Syllabus for Calculus 2
    Fall 2003
    (Last modified: Monday, November 10, 2003, 1:27 PM )


    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday
    9/1   9/2   9/3 Welcome to Calc 2 9/5 (Re)-Intro to Maple
          Review 5.1, 5.2, 5.3  
                   
    9/8 3.4: Inverse Trig Functions 9/9 Review antidifferentiation 9/10 5.4: Finding 9/12 5.6: Approximating
          Antiderivatives; Sums: The Integral
          Substitution as a Limit
      Questions: PS 1   PS 1 (individual) due        
    9/15 6.1: Approximating 9/16 Approximating Sums 9/17 6.2: Error Bounds for 9/19 6.2: Error Bounds for
      Integrals Numerically in Maple Approximating Sums Approximating Sums
      Questions: PS 2   PS 2 (group) due        
    9/22 Q & A for Exam 1 9/23 Exam 1 9/24 Begin Project 1 9/26 Continue Project 1
             
      PS 3 should be done!            
    9/29 7.1: Arclength 9/30 Fun with Arclength 10/1 7.2: Finding Volumes 10/3 7.2: Finding Volumes
          by Integration by Integration
          No Problem Set due!       Project 1 Draft due
    10/6 8.1: Integration by Parts 10/7 Antidifferentiation 10/8 8.1: Integration by Parts 10/10 Antidiff Exam
             
      Questions: PS 4   PS 4 (ind) due       Project 1 due
    10/13   10/14   10/15 Begin Project 2 10/17 Continue Project 2
    Fall Break    
           
    10/20 9.1: Taylor Polynomials 10/21 More on Taylor 10/22 9.2: Taylor's Theorem 10/24 Approximating Polynomials
        Polynomials   Antidiff deadline-100%
      Questions: PS 5   PS 5 (group) due       Project 2 Proposals due
    10/27 Q & A for Exam 2 10/28 Exam 2 10/29 10.1: Improper Integrals 10/31 10.2: Detecting Convergence
             
      PS 6 should be done!            
    11/3 10.2: Estimating Limits 11/4 More on Detecting 11/5 10.2: More on Estimating 11/7 4.2: L'Hopital's Rule
        Convergence Limits 11.1: Sequences, Limits, etc
      Questions: PS 7   PS 7 (ind) due       Project 2 due
    11/10 11.2: Infinite Series: 11/11 11.2: Infinite Series, 11/12 11.2: Infinite Series: 11/14 11.3: Testing for
      Definitions Convergence, Divergence Nth term test Convergence
      Questions: PS 8   PS 8 (group) due        
    11/17 11.3: Testing for 11/18 Using the comparison and 11/19 11.3: The Ratio Test 11/21 11.4: Absolute Convergence
      Convergence Integral Tests    
      Questions: PS 9   PS 9 (ind) due       Antidiff deadline-75%
    11/24 Q & A for Exam 3 11/25 Exam 3 11/26   11/28  
          Thanksgiving Break
      PS 10 should be done!    
    12/1 11.4: Alternating Series 12/2 Fun with Alternating 12/3 11.5: Power Series 12/5 11.5: Power Series
        Series    
      Questions: PS 11   PS 11 (group) due        
    12/8 11.6 Taylor Series 12/9 11.7: Taylor Series 12/10 Fun with Taylor Series 12/12 The Big Picture
      as Functions      
      Questons: PS 12   PS 12 (ind) due   Begin Take-home Portion   Antidiff deadline - 50%
    The In-Class portion of the final will be Tuesday December 16, from 9am - 12pm.
    Thursday, December 11 at 8pm in Rm 243:
    Come see Concepts of Math students produce a play by our own Chuck Straley called
    "The Discovery of The Calculus"



    Janice Sklensky
    Wheaton College
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Science Center, Room 109
    Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
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