Unless otherwise noted, readings are from Blanchard, Devaney, and
Hall.
| Class | Date | Reading | Comments |
| 1 | Monday, January 5 | |
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| 2 | Thursday, January 8 | Section 1.1, 1.2 up to p. 23 |
Unless there are pressing questions, I plan on not spending much class time on exponential growth. We'll focus on logistic growth, which is an important model that will come up again and again in the course. We'll also spend a while talking about predator-prey systems. |
| 3 | Monday, January 12 | Finish section 1.2, but skip the "Savings Problem" section. Section 1.3, but skip the "RC Circuit" section. | Section 1.2 is more technical and, perhaps,
less interesting than 1.1. Try to keep sight of the forest. Don't
get lost in the trees of all the algebraic stuff. The sections we're skipping aren't difficult, but cover applications that I suspect will be of little interest or relevance to many of you. |
| 4 | Thursday, January 15 | |
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| 5 | Monday, January 19 | |
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| 6 | Thursday, January 22 | |
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| 7 | Monday, January 26 | Review of section 1.8, first few pages of 1.9 | We'll also discuss some tips for giving scientific presentations. |
| 8 | Thursday, January 29 | 2.1 up to p. 155. | Introduction to Web of Science |
| 9 | Monday, February 2 | |
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| 10 | Thursday, February 5 | |
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| 11 | Monday, February 9 | No reading | Initial Presentations! |
| 12 | Thursday, February 12 | |
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| 13 | Monday, February 16 | |
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| 14 | Thursday, February 19 | |
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| 15 | Monday, February 23 | |
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| 16 | Thursday, February 26 | |
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| 17 | Monday, March 1 | |
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| 18 | Thursday, March 4 | |
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| 19 | Monday, March 8 | |
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| 20 | Thursday, March 11 | |
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