Previous Weeks in Math 180

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, August 27

  • Topics:
    • Introduction to the course
    • Mathematical Preliminaries
  • Reading:
    • Chapter 1

Monday:

  • Introduction to the course

Tuesday:

  • Basic functions (1.1 - 1.3)

Thursday:

  • Basic functions (1.1 - 1.3)
  • Trig functions (1.4)

Friday:

  • Basic functions (1.1 - 1.3)

Other Notes:

  • Classes begin Monday, August 27
  • Monday of next week (September 3) is Labor Day (no classes or office hours).
  • Office Hours begin next week

Week 2: Monday, September 3

  • Topics:
    • Mathematical Preliminaries
    • Limits and Continuity
  • Reading:
    • Sections 1.4 - 1.6

Monday:

  • Labor Day (no classes or office hours)

Tuesday:

  • Trig functions (1.4)

Thursday:

  • Trig functions (1.4)
  • Inverse functions (1.5)

Friday:

  • Inverse, exponential, and logarithmic functions (1.5 - 1.6)

Other Notes:

  • Monday  is Labor Day (no classes or office hours).
  • Office hours begin this week
  • Next Monday (September 10) is the last day to drop without record.

Week 3: Monday, September 10

  • Topics:
    • Limits and Continuity
  • Reading:
    • Sections 2.1 - 2.4

Monday:

  • Assignment #1 due today (In class.  Please turn in homework at the podium at the start of class)
  • Basic idea of a limit (2.1)
  • Tangents

Tuesday:

  • Numerical and graphical approaches to limits (2.2)
  • A first (informal) definition.

Thursday:

  • Basic rules of limits (2.3)

Friday:

  • Continuity (2.4)

Other Notes:

  • Monday  is the last day to drop without record.

Week 4: Monday, September 17

  • Topics:
    • Limits and Continuity
  • Reading:
    • Sections 2.5 - 2.9

Monday:

  • Evaluating limits algebraically (2.5)
  • Trigonometric limits (2.6)

Tuesday:

  • Trigonometric limits (2.6)
  • Limits at infinity (2.7)

Thursday:

  • No classes or office hours (Instructor has a doctor's appointment)

Friday:

  • Limits at infinity (concluded)
  • The Intermediate Value Theorem and the method of bisection.

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #1 will be next Friday, September 28
  • No classes or office hours Thursday, September 20

This week we continue our discussion on limits with the formal definition of a limit, and are introduced to the notion of a derivative.  Of the four important topics in the calculus (limits, continuity, derivatives, and integration (anti-derivatives), we have now met the first three.

Week 5: Monday, September 24

  • Topics:
    • Limits and Continuity
    • The derivative
  • Reading:
    • Sections 2.9 - 3.3

Monday:

  • The formal definition of a limit (2.9)

Tuesday:

  • The formal definition of a limit (2.9)

Thursday:

  • The Derivative (3.1)
  • Review for Hour Exam #1

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #1

Week 6: Monday, October 1

  • Topics:
    • The derivative
  • Reading:
    • Sections 3.2 - 3.3

Monday:

  • Exam #1 returned and discussed

Tuesday:

  • Derivatives as functions (3.2)
  • Rules for derivatives (3.3)

Thursday:

  • Derivatives of exponential functions

Friday:

  • Product and quotient rules (3.3)

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #2 will be Friday (October 19)

Week 7: Monday, October 8

  • Topics:
    • The derivative
  • Reading:
    • Sections 3.4 - 3.9

Monday:

  • Discussion of homework problems

Tuesday:

  • Rates of change (3.4)
  • Higher derivatives (3.5)

Thursday:

  • Derivatives of trigonometric functions (3.5)
  • The chain rule (3.7)

Friday:

  • The chain rule (3.7)
  • Derivatives of Inverse Functions (3.8)

Other Notes:

  • Monday, October 8, is the last day to drop with an automatic 'W'.
  • Friday is midterm (not an exam date for us)
  • Monday and Tuesday of next week are Fall Break (no classes or office hours)
  • Hour Exam #2 will be next Friday (October 19)

Week 8: Monday, October 15

  • Topics:
    • The derivative
  • Reading:
    • Section 3.8

Monday:

  • Monday and Tuesday of this week are Fall Break (no classes or office hours)

Tuesday:

  • Monday and Tuesday of this week are Fall Break (no classes or office hours)

Thursday:

  • Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions (3.8)
  • Review for Hour Exam #2

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #2

Other Notes:

  • Monday and Tuesday of this week are Fall Break (no classes or office hours)
  • Hour Exam #2 will be this Friday (October 19)

Week 9: Monday, October 22

  • Topics:
    • The derivative and applications of the derivative.
  • Reading:
    • Sections 3.9 - 3.11

Monday:

  • Exam #2 returned and discussed

Tuesday:

  • Derivatives of General Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (3.9)
  • Implicit Differentiation (3.10)

Thursday:

  • Related rates (3.11)

Friday:

  • No class (instructor ill)

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #3 will be Friday,  November 9

Week 10: Monday, October 29

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative
  • Reading:
    • Sections 3.11 - 4.3

Monday:

  • Related rates (3.11)

Tuesday:

  • Derivatives for linear approximation (4.1)
  • Extreme Values (4.2)

Thursday:

  • Extreme Values (4.2)

Friday:

  • Extreme Values (4.2)
  • The Mean Value Theorem (MVT - 4.3)

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #3 will be next Friday,  November 9

 

Week 11: Monday, November 5

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative
  • Reading:
    • Sections 4.3 - 4.5

Monday:

  • Consequences of the Mean Value Theorem (4.3)

Tuesday:

  • Consequences of the Mean Value Theorem (4.3)
  • Graphs of functions (4.4)

Thursday:

  • Graphs of functions (4.4)
  • L'Hôpital's Rule (4.5)
  • Review for Exam #3

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #3

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #3 will be this Friday,  November 9
  • Wednesday, November 21, is a travel day.  No classes or office hours.
  • Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, are Thanksgiving Holiday.  No classes or office hours.

Week 12: Monday, November 12

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative
    • Integration
  • Reading:
    • Sections 4.5 - 4.7
    • We will skip section 4.8 (Newton's method) and return to it later if time permits.

Monday:

  • L'Hôpital's Rule (4.5)
  • Exam #3 returned and discussed.

Tuesday:

  • Graph sketching and asymptotes (4.6)
  • Applied optimization (4.7)

Thursday:

  • Applied optimization (4.7)

Friday:

  • Applied optimization (4.7)

Other Notes:

  • Next Wednesday, November 21, is a travel day.  No classes or office hours.
  • Next Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, are Thanksgiving Holiday.  No classes or office hours.
  • Exam #4 will be Friday, November 30.  Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.

Week 13: Monday, November 19

  • Topics:
    • Integration
  • Reading:
    • Sections 4.9 - 5.1
    • We will skip section 4.8 (Newton's method) and return to it later if time permits.

Monday:

  • Antiderivatives (4.9)

Tuesday:

  • Approximating and computing areas under curves (5.1)

Thursday:

  • Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, are Thanksgiving Holiday.  No classes or office hours.

Friday:

  • Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, are Thanksgiving Holiday.  No classes or office hours.

Other Notes:

  • Wednesday, November 21, is a travel day.  No classes or office hours.
  • Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, are Thanksgiving Holiday.  No classes or office hours.
  • Exam #4 will be next Friday, November 30.  Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.

Week 14: Monday, November 26

  • Topics:
    • Integration
  • Reading:
    • Sections 5.1 - 5.3
    • We will skip section 4.8 (Newton's method).

Monday:

  • More on approximating areas under curves (5.1)

Tuesday:

  • The Definite Integral (5.2)

Thursday:

  • The Definite Integral (5.2)
  • The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Part I - 5.3)
  • Review for Hour Exam #4

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #4

Other Notes:

  • Exam #4 will be this Friday, November 30.  Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.
  • The final exam for Math 180 E is scheduled for Friday, December 14, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM.  It will be a mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive exam. University regulations require that all students take the final exam at this date and time.

Week 15: Monday, December 3

  • Topics:
    • Integration
  • Reading:
    • Sections 5.3 - 5.4

Monday:

  • The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (5.3 - 5.4)

Tuesday:

  • Exam #4 returned and discussed
  • Review for Final Exam

Thursday:

  • Reading period:  No classes.  Office hours will be from 11:00 - noon.

Friday:

  • Reading period:  No classes.  Office hours will be from 11:00 - noon.

Other Notes:

  • Wednesday, December 5, is the last day of classes.  All course material must be submitted no later than this date.
  • Thursday and Friday are Reading Period.  Regular office hours cease for the semester.  Office hours during Reading Period will be from 11:00 AM - Noon.
  • Regular Office Hours end Wednesday, December 5
  • Office Hours during the Final Exam Week will be Wednesday and Thursday, noon - 2:00 PM.
  • The final exam for Math 180 E is scheduled for Friday, December 14, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM.  It will be a mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive exam. University regulations require that all students take the final exam at this date and time.

 

 

 

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