This was in reaction to the concerns expressed by students the prior term. A textbook that provided a better structure for the course was selected. Each semester a Focus Group is held mid-way through the semester for improvement purposes. By design, there is an overlap between the material covered in Cal III and Differential Equations. Student evaluations indicated that at the beginning of the semester to much time was spent on things that they already knew.
Course continues to be monitored through focus group activities.
As a follow-up to the assessment of Differential Equations in the F' 98, a focus group activity was held midway through the spring semester. Students requested, at this time, that the course include three tests and a final rather than a mid term and a final. Differential Equations was revised to have three tests and a final. Course continues to be monitored through focus group activities. Spring '99 Faculty Survey Undergraduate Survey Inconsistency exists in the requirements of the performance criteria for the departmental Goals and Objects.