Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE)

This one-semester course is an option for any high school senior who has taken the Advanced Placement Calculus BC exam and/or a course in multivariable calculus. “Ordinary” means that the functions we are studying are functions of one variable, usually. Topics include slope fields; separable, linear, exact, Bernoulli, and homogeneous first-order equations; homogeneous second-order linear equations; theory of higher-order linear differential equations. Students will consider various applications of ordinary differential equations.