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CMDA-3605: Mathematical Modeling: Methods and Tools

Description: 3605: Mathematical modeling with ordinary differential equations and difference equations. Numerical solution and analysis of ordinary differential equations and difference equations. Stochastic modeling, and numerical solution of stochastic differential equations. 3606: Concepts and techniques from numerical linear algebra, including iterative methods for solving linear systems and least squares problems, and numerical approaches for solving eigenvalue problems. Ill-posed inverse problems such as parameter estimation, and numerical methods for computing solutions to inverse problems. Numerical optimization. Emphasis on large-scale problems.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 26

Average GPA: 2.94 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.08%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.51%

Nicole T Abaid202421.9%30.5%24.0%15.7%4.9%3.0%2.536
Omar Saucedo202368.4%28.5%1.6%0.0%1.6%0.0%3.612
Serkan Gugercin202136.0%33.5%12.5%7.6%5.4%5.0%2.953
Eric Ufferman202439.8%36.8%18.3%3.0%0.0%2.2%3.175
Steffen Wilhelm Richard Werner202439.9%34.1%15.8%6.4%2.8%1.0%2.983
Jason R Wilson202135.7%34.3%18.8%5.2%3.4%2.6%2.933
Lauren M Childs202129.8%34.6%23.0%6.8%2.0%3.6%2.843
Yingda Cheng202444.7%31.6%21.1%2.6%0.0%0.0%3.151

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W