Previous Weeks in Math 180 F

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 31

Monday:

  • Introduction to the course

Tuesday:

  • Functions
  • Domain and range
  • graphing
  • linear functions

 

Thursday:

  • A survey of basic functions (continued)
  • Operations on functions

Friday:

  • Trig functions (1.4)
  • Graphing with Mathematica

Other Notes:

  • Next Monday (September 7) is Labor Day (no classes or office hours)
  • Office hours begin next week

Week 2: Monday, September 7

  • Topics:
    • More basic functions
    • Limits and continuity  
  • Reading:
    • 1.4 -  1.5
    • 2.1 - 2.2

Monday:

  • Monday is Labor Day (no classes or office hours)

Tuesday:

  • Exponential, inverse, and logarithmic functions (1.4, 1.5)

Thursday:

  • Logarithmic functions (1.4)
  • Rates of change and tangents to curves (2.1)

Friday:

  • Rates of change and tangents to curves (2.1)

Other Notes:

  • Monday is Labor Day (no classes or office hours)
  • Office Hours begin this week  Office hours will be 11:00 - 11:50 MTThF
  • Next Monday is the last day to drop without record

 

Week 3: Monday, September 14

  • Topics:
    • Limits and continuity  
  • Reading:
    • 2.1 - 2.6

Monday:

  • No class - instructor ill

Tuesday:

  • Rates of change and tangents to curves (2.1)
  • Limit of a function and limit laws (2.2)

Thursday:

  • Limit of a function and limit laws (2.2)

Friday:

  • The precise definition of a limit (2.3)

Other Notes:

  • Monday, September 14, is the last day to drop without record.
  • Hour exam #1 will be next Friday

Week 4: Monday, September 21

  • Topics:
    • Continuity
    • The derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 2.4 - 2.6

Monday:

  • One-sided limits and limits at infinity (2.4)
  • Application:  Infinite limits and vertical asymptotes (2.5)

Tuesday:

  • Application:  Infinite limits and vertical asymptotes (2.5)

Thursday:

  • The idea of continuity (2.6)
  • Review for the first hour exam

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #1

Other Notes:

  • Hour exam #1 is this Friday

Week 5: Monday, September 28

  • Topics:
    • Continuity
    • The derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 2.6
    • 3.1 - 3.5
    • Also look at the sandwich theorem and the limit of sin(x)/x on pages 69 and 70

Monday:

  • More on continuity (2.6)

Tuesday:

  • The derivative as a function (3.1)
  • Derivatives of standard functions (3.2)

Thursday:

  • Demonstration:  Method of Bisection
  • Continuity of differentiable functions

Friday:

  • First hour exam returned and discussed.

Other Notes:

Week 6: Monday, October 5

  • Topics:
    • The derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 3.1 - 3.7
    • Also look at the sandwich theorem and the limit of sin(x)/x on pages 69 and 70

Monday:

  • Product and quotient rules (3.1)

Tuesday:

  • Derivatives of standard functions (3.2)
  • Derivatives as a Rate of Change (3.3)

Thursday:

  • Derivatives of trigonometric functions (3.4)

Friday:

  • The Chain rule and parametric equations (3.5)

Other Notes:

  • Next Monday, October 12, is the last day to withdraw with an automatic "W".  Please review the University's add/drop policy in the Academic Handbook (the Logger)

Week 7: Monday, October 12

  • Topics:
    • The derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 3.6 - 3.10

Monday:

  • Implicit differentiation (3.6)
  • Derivatives of inverse functions  (3.7)

Tuesday:

  • Inverse trigonometric functions (3.8 - see also the material on inverse trigonometric functions in Chapter 1))

Thursday:

  • Inverse trigonometric functions (3.8 - see also the material on inverse trigonometric functions in Chapter 1))

Friday:

  • A review (The story so far) and a review of the chain rule.

Other Notes:

  • This  Monday, October 12, is the last day to withdraw with an automatic "W".  Please review the University's add/drop policy in the Academic Handbook (the Logger)
  • Friday, October 16, is midterm (not an exam date for us)
  • Hour Exam #2 will be next  Friday, Oct. 23
  • Fall Break is Monday and Tuesday of next week.  No classes or office hours.

Week 8: Monday, October 19

  • Topics:
    • The derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 3.9

Monday:

  • Fall Break - no classes or office hours

Tuesday:

  • Fall Break - no classes or office hours

Thursday:

  • Related Rates problems (3.9)
  • Using differentials for approximation
  • Review for Hour Exam #2. 

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #2

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #2 will be this  Friday, Oct. 23
  • Fall Break is Monday and Tuesday of this week.  No classes or office hours.

Week 9: Monday, October 26

  • Topics:
    • The derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 3.10 - 4.2

Monday:

  • Linearization and Differentials (3.10)
  • Hyperbolic Functions (3.11)

Tuesday:

  • Extreme Values of functions (4.1)

Thursday:

  • Rolle's Theorem (4.1)
  • Exam 2 returned and discussed

Friday:

  • The Mean Value Theorem (4.2)

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #3 will be Friday, November 13

 

Week 10: Monday, November 2

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

Monday:

  • The Mean Value Theorem (4.2)
  • Monotonic functions and the first derivative test (4.3)

Tuesday:

  • Monotonic functions and the first derivative test (4.3)
  • Concavity and curve sketching (4.4)

Thursday:

  • Concavity and curve sketching (4.4)
  • Applied Optimization (4.5)

Friday:

  • Applied Optimization (4.5)

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #3 will be next Friday, November 13
  • There will be no Math 180 class Thursday, November 19

Week 11: Monday, November 9

  • Topics:
    • Applications of the derivative  
  • Reading:
    • 4.6 - 4.8

Monday:

  • Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's rule (4.6)

Tuesday:

  • The method of bisection revisited
  • Newton's method (4.7)

Thursday:

  • Antiderivatives (4.8)
  • Review for exam #3

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #3

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #3 will be this Friday, November 13
  • There will be no Math 180 class Thursday, November 19

Week 12: Monday, November 16

  • Topics:
    • Antiderivatives
  • Reading:
    • 4.8
    • 5.1 - 5.2

Monday:

  • Antiderivatives (4.8)
  • Finite sums (5.1)

Tuesday:

  • Finite sums (5.1)
  • Sigma notation (5.2)

Thursday:

  • No class or office hours today (Math 180 only)

Friday:

  • Exam #3 returned and discussed.

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #4 will be Friday December 4.  Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.
  • Wednesday, November 25 (next week), is a travel day.  No classes or office hours.
  • Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27 (next week) are part of the Thanksgiving Holiday Break.  No classes or office hours.

Week 13: Monday, November 23

  • Topics:
    • Calculating area
  • Reading:
    • 5.2 - 5.3

Monday:

  • Sigma notation (5.2)

Tuesday:

  • The Definite Integral (5.3)

Thursday:

  • Thanksgiving Break:  No classes or office hours

Friday:

  • Thanksgiving Break:  No classes or office hours

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #4 will be next Friday December 4.  Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.
  • Wednesday, November 25 (this week), is a travel day.  No classes or office hours.
  • Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27 (this week) are part of the Thanksgiving Holiday Break.  No classes or office hours.

Week 14: Monday, November 30

  • Topics:
    • The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
  • Reading:
    • 5.4 - 5.6

Monday:

  • The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (5.4)

Tuesday:

  • Indefinite integrals and the substitution rule (5.5)

Thursday:

  • Substitution and the area between curves (5.6)
  • Review for hour exam #4

Friday:

  • Hour Exam #4

Other Notes:

  • Hour Exam #4 will be this Friday December 4.  Please note that this is in the last full week of the term.

 

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