MATH 333: Differential Equations with Matrix Theory

Boise State University, Spring 2024

Instructor: Stephen Brill

Office: MB (Mathematics Building)  218-A

Phone: (208) 426-3122

Fax: (208) 426-1356

Email: sbrill@boisestate.edu



Class meetings (all on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, all in room MPC 201):  


Class notes:


Textbook: Differential Equations by Blanchard, Devaney, and Hall. 


Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays at 1330.  Other times by appointment. 


LA (Learning Assistant) Schedule:


Drop-in tutoring:


Academic Honesty and appropriate behavior: All students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to the policies and standards given in the BSU Student Code of Conduct. 


Cell phones, paging devices, etc.: Please turn off or silence your devices during class time. 


Late work and/or extensions:  If you seek an extension on an assignment and the request occurs after the due date or time, your request will be summarily denied (except in the most extraordinary circumstances). Such requests that occur before the due date and time will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 


Contesting grades:  If you think I have graded you unfairly on a particular assignment, you must bring this to my attention within a week from the time that the assignment was returned to the class. After a week I will not consider any requests to review and possibly change my grading. 


Learning outcomes: At the end of the semester, the student will be able to solve ordinary differential equations using qualitative, numeric, and analytical techniques.


Laplace Transforms table


Grading policy:  

 Your grade will be determined by your performance in three areas: 

Take-home quizzes.  Typically, these will be available on Wednesdays and due the following Friday.  These will happen weekly, except on those weeks when tests occur.  You may work on these quizzes solo, or in groups of two or three.  Groups of four or more are not permitted.  If you collaborate, you may do so only with other students in my sections of MATH 333 and with no one else.  If you collaborate, please hand in only one completed quiz for your entire group, not one for each member of your group.  At the end of the semester, I will "drop" your lowest quiz score.

Tests.  The dates for these are 9 February, 15 March, and 19 April.  No collaboration is permitted.  Requests to take a test on a day other than listed above will be granted only if you will be representing Boise State in some capacity such as attending/presenting at a professional confererence/meeting or participating in an athletic or artistic event.

Final Exam.  No collaboration is permitted.

The comments above pertaining to different dates apply here as well.


Your course grade is a weighted average of your scores on the quizzes, tests, and final exam.  The details are here.   Let x be this weighted average (between 0 and 100).  Then your grade will be computed via the following algorithm:

A+: x > 97

A: 93 < x < 97

A-: 90 < x < 93

B+: 87 < x < 90

B: 83 < x < 87

B-: 80 < x < 83

C+: 77 < x < 80

C: 73 < x < 77

C-: 70 < x < 73

D: 60 < x < 70

F: x < 60 

This page was most recently updated on 22 January 2024.