[kanishka]

From the course website: The course provides an overview of ordinary differential equations and covers also some related topics, such as Laplace transforms and elements of linear algebra (eigenvalues and eigenvectors). A number of applications to actual problems will be discussed. Students will also acquire programming skills in MATLAB, and will use them to solve a range of problems introduced during lectures.

Course Breakdown:
- Final exam (3 hrs) - 45%,
- Tests (2 x 75 min) - 40%,
- Five best homework assignments - 15%

The homework assignments are programs written in Matlab to solve problems based on the concepts that we learn in the course. There are a total of 6 assignments out of which best 5 are chosen.

The first midterm is based on first 3 chapters which are basically solving ordinary differential equations using different methods such as Separable Variables, Linear Equations, Undetermined co-efficients, etc. The class average for this one was 56%.

The Second midterm is based on the latter half of the third chapter, chapter 8.8-8.12, and chapter 10.1-10.2. Chapter 8.8-8.12 is mainly matrices where we have to find eigenvalues, eigenvectors, powers of matrices, orthogonal matrices, etc. Chapter 10 is solving differential equations using matrices. The class average for this one was 63%.

The final exam covers all the previous stuff + laplace transforms and power series. The exam was pretty straightforward as long as you studied for it. You had to be fast at solving problems, which meant knowing the concepts at your fingertips.

"The profs are bad", is the feedback I got from anyone I asked for this course. The labs were meant for helping out with matlab were very useful. I got all of it done by spending two hours in the lab as the TAs were very helpful. Although the Fourth and the Sixth matlabs were hard. The tutorials could have been very useful if the TA was good. Barely anyone could understand what he was saying and therefore by the end of the semester, only 5 people (out of 400+) were found in the tutorial.

Do the homework problems as you go to succeed in this course.

Kovarik was horrible imo!

Professors for this course were not very good, and TAs were much worse... Gabardo should not be teaching (at least I can't stand his mumble and struggling with his own examples for 20 minutes). He makes so many mistakes, can't sketch and can't answer what would be use for some of material covered used in lecture. It is better to skip classes and simply work on your own. I can confidently say that everyone missed McLean and Childs.

Some of material that was covered in engineering courses, was presented much better by engineering professors (Nikolova rulez).

Midterms for 2ZZ3 were bad (first one had little to to with material covered in lectures, same goes for sample tests; second one was more reasonable but 16 questions are a lot much to solve in one hour, samples only had 8 questions).

GABARDO, J






WOLKOWICZ, G






ATENA,A

who would u pick?

damnn! gotta go in on this course.

GABARDO, J

WOLKOWICZ, G

ARNOLD, T


Which prof is better? Please Help!

Gabardo is horrible, I went to Kovarik and liked him, the other two are new this year i guess.
My advice, TAKE 2Z03 AND 2ZZ3 IN SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
i re-took 2zz3 in summer and the marking scheme alone passed me with an 8

if they havent redone the course yet (if gabardo is still making the midterms (16 m/c)), you will likely fail both midterms, but hope that you ride the bellcurve to a pass.

This course (a while back) was taken as a term 3 course called 2M06 but it was better known as 2M12 by the students because most people had to take it twice. then it was divided into 2m03 and 2mm3, then it was renamed 2p04 and 2q04, and now it is 2z03 and 2zz3. Still a really bad course

Are u serious?

Take Math 2Z03 and 2ZZ3 in summer if possible and enjoy an A+ in both the courses with minimal effort..

Originally Posted by kanishka

Take Math 2Z03 and 2ZZ3 in summer if possible and enjoy an A+ in both the courses with minimal effort..

Too late for that ...

Originally Posted by EngStud

Too late for that ...

How is that? The add/drop deadline is 16th Sept...

Originally Posted by kanishka

How is that? The add/drop deadline is 16th Sept...

Yeah but with the OSAP money, and I want to work in summer. It's too much. I'll just face that monster and kick its a**.

Plus I need to know how to do ODE's,PDE's, laplace transforms, fourier and others for electrical engineering II.

Thx anyway

Originally Posted by kanishka

Take Math 2Z03 and 2ZZ3 in summer if possible and enjoy an A+ in both the courses with minimal effort..

damn, i d k. What do u mean by minimal effort?
Wouldnt it be more fast paced and harder to keep up with the material?

Are the test easier in SS?

Originally Posted by jon.john23

damn, i d k. What do u mean by minimal effort?
Wouldnt it be more fast paced and harder to keep up with the material?

Are the test easier in SS?

2zz3 (repeat):
i guess it depends on who runs the summer course.
we had way easier assignments. (i could actually do them)
no midterms.
eval was 45% divided by best 4 out of 5 assignments and 55% exam 20 m/c questions.
i ended up needing 4 questions to pass so i was prepared to go in and fill in 'C' for every question.
i came out with an 8 i think. with basically no effort into the course. so if you want to pass, you easily can. if you want a 12, that should be possible as well.

I also heard 2Z03 and 2ZZ3 are dumbed down during the summer terms.