Math 485/585-001, Spring 2019

General information
  • COURSE: Math 485/585-001, Spring 2019
  • LECTURE MEETING TIME: TR 11:00-12:15
  • LECTURE MEETING LOCATION: PSYCH 204
  • TEXT: Mathematical Modelling Notes for Math 485/585 By Joceline Lega

    • Instructor
  • NAME: Don(Qiudong) Wang.
  • OFFICE: Math 313
  • PHONE: 621-8307
  • EMAIL: dwang@math.arizona.edu
  • WEB-ADDRESS: http://www.math.arizona.edu/~dwang
  • OFFICE HOURS: TR 10:00-10:50

    • Course Dynamics
    The course combines formal lectures with semester-long student modeling projects. Students work in teams on modeling projects, under the supervision of graduate or post-graduate mentors. Each team writes a midterm and a final report and gives oral presentations of its work. At the end of the semester, students present their projects in a poster session held in a public venue.
  • List of Modeling Projects
  • Previous Students Posters
  • Criteria for Final Project Report

    • Course Policy
  • Attendance: Students are expected to attend every scheduled class. It is the student's responsibility to keep informed of any announcements, syllabus adjustments, or policy changes made during scheduled classes.

  • Projects: Students will work in teams on a long-term project, worth 200 points. Each team will give oral progress reports on its project throughout the semester, will turn in a final written report, due on TBA, and will present a poster in a poster session held on TBA. The written part of the project will be worth 120 points and the oral and poster presentations will count for a total of 80 points.

  • Homework: Homework will be assigned and collected on weekly basis. Quizzes based on homework assignments will be given bi-weekly and a total homework and quiz score, equivalent to 300 points, will be computed.

  • Grades: The total number of points available on the project and homework is 500. Grades will be no lower than as listed below:
    • 450 < points (90% to 100%): A
    • 400 < points < 449 (80% to 90%): B
    • 350 < points < 399 (70% to 80%): C
    • 300 < points < 349 (60% to 70%): D
    • points < 300 (0% to 60%): E

    • Matlab
    The university of Arizona has a deal with Mathworks to provide matlab to any student, faculty or staff. It's available for Windows/Mac/Linux, and can be found at http://softwarelicense.arizona.edu/mathworks-matlab