Topics include Newton's Law, conservative and central force fields; linear systems with constant coefficients; matrix exponentials and the variation of constants formula; Euler's method; separable and exact differential equations; Laplace Transforms, transfer functions and convolution; introduction to Fourier Series and boundary value problems: the heat equation, the wave equation. Computer methods (symbolic and numerical) are introduced in the laboratory component of the course. (20/7/0/15/0)