This syllabus is subject to change. | |||||
Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |||
1/26 | 1/24 | Intro to Multivariable Calculus | 1/26 | 10.3 The Dot Product | |
10.1 Vectors in the Plane | |||||
10.2 Vectors in Space | |||||
1/29 | 10.4 The Cross Product | 1/31 | 10.5 Lines and Planes in Space | 2/2 | 10.5 (continued) |
10.6: Surfaces in space | |||||
PS 1 (group) due | |||||
2/5 | 10.6: Surfaces in space | 2/7 | 11.1: Vector-Valued | 2/9 | 11.2: The Calculus of Vector- |
Functions | Valued Functions | ||||
PS 2 (individual) due | |||||
2/12 | 11.3: Motion in Space | 2/14 | 11.4 Curvature | 2/16 | 11.5 Tangent and Normal |
Vectors | |||||
PS 3 (group) due | |||||
2/19 | 11.6 Parametric Surfaces | 2/21 | 11.6 (continued) | 2/23 | 12.1 (continued) |
12.1: Functions of Several | 12:2: Limits and Continuity | ||||
Variables | PS 4 (individual) due | ||||
2/26 | 12.2 Limits and Continuity | 2/28 | Exam 1 - in class portion | 3/2 | 12.3 Partial Derivatives |
Exam 1 Takehome portion | |||||
due | |||||
3/5 | Catch up/ In Class Work/ | 3/7 | 12.4 Tangent Planes and | 3/9 | 12.5 The Chain Rule |
Get Ahead | Linear Approximations | ||||
PS 5 (group) due | |||||
3/12 | 3/14 | 3/16 | |||
Spring Break | |||||
3/19 | 12.5 The Chain Rule (continued) | 3/21 | 12.5 Chain Rule (continued) | 3/23 | 12.6 The Gradient and Directional |
12.6: The Gradient and | Derivatives (continued) | ||||
Directional Derivatives | PS 6 (individual) due | ||||
3/26 | 12.6 The Gradient and | 3/28 | 12.7 Extrema of Functions of | 3/30 | 12.7 Extrema of Functions of |
Directional Derivatives | Several Variables | Several Variables | |||
(continued) | PS 7 (group) due | ||||
4/2 | 13.1 Double Integrals | 4/4 | 13.1 Double Integrals | 4/6 | 13.2 Area, Volume and |
(continued) | Center of Mass | ||||
PS 8 (individual) due | |||||
4/9 | 13.3 Double Integrals in | 4/11 | Exam 2 - in class portion | 4/13 | 13.3 Double Integrals in |
Polar Coordinates | Polar Coordinates | ||||
Exam 2 Takehome portion | |||||
due | |||||
4/16 | 13.4 Surface Area | 4/18 | 14.1 Vector Fields | 4/20 | 14.2 Line Integrals |
PS 9 (group) due | |||||
4/23 | 14.2 Line Integrals | 4/25 | 14.3 Independence of Path | 4/27 | 14.4 Green's Theorem |
(continued) | and Conservative Vector | Individual Project due | |||
Fields | PS 10 (individual) due | ||||
4/30 | 14.4: Green's Thm (continued) | 5/2 | 13.5 Triple Integrals | 5/4 | 13.6 Cylindrical Coordinates? |
PS 11 (group) due | |||||
The final will be Thursday, May 10, from 2pm-5pm if it's in-class; if I decide to give you a take-home exam it will be due Thursday at 2pm. | |||||
Janice Sklensky
Wheaton College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Science Center, Room 109
Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
TEL (508) 286-3973
FAX (508) 285-8278
jsklensk@wheatonma.edu