2025-Fall Differential Equations (MATH200-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. MATH200 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major required Course Type prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours MON, WED / 11:00 ~ 12:15 / MathBldg[402]Lecture Room | WED / 18:30 ~ 19:20 / MathBldg[206]Lecture Room | WED / 18:30 ~ 19:20 / MathBldg[402]Lecture Room | WED / 18:30 ~ 19:20 / MathBldg[104]Lecture Room Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Kim Hyeongkwan Name Kim Hyeongkwan Department Dept. of Mathematics
Email address hkwan@postech.ac.kr Homepage
Office 수리과학관 103-B호 Office Phone 054-279-5814
Office Hours Friday, 11am (Please make an appointment in advance.)

3. Course Objectives

Covered topics include: 1st and 2nd order ODEs, systems of ODEs, series solutions near ordinary and regular singular points, Laplace transforms, Fourier series, PDEs (Wave equation, Heat equation, and Laplace equation).

4. Prerequisites & require

Calculus I (MATH101)
Calculus II (MATH102)
Applied linear algebra (MATH203)

5. Grading

Homework (0%) / Quizzes (30%) / Midterm exam (35%) / Final exam (35%)

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition
ISBN
Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (Global Edition) Boyce Wiley 2017 978-1-119-38287-4

7. Course References

8. Course Plan

WK1 : Chapter 2, sections 1, 2, 3, 5
WK2 : Chapter 2, sections 6, 7, 4, 8
WK3 : Chapter 3, sections 2, 1, 3, 4, 5
WK4 : Chapter 3, sections 5, 6 / Chapter 7, sections 1, 4, 5
WK5 : Chapter 7, sections 5, 6, 7, 8
WK6 : Chuseok holiday (No class)
WK7 : Chapter 7, sections 8, 9 / Chapter 6, Section 1
WK8 : Midterm exam (October 22, Wednesday, 11am-2pm)
WK9 : Chapter 6, sections 2, 3, 4
WK10 : Chapter 6, sections 5, 6 / Chapter 5, section 2
WK11 : Chapter 5, sections 3, 4, 5, 6
WK12 : Chapter 5, sections 6, 7 / Chapter 10, sections 1, 2
WK13 : Chapter 10, sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
WK14 : Chapter 10, sections 6, 7 / POSTECH Foundation Day (No class)
WK15 : Chapter 10, section 7, 8
WK16 : Final exam (December 17, Wednesday, 11am-2pm)

9. Course Operation

10. How to Teach & Remark

More than 7 absences will result in an automatic F grade.

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance