Math 102 - Calculus I with Economics Applications - Spring 2006
Tentative Syllabus
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Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday | |||
| 1/25 | Welcome to Math 102 | 1/27 | 1.1 Functions, Calculus Style 1.2 Graphs |
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| 1/30 | 1.3 Elementary Functions | 1/31 | Graphing in Maple Indiv HW Due |
2/1 | 1.3 continued | 2/3 | 1.4 The Idea of the Derivative |
| 2/6 | 1.5 Estimating Derivatives | 2/7 | Estimating Derivatives in Maple Group HW Due |
2/8 | 1.6 The Geometry of Derivatives | 2/10 | 1.7 The Geometry of Higher-Order Derivatives |
| 2/13 | 2.1 Defining the Derivative | 2/14 | Project 1 Indiv HW Due |
2/15 | Project 1 | 2/17 | 2.2 Derivatives of Power Functions and Polynomials |
| 2/20 | The Big Picture | 2/21 | Exam 1 Covers thru 2.2 |
2/22 | 2.3 Limits | 2/24 | 2.4 Using Derivative and Antiderivative Formulas |
| 2/27 | 2.6 Derivatives of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions | 2/28 | Practice Differentiation Group HW Due |
3/1 | 2.7 Derivatives of Trig Functions | 3/3 | 3.1 The Product and Quotient Rules Project 1 Due |
| 3/6 | 3.2 Composition and the Chain Rule | 3/7 | More Differentiation Practice Indiv HW Due |
3/8 | 3.2 continued | 3/10 | Putting it all together |
| 3/13 | Spring Break | 3/14 | Spring Break | 3/15 | Spring Break | 3/17 | Spring Break |
| 3/20 | 4.3 Optimization | 3/21 | Optimization | 3/22 | Differentiation Exam | 3/24 | 4.7 Taylor Polynomials |
| 3/27 | 4.7 continued | 3/28 | Project 2 Group HW Due |
3/29 | Project 2 | 3/31 | 4.8 Why Continuity Matters Last Day for Diff Exam |
| 4/3 | The Big Picture | 4/4 | Exam 2 Covers thru 4.7 |
4/5 | 4.9 Why Differentiability Matters | 4/7 | 5.1 Areas and Integrals |
| 4/10 | 5.2 The Area Function | 4/11 | Area functions and slopes Indiv HW Due |
4/12 | 5.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | 4/14 | 5.3 continued Project 2 Due |
| 4/17 | 5.4 The Method of Substitution | 4/18 | Fun with subsitution Group HW Due |
4/19 | 5.4 continued | 4/21 | 5.6 Approximating Sums |
| 4/24 | The Big Picture | 4/25 | Exam 3 Covers thru 5.4 |
4/26 | 5.6 continued | 4/28 | 2.5 Differential Equations |
| 5/1 | 2.5 continued | 5/2 | Applications of DEs Indiv HW Due |
5/3 | TBA | 5/5 | Course Overview |
Final Exam, Tuesday, May 9, 2:00 am
Last Modified May 7, 2009 10:14 PM