Math 341: Differential Equations (Fall 2010)
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Extra Credit Opportunities
 

Note: by successfully completing FIVE FOUR (or more) of these extra credit opportunities by Wednesday December 8th your final grade will be increased by a third of  a letter grade, i.e. from B+ to A-. Doing less than FIVE  FOUR will earn no extra credit. There will be between 6 and 10 SIX extra credit opportunities throughout the semester. If there are less ECOs, then the "magic ECO barrier" will be lowered to HALF the number of total ECOs available (rounded up).

All ECO's must be completed by the last day of class (Wed Dec 8).
No one source of ECO can be a majority of your ECOs.

 

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Name

Date Assigned Date Due TASK

1

Lora KoenigTalk

Fri Oct 1 Fri Oct 8 Go to the talk in Fowler 309 3:30-4:30pm and type up a one page reflection and submit within 7-days of the event.

2

Christine Lien Talk

Fri Oct 15 Fri Oct 22 Go to the talk in Fowler 309 3:30-4:30pm and type up a one page reflection and submit within 7-days of the event.

3

Exam 1 Re-Write

Wed Oct 20 Wed Oct 27 Exam 1 Rewrite is a take-home exam version of Exam 1 which you can use your old notes and old exam but no people except for professors to assist you in getting 90% (45/50) in order to get credit for this ECO.

4

Mid-Term Assessment

Fri Oct 22 Fri Oct 29 Fill out the purple Mid-Term Assessment form completely and thoroughly (and anonymously) and return to the Math Secretary for her to mark off your name by Friday Oct 27 at 5pm.

5

Robin WilsonTalk

Fri Nov 5 Fri Nov 12 Go to the talk in Fowler 309 3:30-4:30pm and type up a one page reflection and submit within 7-days of the event.

6 & 7

ODES in the Media

Mon Nov 23 Wed Dec 9 Find an example of ODEs appearing in the popular media (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, Time, etc) and write up a 1-2 page explanation of the concepts and ideas from ODEs that occur in the media. Also, include a copy of the excerpt from the popular media source. LIMIT OF TWO ODEs in the Media and they have to be different media. In other words, from either print, television, or film.