pdf of the Syllabus. Here is a link to DoMS and NAU policies, that are also included at the end of the syllabus.
Please feel free to contact me any time via e-mail with any questions about the math, or with any feedback about the class.
Office hours are a time for you to talk to me about the class or anything.
My office is AMB 110 (downstairs in the North-East corner, behind the Math office.)
I am available for you on Mondays and Wednesdays at from 1:45 to 4:00
You can always send me e-mail, drop in to my office,
or make an appointment if these times aren't convenient.
Here are some graphical resources for differential equations:
Slope Field and Direction Field applet by Darryl Nester of Bluffton University.
Phase Plane
applet written by Ariel Barton of the University of Arkansas.
My office phone, 523-6878, goes straight to voice mail. You can send me e-mail at
Jim.Swift@nau.edu.
My office is AMB 110.
Please feel free to contact me any time via e-mail with any
questions about the math, or with any feedback about the class.
The current
Problem of the Week.
You get up to 2 class points per week extra credit for our course
from points earned in the problem of the week. Problems
are graded on a scale of 1 to 4. I'll give you
half that as extra credit class points (0.5 to 2 points).
FAMUS
(Friday Afternoon Undergraduate Math Seminar): Fridays at 3 pm in AMB 164
Here is a flyer for MAT 239 or MAT 316 in Portugal this summer. The classes are filled and registration is closed. Maybe you can do this in Summer 2026.
Here is a discord chat about Differential Equations hosted by Jenna Sterry, who is one of our PMAs.