Previous Weeks in Math 121

This file will contain the week-to-week reading and lecture schedules.  At the end of the week the "this week" will be modified to reflect what actually happened and will be appended to this file.

Week 1: Monday, January 16

• Topics:
• Introduction
• Reading:
1.1 - 1.3
• Chapter 1

Monday:

• Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday.  No classes or office hours.

Tuesday:

• Introduction to the course

Wednesday:

• Review of algebra

Friday:

• Review of algebra
• First homework assignment assigned

Other Notes:

• Office Hours begin next week

Week 2: Monday, January 23

• Topics:
• Limits and continuity
• Reading:
• 1.4 - 2.1

Monday:

• Algebra

Tuesday:

• No class - family illness
• Limits

Wednesday:

• Discussion of homework

Friday:

• Inverse functions
• An introduction to limits
• First homework assignment collected

Other Notes:

• Office Hours begin this week

Week 3: Monday, January 30

• Topics:
• Limits and continuity
• Reading:
• 2.1 - 2.3

Monday:

• The idea of a limit

Tuesday:

• Formal definition of a limit

Wednesday:

• Computing limits

Friday:

• Computing limits

Other Notes:

• The first hour exam will be next Friday

Week 4: Monday, February 6

• Topics:
  • Limits and continuity
• Reading:
• 2.3. - 2.4

Monday:

• Continuous functions

Tuesday:

• Intermediate Value Theorem
• Questions

Wednesday:

• Questions
• Review for exam #1

Friday:

• Hour exam #1

Other Notes:

Week 5: Monday, February 13

• Topics:
  • The derivative
• Reading:
• 2.4 - 3.1

Monday:

• Completeness
• Exponential and logarithmic functions

Tuesday:

• Exponential and logarithmic functions
• Exam #1 returned

Wednesday:

• Exponential growth
• Compound interest

Friday:

• The derivative

Other Notes:

• Monday, February 13, is the last day to drop with an automatic "W".

Week 6: Monday, February 20

• Topics:
• Rules of differentiating   
• Derivatives of special functions
• Reading:
• 3.2 - 3.3

Monday:

• Rules of differentiating   

Tuesday:

• No class - medical appointment (this class only)

Wednesday:

• Everything a calculus student needs to know about trigonometry.
• Derivatives of special functions

Friday:

• No class or office hours - History of Science Conference

Other Notes:

• The second hour exam will be next week

Week 7: Monday, February 27

• Topics:
  • Rates of change   
  • The chain rule
  • Implicit differentiation
• Reading:
• 3.3 - 3.5

Monday:

• Trig functions and exponential functions

Tuesday:

• Rates of change

Wednesday:

• The chain rule (differentiation of composite functions)
• Implicit differentiation
• Review for exam #2

Friday:

• Exam #2

Other Notes:

Week 8: Monday, March 6

• Topics:
  • Rates of change   
  • The chain rule
  • Implicit differentiation
• Reading:
• 3.6 - 3.8

Monday:

• Implicit differentiation  

Tuesday:

• Related Rates (and applications)

Wednesday:

• Related Rates (and applications)
• Linear approximation

Friday:

• Linear approximation
• Differentials
• Exam returned

Other Notes:

Week 9:  Monday, March 13

• Topics
• Spring Break (no classes or office hours)
• Hour exam #3 will be Friday, March 31

Week 10: Monday, March 20

• Topics:
  • Applications of the derivative   
• Reading:
• 3.8 - 4.1

Monday:

• Differentials (3.8)
• Method of bisection
• Newton-Raphson (3.8)

Tuesday:

• Extreme values (4.1)

Wednesday:

• More on critical and extreme values (4.1)

Friday:

• Discussion of homework problems

Other Notes:

• Hour Exam #3 will be next week.

Week 11: Monday, March 27

• Topics:
  • Applications of the derivative   
• Reading:
• 4.2 - 4.4

Monday:

• Questions
• MVT  

Tuesday:

• Some applications of MVT
• Curve Sketching continued (4.4)

Wednesday:

• Curve Sketching continued (4.4)
• Review for exam #3

Friday:

Other Notes:

Week 12: Monday, April 3

• Topics:
  • Applications of the derivative   
• Reading:
• 4.5 - 4.7

Monday:

• More on curve sketching  

Tuesday:

• No class (family illness)

Wednesday:

• Return of exam

Friday:

Other Notes:

• Exam #4 will be Wednesday, April 26

Week 13: Monday, April 10

• Topics:
  • Applications of the derivative   
• Reading:
• 4.5 - 4.7

Monday:

• Applications in the physical sciences

Tuesday:

• Applications in the physical sciences

Wednesday:

• No class - family illness

Friday:

• Applications in business

Other Notes:

• Exam #4 will be Wednesday, April 26

Week 14: Monday, April 17

• Topics:
  • Applications of the derivative   
  • Introduction to integration 
• Reading:
• 4.7, chapter 5

Monday:

• More applications in business, economics, and the life sciences (4.7)

Tuesday:

• No class

Wednesday:

• Antidifferentiation (5.1) 

Friday:

• Problem session

Other Notes:

• Exam #4 will be Wednesday, April 26
• Over the next few weeks, I will not be able to be in my office as much as I would like to.  Martin Jackson has kindly offered to include Math 121B students in his office hours, which are posted on his web page (click here).

Week 15: Monday, April 24

• Topics:
  • Integration  
• Reading:
• 5.4 - 5.6

Monday:

• A quick introduction to differential equations (throwing a baseball)
• Area as the limit of a sum

Tuesday:

• Summation formulae
• Review for exam #4

Wednesday:

Friday:

• Riemann sums and the definite integral

Other Notes:

• Exam #4 will be Wednesday, April 26
• Over the next few weeks, I will not be able to be in my office as much as I would like to.  Martin Jackson has kindly offered to include Math 121B students in his office hours, which are posted on his web page (click here).