| Lecture | Date | Main Topic | Chapter |
| 1 | Tu 01/30 | Overview | |
| 2 | Th 02/01 | Gaussian elimination: LU factorization | |
| 3 | Tu 02/06 | Taylor's theorem, sources of error | 1 |
| 4 | Th 02/08 | Interpolation: theory and practice | 3 |
| 5 | Tu 02/13 | Interpolation: Newton divided differences | 3 |
| 6 | Th 02/15 | Interpolation: piecewise polynomial interpolation | 3 |
| 7 | Tu 02/20 | Interpolation: problems with equidistant nodes | 3 |
| 8 | Th 02/22 | Numerical differentiation: methods and errors | 5 |
| 9 | Tu 02/27 | Numerical differentiation: effect of round-off | 5 |
| 10 | Th 03/01 | Numerical integration: Newton-Cotes rules | 5 |
| 11 | Tu 03/06 | Numerical integration: theory | 5 |
| 12 | Th 03/08 | Numerical integration: Gaussian quadrature | 5 |
| 13 | Tu 03/13 | Review | |
| 14 | Th 03/15 | Midterm exam | |
| Tu 03/20 | Spring Break | ||
| Th 03/22 | Spring Break | ||
| 15 | Tu 03/27 | Approximation: orthogonal polynomials | 4 |
| 16 | Th 03/29 | Approximation: concepts and theory | 4 |
| 17 | Tu 04/03 | Rootfinding: basic methods | 2 |
| 18 | Th 04/05 | Rootfinding: theory of fixed-point methods | 2 |
| 19 | Tu 04/10 | Systems of nonlinear equations: Newton's method | 2 |
| 20 | Th 04/12 | Systems of nonlinear equations: Newton's method | 2 |
| 21 | Tu 04/17 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: problem and basic methods | 6 |
| 22 | Th 04/19 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: convergence of Euler's method | 6 |
| 23 | Tu 04/24 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: stability of Euler's method | 6 |
| 24 | Th 04/26 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: linear multi-step methods | 6 |
| 25 | Tu 05/01 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: Runge-Kutta methods | 6 |
| 26 | Th 05/03 | Numerical o.d.e.'s: methods for stiff problems | 6 |
| 27 | Tu 05/08 | Computer numbers: basic prinples | 1 |
| 28 | Th 05/10 | Computer numbers: IEEE-standard for floating-point numbers | 1 |
| 29 | Tu 05/15 | Review | |