What is the difference between the three courses of Elementary/Introduction to Differential Equations?
Elementary Differential Equations MA3521 is required by the CM curriculum. It is a 2-credit course that is taken along with Elementary Linear Algebra MA2321, which is also 2 credits. These two courses are arranged so that the linear algebra course is presented in the first 7.5 weeks of the semester, and the differential equations course is presented in the second 7.5 weeks of the same semester. These two courses are co-requisites of each other. There are full length courses that may be substituted for MA2321 and MA3521; these are MA2320 (2 credits) and MA3520 (2 credits). These courses are spread out over the entire 15 weeks of the semester. Note, however, that MA2320 is a prerequisite for MA3520. In the recent past due to some scheduling difficulties the Math Department has agreed to allow these courses to be taken simultaneously, but this will not be allowed in the future except under truly extraordinary circumstances. The third differential equations course is Introduction to Differ
