In my role as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics over the last five years I’ve been actively involved in course design and curriculum development for a wide variety of courses.   A listing of courses taught while at ACU is provided below along with the most recent syllabi for each of the courses available at your convenience.

• MATH 120:  Quantitative Reasoning (Fall 2007, Summer I 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Summer I 2011)
• MATW 120:  Quantitative Reasoning Workshop (Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011)
• MATH 124:  PreCalculus II  (Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2011)
• MATH 130:  Finite Mathematics (Spring 2012)
• MATW 130:  Finite Mathematics Workshop (Fall 2009)
• MATH 131:  Calculus for Applications (Spring 2011)
• MATH 186:  Calculus II (Fall 2007, Fall 2008,  Fall 2011, Spring 2012)
• MATH 227:  Discrete Mathematics (Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010)
• MATH 361:  Ordinary Differential Equations (Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011)
• MATH 463:  Partial Differential Equations (Spring 2012)

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Notable Course Development Remarks

• Quantitative Reasoning  This has been my most frequently taught course (as it is for the majority of the department).  Given the number of hours devoted to this course annually, I’ve taken the time to produce several online resources for the course ranging from guided lecture slides, video podcasts, and calculator tutorial videos.  I have shared these resources with other colleagues in the department and am collecting much of this information to be included in a personal website which will be unveiled for the first time in the Fall 2012 semester.  This course has also been the focal point of a mobile learning study for the last two years focusing on student usage of mobile computing applications.

• Ordinary Differential Equations  This course most directly relates to the broad field of my dissertation research.  As a result, this course has served as a creative outlet for various non-traditional assessments.  Students have been asked to create their own video podcasts detailing responses to various applied mathematics problems.  Students are also required to give a peer-reviewed presentation as a component of the course.  This course and the Partial Differential Equations course are used to encourage student participation in the undergraduate research festival.

• Partial Differential Equations  This course is the product of two years worth of conversations with the physics department who have graciously agreed to stop teaching their PHYS 385: Math of Physics and Engineering in lieu of this course.  The course was developed in consultation with the department of physics and debuted with a strong enrollment of 16 students for the first time in the Spring 2012 semester.  As of the Fall 2012 semester I am completing a new course application for MATH 463: Partial Differential Equations and making the required degree plan adjustments.

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