COURSE OUTLINE

Department & Faculty: Mathematics & Science Page : 1 of 4

Course Code: SSE1793 Differential Equations Semester: 1

Total Lecture Hours: 42 hours Academic Session: 2011/12

Lecturer : DR. MASLAN BIN OSMAN

Room No. : C15 417
Telephone No. : 019-7161958
E-mail : maslan@utmspace.edu.my

Synopsis : This is an introductory course on differential equations. Topics include first

order ordinary differential equations (ODEs), linear second order ODEs with
constant coefficients up to fourth order, the Laplace transform and its inverse,
Fourier series, and partial differential equations (PDEs). Students will learn
how to classify and solve first order ODEs, use the techniques of undetermined
coefficients, variation of parameters and the Laplace transform to solve ODEs
with specified initial and boundary conditions, and use the technique of
separation of variables to solve linear second order PDEs and the method of
d’Alembert to solve wave equation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course, students should be able to:

No. Course Learning Outcome Programme Taxonomies Assessment

Outcome and Soft- Methods
Skills
CO1 Use appropriate techniques to find the PO1, PO2 C3, A2,P3 T1, F
solution of first order differential equation.

CO2 Use the method of undetermined PO1, PO2 C3, A2, P3 Q, T2, F
coefficients and the method of variation of
parameters to find the solution of second
order of linear differential equations with
constant coefficients up to fourth order.

CO3 Produce the Laplace transforms and its C3, A2, P3 Q,T2, F
inverses for standard functions. PO1, PO2

Solve initial and boundary value problems F

CO4 PO1, PO2 C3, A2,P3
using Laplace transforms.

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Course Code: SSE 1793 Differential Equations Semester: 1

Total Lecture Hours: 42 Academic Session: 2011/12

Produce Fourier series of given functions.

CO5 PO1, PO2 C3, A2,P3 F

Solve second order linear partial

CO6 differential equations using the method of PO1, PO2 A,F
separation of variables and the method of
d’Alembert for solving wave (Helmholtz) C3, A2,P3
equations..

STUDENT LEARNING TIME (SLT)

Student Learning
Teaching and Learning Activities
Time (hours)

1. Face-to-Face Learning
a. Lecturer-Centered Learning
i. Lecture 42
b. Student-Centered Learning (SCL)
i. Laboratory/Tutorial 14
ii. Student-centered learning activities – Active
Learning, Project Based Learning
2. Self-Directed Learning

a. Non-face-to-face learning or student-centered learning 12

(SCL) such as manual, assignment, module, e-Learning,
etc.
b. Revision 37
c. Assessment Preparations 9
3. Formal Assessment
a. Continuous Assessment 3
b. Final Exam 3
Total (SLT) 120

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Lecture and Discussion, Assignments and/or Quizzes.

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Course Code: SSE 1793 Differential Equations Semester: 1

Total Lecture Hours: 42 Academic Session: 2011/12

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Week 1 : First order ordinary differential equations: Definition and classification of differential
equations. Basic ideas; solutions of differential equations, initial and boundary value
problems. Review on separable and linear equations. Methods of solution homogeneous
and exact equations,
Week 2 : Bernoulli equations and other substitutions. Applications of first order ODE’s:

Week 3 Newton’
: Law of Cooling , the free fall, electrical circuits, chemical reactions and other applications.

Week 4 : Linear second order ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients:
Second order homogeneous differential equations. Solution of non-homogenous equations.
Method of undetermined coefficients.
Week 5 : Method of the undetermined coefficients to higher order ODE’s up to fourth order (beam
bending), method of variation of parameters.

Week 6 : Applications of second order differential equations: mechanical vibrations and electrical
circuits; damped and undamped free and forced vibrations, circuits with and without
impedance/resistance, and other applications.
Week 7 : Laplace transforms: Definition of Laplace transforms, derivation of Laplace transforms for
standard elementary functions. Linearity property, first shifting theorem, multiplication by tn.
Laplace transforms of unit step functions.
Week 8 : Mid-Semester Break
Week 9 : Laplace transforms of Delta Dirac functions and periodic functions; Second shifting
Theorem, Laplace transforms of the derivatives. Inverse Laplace transforms, transfer
functions.
Week 10 : Convolution theorem:. Solving initial value problems ( IVP) and boundary value problems
(BVP). Solving simultaneoues 1st order differential equations.

Week 11 : Fourier series: Even and odd functions. Fourier series for periodic functions.
Fourier series for even and odd functions.

Week 12 : Half-range Fourier series. Convergence of Fourier series, approximation summation using
Fourier series.

Week 13 : Partial differential equations. Basic concepts, classifications. Method of separation of

Variables for solving heat equation (consolidation theory).

Week 14 : Method of separation of variables and d’Alembert for solving wave (Helmholtz) equations.

Week 15 : Laplace equations and Transverse Vibrations of a beam.

Week 16-18 : Revision Week and Final Examination.

REFERENCES :
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Course Code: SSE 1793 Differential Equations Semester: 1

Total Lecture Hours: 42 Academic Session: 2011/12

Course Text:
1. Glynn James, (2005). Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics , Prentice Hall.

Supplementary Texts:
2. Kreyzig, Erwin (1993). Advanced Engineering Mathematics, John Wiley, New York (TA 330 K7 1993)
3. Stroud K.A (1996). Advanced Engineering Mathematics; MacMillan Ltd.
4. Alan Jeffrey (2002). Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Academic Press.
5. Nagel et al. (2004). Fundamentals of Differential Equations, 5th ed., Addison Wesley Longman.(QA371 N33
2004)
6. Abd Wahid Md. Raji and Mohd Nor Mohamad (2008); Differential Equations for Engineering Students, Jabatan
Matematik, UTM.
7. Normah Maan, et. al., (2008) Differential Equations Module, Jabatan Matematik, UTM.

GRADING:

No. Type of Assessment Number of Assessment % Each % Total Date

1 Test 1 1 15 15 Week 5
2 Test 2 1 20 20 Week 10
3 Assignment/Quiz 3 5 15 Anytime
4 Final Examination 1 50 50 Exam Week