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by bee_rider
1402 days ago
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Hmm, maybe. How would that impact the larger curriculum? Are you thinking a new class, or just change how differential equations is taught? I think there is a little bit of an annoying situation where at least Electrical Engineering students are going to want Differential Equations pretty early on as they are pretty important to circuits (IIRC, I don't touch analog stuff anymore). Like maybe as a first semester 200 level class. This doesn't afford space to put a Linear Algebra class in beforehand (needed for numerical analysis). Maybe the symbolic differential equations stuff could be stuck at the end of integral calculus, but 1) curriculum near the end of the semester is risky (students are feeling done, and it can suffer from schedule shifts). 2) Transfer students or students who satisfied their calc requirements in highschool (pretty common for engineering students) wouldn't be aware of your curriculum changes. Or, a numerical-focused PDE class could be added to elsewhere. I bet most math departments have one nowadays, but as an elective. |
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