Jim Swift: Instructor Information, Fall 2025

MAT 216 (Introduction to Matrix Algebra)
Required textbook: Schaum's Outline of Matrix Operations, vol 2, by Richard Bronson. ISBN 0071756043
MAT 216-002 (9540) MWF 8:00 - 8:50, in AMB 207 (for first 5 weeks of the semester)

MAT 238 (Calculus III)
Suggested textbook is freely available online.
MAT 238-002 (3325) MTuWF 9:10 - 10:00, in AMB 223
MAT 238-003 (3326) MTuWF 10:20 - 11:10, in AMB 225

My office phone, 523-6878, goes straight to voice mail.  You can send me e-mail at Jim.Swift@nau.edu. Here is my weekly schedule.
Please feel free to contact me any time via e-mail with any questions about the math, or with any feedback about the class.
My office hours are ???, in AMB 110.


Dates to remember: (Fall 2025)
From the Registrar's Page of Important Dates.
8/25 (Mon): First day of classes
9/01 (Mon): Labor Day (no classes)
9/04 (Thurs): Last day to Add (without a petition) or Drop/Delete (with nothing on your transcript) classes.
10/06 (Mon) - 10/24 (Fri): Submission of midterm grades
11/11 (Tues): Veterans Day (no classes)
11/27 (Thurs) - 11/28(Fri): Thanksgiving Break (no classes)
12/05 (Fri): Last day of classes, and last day to Withdraw from classes

12/08 (Mon) - 12/11 (Thurs) Final Exams: Note that our Calculus class uses the MWF time slot in the final exam schedule.
MAT 216 final exam: Friday, September 26, 8:00 to 8:50 (during last class period)
MAT 238 at 9:10 final exam: Wed, Dec 10, 7:30 am to 9:30 am
MAT 238 at 10:20 final exam: Mon, Dec 8, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon


Archives of my home pages from previous semesters:
Mat 136 (Calculus I) Fall 2024
Mat 137 (Calculus II) Fall 2023
Mat 201 (Problem Solving) Fall 2011
Mat 238 (Calculus III) Spring 2025
Mat 239 (Differential Equations) Spring 2025
Mat 362 (Numerical Analysis) Fall 2019
Mat 461 (Partial Differential Equations) Fall 2019
Mat 661 (Graduate Applied Mathematics) Fall 2020
Mat 665 (Graduate Differential Equations) Fall 2019
Mat 667 (Graduate Dynamical Systems) Spring 2025
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