Spring 2008
(Last modified: Monday, January 21, 2008, 2:59 PM )
| This syllabus is subject to change. | |||||||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday | ||||
| 1/21 | 1/22 | 1/23 | Welcome to Math 102 | 1/25 | 1.1: Functions, | ||
| Calculus Style | |||||||
| 1.2: Graphs | |||||||
| 1/28 | 1.3: A Field Guide to | 1/29 | Introduction to Maple | 1/30 | 1.3: Elementary Functions | 2/1 | 1.4: The Idea of the |
| Elementary Functions | 1.4: The Idea of the | Derivative | |||||
| Questions: PS 1 | PS 1 (individual) due | Derivative | |||||
| 2/4 | 1.5: Estimating the | 2/5 | Estimating Derivatives | 2/6 | 1.6: The Geometry of | 2/8 | 1.7: The Geometry of |
| Derivative | in Maple | Derivatives | Higher Order | ||||
| Questions: PS 2 | PS 2 (group) due | Derivatives | |||||
| 2/11 | 2.1: Defining the | 2/12 | Project 1 | 2/13 | Project 1 | 2/15 | 2.2: Derivatives of |
| Derivative | Power Functions and | ||||||
| Questions: PS 3 | PS 3 (individual) due | Polynomials | |||||
| 2/18 | Q & A for Exam 1 | 2/19 | Exam 1 | 2/20 | 2.3: Limits | 2/22 | 2.4: Using Derivative |
| (Covers Thru Section | and Antiderivative | ||||||
| PS 4 should be done! | 2.2) | Formulas | |||||
| 2/25 | 2.6: Derivativs of | 2/26 | Practice with | 2/27 | 2.7: Derivatives of | 2/29 | 3.1: The Product and |
| Exponential and | Differentiation | Trig Functions | Quotient Rules | ||||
| Logarithmic Functions | |||||||
| Questions: PS 5 | PS 5 (individual) due | Project 1 due | |||||
| 3/3 | 3.2: Composition and | 3/4 | More Practice | 3/5 | 3.2: Composition and | 3/7 | Putting it all together |
| the Chain Rule | Differentiating | the Chain Rule, | |||||
| Questions: PS 6 | PS 6 (group) due | continued | |||||
| 3/10 | 3/11 | 3/12 | 3/14 | ||||
| Spring Break | |||||||
| 3/17 | 4.3: Optimization | 3/18 | Finding Extrema | 3/19 | 4.7: Taylor Polynomials | 3/21 | 4.7: Taylor Polynomials |
| Differentiation Exam | |||||||
| Questions: PS 7 | PS 7 (individual) due | ||||||
| 3/24 | 4.7: Taylor Polynomials | 3/25 | Project 2 | 3/26 | Project 2 | 3/28 | 4.8: Why Continuity |
| Matters | |||||||
| Questions: PS 8 | PS 8 (group) due | Diff Deadline - 100% | |||||
| 3/31 | Q & A for Exam 2 | 4/1 | Exam 2 | 4/2 | 4.9: Why Differentiability | 4/4 | 5.1: Areas and Integrals |
| (Covers thru Section | Matters | ||||||
| PS 9 should be done! | 4.7) | Diff Deadline - 90% | |||||
| 4/7 | 5.2: The Area Function | 4/8 | Area Functions and | 4/9 | 5.3: The Fundamental | 4/11 | 5.3: The FTC, continued |
| Slopes | Theorem of Calculus | ||||||
| Questions: PS 10 | PS 10 (individual) due | Project 2 due | |||||
| 4/14 | 5.4: The Method of | 4/15 | Practice with Substitution | 4/16 | 5.4: The Method of | 4/18 | 5.6: Approximating Sums |
| Substitution | Substitution, continued | ||||||
| Questions: PS 11 | PS 11 (group) due | Diff Deadline - 75% | |||||
| 4/21 | Q & A for Exam 3 | 4/22 | Exam 3 | 4/23 | 5.6: Approximating Sums, | 4/25 | 2.5: Differential Equations |
| (Covers thru 5.4) | continued | ||||||
| PS 12 should be done! | |||||||
| 4/28 | 2.5: Differential Equations | 4/29 | Applications of DEs | 4/30 | TBA | 5/2 | The Big Picture |
| continued | Diff Deadline - 50% | ||||||
| PS 13 should be done! | |||||||
| The final will be Saturday, May 10, from 2pm-5pm | |||||||
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