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PMTH339 Differential Equations

Updated: 15 January 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites PMTH212 and PMTH213 or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Yihong Du (ydu@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Topics include: first order equations; second order linear equations; series solutions; boundary value problems, and phase plane analysis. It is best if students do PMTH333 before this unit.
Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate a basic understanding of the theory of elementary ordinary and partial differential equations and some of its applications;
  2. develop a basic knowledge about partial differential equations; and
  3. possess some of the elementary skills on the applications of differential equations.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Embedded in problem-solving skills. Demonstrated in lectures, practised and applied in tutorials, assessed in problem-based assignment tasks and exams. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
This is practised in doing assignment questions, and is also covered in the teaching process and the exams. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Through the learning process of this unit. 		True
6 Problem Solving
This is demonstrated in the teaching process (lectures and tutorials), and practised in the exams and assignments. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Practised in problem solving and tutorial discussions. 		True True
   

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