13 Course Objectives

This course has several objectives, including:

1. Refresh the students’ memory about basic mathematics;
2. Show how mathematical techniques fit in the real-life world encountered by a mechanical engineer [1];
3. Introduce some advanced techniques, in particular in linear algebra and ordinary differential equations [1].
4. Help students prepare for the Ph.D. Preliminary exam.

Numbers in square brackets refer to the departmental student program outcomes:
http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu/me/undergrad/ed_objective.html