Syllabus for Calculus 1
    Fall 2001
    Last modified 9/20/01


    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday
    9/3   9/4   9/5 Welcome to Calc I 9/7 Section 1.1
              Section 1.1   Section 1.2
              Begin PS 1 (ind)    
    9/10 Section 1.2 9/11 Intro to Maple 9/12 Section 1.4 9/14 Section 1.5
          PS 1 due        
      Questions on PS 1   Begin PS 2 (group)        
    9/17 Section 1.5 9/18 Trig Practice 9/19 Section 1.6 9/21 The Big Picture
      Questions on PS 2   PS 2 due        
          Begin PS 3 (ind)        
    9/24 Q & A for Exam 1 9/25 Exam 1 9/26 Section 2.1 9/28 Sections 2.2, 2.3
      Questions on PS 3   PS 3 due        
          Begin PS 4 (group)        
    10/1 Drawing Derivatives 10/2 Begin Project 1 10/3 Work on Project 1 10/5 Section 2.4
      Questions on PS 4   in class   in class    
          PS 4, 4.5 due        
          begin PS 5 (ind)        
    10/8   10/9   10/10 Section 2.5 10/12 Section 2.5
    Fall Break        
           
    10/15 Section 2.6, 2.7 10/16 Limits 10/17 Differentiating Functions 10/19 Section 3.1
      Draft of Proj 1 due   PS 5 due       Project 1 due
      Questions on PS 5   Begin PS 6 (group)        
    10/22 Section 3.3 10/23 Differentiation 10/24 Section 3.4 10/26 Section 3.5
      Questions on PS 6   PS 6 due        
          Begin PS 7 (ind)        
    10/29 Q & A for Exam 2 10/30 Exam 2 10/31 Section 3.6 11/2 More Differentiation
      Questions on PS 7   PS 7 due        
          Begin PS 8 (group)        
    11/5 Differentiation Exam 11/6 Begin Project 2 11/7 More on Project 2 11/9 Optimization
      Section 4.6   PS 8, 8.5 due        
      Questions on PS 8   Begin PS 9 (ind)        
    11/12 Section 4.1, 4.2 11/13 Differential Equations 11/14 Section 4.10 11/16 Section 4.11
      Last day: 100 pts on   PS 9 due   Draft of Proj 2 due    
      the differentiation exam   Begin PS 10 (group)        
      Questions on PS 9            
    11/19 The Big Picture 11/20 Approximating Area 11/21   11/23  
      Last day: 80 pts on   Project 2 due Thanksgiving Break
      the differentiation exam   PS 10 due
      Questions on PS 10   Begin PS 11 (ind)
    11/26 Section 5.1 11/27 Section 5.2 (no lab) 11/28 Q & A for Exam 3 11/30 Exam 3
      Questions on PS 11   Last day: any (50) pts        
          on the diff exam        
          PS 11 due        
          Begin PS 12 (group)        
    12/3 The Area Function 12/4 The Fundamental Thm 12/5 Section 5.3 12/7 Section 5.4
      Questions on PS 12   of Calculus        
          PS 12, 12.5 due        
          Begin PS 13        
    12/10 Section 5.4 12/11 Fun with Sums 12/12   12/14  
      Questions on PS 13   PS 13 due        
    Calculus Final: 12/15 at 2:00 pm



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