of your own, but it is for this very reason that the single
lowest assignment mark, the 3 lowest online quizzes, the 3
lowest in-tutorial quizzes, and the 3 lowest pop quizzes are
dropped. This is extremely generous, so no notes will be
accepted for missed quizzes and/or assignments. This policy
applies to all students.
• If you miss the Calculus Readiness Test for any reason, then
you will no longer be eligible for those bonus marks.

.
Missed Tests:
• The normal policy on missed (midterm and other) tests is as
follows: If you miss a test for a legitimate reason and can
provide appropriate documentation, you will not be penalized.
Legitimate reasons are illness or death in the family, and
appropriate documentation is a UOIT Medical Certificate or a
photocopy of a death certificate, respectively. You should submit
documentation to one of the Science Academic Advisors within
3 days of missing the test. If you are not able to do so for any
reason, you must contact the Science Academic Advisors (via
email if at all possible [email protected] ) within this time
to make other arrangements. The usual accommodation for a
missed midterm test will be to re-weight the grading scheme to
allocate the missed test mark to the final exam mark. If you miss
a test without a legitimate reason or do not provide the proper
documentation, you will receive a mark of zero. If the test is
written, the decision is irreversible. If you are contemplating not
writing a test for any reason, please speak to Science Advising
in advance of the test, as well as informing the instructor.

Final Exam Grades:

We do not release final exam grades to students; if you would like to
view your exam/find out your exam grade, you will need to do an exam
view – details on how to do this will be posted in “Announcements”
towards the end of the course.
12. Accessibility

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:

Accommodating students with disabilities at UOIT is a responsibility shared among

various partners: the students themselves, SAS staff and faculty members. To
ensure that disability-related concerns are properly addressed during this course,
students with documented disabilities and who may require assistance to
participate in this class are encouraged to speak with me as soon as possible.
Students who suspect they have a disability that may affect their
participation in this course are advised to go to Student Accessibility
Services (SAS) as soon as possible. Maintaining communication and working
collaboratively with SAS and faculty members will ensure you have the greatest
chance of academic success.
Students taking courses on the North Campus Location can visit Student
Accessibility Services in the U5 Building located in the Student Life Suite
Students taking courses on the Downtown Oshawa Campus Location can visit
Student Accessibility Services in the 61 Charles St. Building, 2nd Floor, Room DTA
225 in the Student Life Suite.

Disability-related support and accommodation support is available for students

with mental health, physical, mobility, sensory, medical, cognitive, or learning
challenges. Office hours are 8:30am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri. For more information on
services provided, you can visit the SAS website at
http://uoit.ca/studentaccessibility

Students may contact Student Accessibility Services by calling 905-721-3266, or

email [email protected]

Students who require the use of the Test Centre to write tests, midterms, or
quizzes MUST register online using the SAS test/exam sign-up module, found
here www.uoit.ca/SASexams. Students must sign up for tests, midterms or
quizzes AT LEAST seven (7) days before the date of the test.
Students must register for final exams by the registration deadline, which is
typically 2 weeks prior to the start of the final examination period. SAS will notify
students of the registration deadline date.
13. Academic Integrity

Students and faculty at UOIT share an important responsibility to maintain the

integrity of the teaching and learning relationship. This relationship is
characterized by honesty, fairness and mutual respect for the aim and principles of
the pursuit of education. Academic misconduct impedes the activities of the
university community and is punishable by appropriate disciplinary action.

Students are expected to be familiar with and abide by UOIT’s regulations on

Academic Conduct (Section 5.15 of the Academic Calendar) which sets out the
kinds of actions that constitute academic misconduct, including plagiarism,
copying or allowing one’s own work to copied, use of unauthorized aids in
examinations and tests, submitting work prepared in collaboration with another
student when such collaboration has not been authorized, among other academic
offences. The regulations also describe the procedures for dealing with
allegations, and the sanctions for any finding of academic misconduct, which can
range from a resubmission of work to a failing grade to permanent expulsion from
the university. A lack of familiarity with UOIT’s regulations on academic conduct
does not constitute a defense against its application.

Further information about academic misconduct can be found in the Academic

Integrity link on your laptop. Extra support services are available to all UOIT
students in academic development, study skills, counseling, and peer mentorship.
More information on student support services can be found in the Academic
Calendar (Section 8).

14. Final Examinations

Final examinations are held during the final examination period at the end of the
semester and may take place in a different room and on a different day from the
regularly scheduled class. Check the published Examination Schedule for a
complete list of days and times.

Students are advised to obtain their Student ID Card well in advance of the
examination period as they will not be able to write their examinations without it.
Student ID cards can be obtained at the Campus ID Services, in G1004 in the
Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre.

Students who are unable to write a final examination when scheduled due to
religious observance may make arrangements to write a deferred examination.
These students are required to submit a Request for Accommodation for Religious
Obligations to the Faculty concerned as soon as possible and no later than three
week prior to the first day of the final examination period.

Further information on final examinations can be found in Section 5.24 of the

Academic Calendar.
15. Freedom of Information and Protection of Information Act

The following is an important notice regarding the process for submitting course
assignments, quizzes and other evaluative material in your courses in the Faculty
of Science.

As you may know, UOIT is governed by the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Information Act (“FIPPA”). In addition to providing a mechanism for
requesting records held by the university, this legislation also requires that UOIT
not disclose the personal information of its students without their consent.

FIPPA’s definition of “personal information” includes, among other things,

documents that contain both your name and your Banner ID. For example, this
could include graded test papers or assignments. To ensure that your rights to
privacy are protected, the Faculty of Science encourages you to use only your
Banner ID on assignments or test papers being submitted for grading. This policy
is intended to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of your information where graded
papers are returned to groups of students at the same time. If you still wish to
write both your name and your Banner ID on your tests and assignments, please
be advised that UOIT will interpret this as an implied consent to the disclosure of
your personal information in the normal course of returning graded materials to
students.

If you have any questions or concerns relating to the new policy or the issue of
implied consent addressed above, please contact a Science advisor.

16 . Course Evaluations

Student evaluation of teaching is a highly valued and helpful mechanism for

monitoring the quality of UOIT’s programs and instructional effectiveness. To that
end, course evaluations are administered by an external company in an online,
anonymous process during the last few weeks of classes. Students are
encouraged to participate actively in this process and will be notified of the dates.
Notifications about course evaluations will be sent via e-mail, and posted on
Blackboard, Weekly News and signage around the campus.
17. Sexual Violence and Additional Note

- UOIT is committed to the prevention of sexual violence in all is forms.

For any UOIT student who has experienced Sexual Violence, UOIT
can help. UOIT will make accommodations to cater to the diverse
backgrounds, cultures, and identities of students when dealing with
individual cases.
If you think you have been subjected to or witnessed sexual
violence:

• Reach out to a Support Worker, who are specially trained individuals

authorized to receive confidential disclosures about incidents of
sexual violence. Support Workers can offer help and resolutions
options which can include safety plans, accommodations, mental
health support, and more. To make an appointment with a Support
Worker, call 905.721.3392 or email [email protected]
• Learn more about your options at: www.uoit.ca/sexualviolence

- Additional Note: Any student who faces challenges securing their

food or housing and believes this may affect their performance in the
course is urged to contact [email protected] for support