Course Content:
Prerequisites and Corequisites:
Knowledge of senior-level engineering
mathematics, including differential and integral calculus, ordinary and partial
differential equations, vector analysis and basic operational methods.
Students will be expected to either possess or concurrently develop a facility
with one of the existing mathematical software packages (such as Mathematica
or Matlab).
Justification:
Graduate students entering our various engineering
programs come with widely differing backgrounds in applied mathematics.
As a consequence, several courses offered by engineering departments find it
necessary to spend a considerable amount of time teaching the mathematics
needed. At the suggestion of the Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM)
Department, the Mathematics Department, in conjunction with ESM, is proposing
this two-course offering. This offering will cover the needed mathematics
topics and hence leave the engineering courses more time to devote to
engineering applications.
Educational Objectives:
The objective of this course
offering is to develop the mathematical skills needed in graduate engineering
courses and to bring entering students with varied mathematical background to
a common level of proficiency. The emphasis is on understanding and
applying not proving. These courses will allow the engineering graduate
courses to devote more time to engineering applications.
Exams:
There will be a comprehensive in-class final exam and a take-home
project.
Homework and Grade:
There will be some homework assignments, together counting 60% of the
final grade.
The final exam will count 40% and will include both take-home and
in-class components.
General:
I reserve the option of modifying these policies where appropriate as the
course develops.
Final Exam Time: Monday, Dec. 11, 1:05-3:05pm
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