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CMDA-3606: 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 differencee 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. III-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

Prerequisites: CMDA-3605

Required By: CMDA-4604, MATH-4176

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 25

Average GPA: 2.78 (rounds to B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 18.79%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.20%

Christopher A Beattie202128.3%36.8%23.2%8.1%2.3%1.3%2.776
Yingda Cheng202329.4%8.8%32.3%20.6%8.8%0.0%2.281
Daniel E Appelo202319.5%33.2%22.2%11.1%8.3%5.6%2.511
Agnieszka K Miedlar202319.3%26.7%23.8%7.7%10.3%12.2%2.472
Serkan Gugercin202345.9%23.9%14.8%11.5%2.4%1.6%2.973
Julianne Chung202130.6%41.1%21.2%3.1%2.4%1.7%2.923
Mark P Embree202231.1%34.7%23.3%5.7%3.9%1.3%2.854
Jeffrey T Borggaard202425.6%40.2%23.6%7.4%2.4%0.6%2.784
Eric Ufferman202438.3%32.4%26.5%2.9%0.0%0.0%3.031

Grade Distribution Over Time

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