Syllabus for Calculus 2
    Spring 2006
    (Last modified: Monday, April 17, 2006, 12:23 PM )


    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday
    1/23   1/24   1/25 Welcome to Calc 2 1/27 Review
              Review 5.1, 5.2, 5.3   antidifferentiation
                   
    1/30 3.4: Inverse Trig Functions 1/31 (Re)-Intro to Maple 2/1 Antidifferentiation 2/3 5.4: Finding
          Inverse Trig Functions Antiderivatives;
      Questions: PS 1   PS 1 (individual) due       Substitution
    2/6 5.6: Approximating Sums: 2/7 5.6, continued 2/8 6.1: Approximating 2/10 6.2: Error Bounds for
      The Integral as a Limit       Inteegrals Numerically   Approximating Sums
      Questions: PS 2   PS 2 (group) due        
    2/13 6.2: Error Bounds for 2/14 6.2: Error Bounds for 2/15 7.1: Arclength 2/17 7.2: Finding Volume
      Approximating Sums Approximating Sums   by Integration
        7.1: Area between two curves 7.2: Finding Volume  
      Questions: PS 3   PS 3 (individual) due   by Integration (Intro)    
    2/20 Q & A for Exam 1 2/21 Exam 1 2/22 7.2: Volume, continued 2/24 8.1: Integration by Parts
          (covers thru Section 7.1)   8.1: Integration by Parts    
      PS 4 should be done!            
    2/27 Antidifferentiation 2/28 Begin working on 3/1 Continue working on 3/3 9.1: Taylor Polynomials
        Project 1 Project 1  
      Questions on PS 5   PS 5 (group) due        
    3/6 9.1: Taylor Polynomials 3/7 More on Taylor Polynomials 3/8 9.2: Taylor's Theorem: 3/10 9.2: Taylor's Theorem:
              Accuracy Guarantees   Accuracy Guarnatees
      Questions on PS 6   PS 6 (Individual) due   Antidifferentiation Exam   Project 1 due
    3/13   3/14   3/15   3/17  
    Spring Break
    3/20 10.1: Improper Integrals: 3/21 Improper Integrals 3/22 10.1: Improper Inteegrals 3/24 10.2: Estimating
      Ideas and Definitions       10.2: Dettecting   Limits
      Questions on PS 7   PS 7 (group) due   Convergence    
    3/27 Q & A for Exam 2 3/28 Exam 2 3/29 10.2: Estimating Limits 3/31 10.2: Estimating Limits
          (covers thru part   4.2: L'Hopital's Rule
      PS 8 should be done!   of Section 10.2)   11.1: Sequences & Their Limits
      Antidiff Deadline - 100%           Antidiff Deadline - 90%
    4/3 11.1: Sequences and 4/4 11.2: Infinite Series 4/5 11.2: Series: Convergence 4/7 11.2: Convergence
      Their Limits       and Divergence   and Divergence
                   
      Questions on PS 9   PS 9 (individual) due        
    4/10 11.3: Testing for 4/11 11.3: Testing for 4/12 11.3: Testing for 4/14 Begin working on
      Convergence; Convergence; Convergence; Project 2
        Estimating Limits Estimating Limits  
      Questions on PS 10   PS 10 (group) due        
    4/17 Continue working on 4/18 Continuie Working on 4/19 11.3: Testing for 4/21 11.3: Testing For Convergence,
      Project 2   Project 2   Convergence;   Estimating Limits
              Estimating Limits   11.4: Absolute Convergence
      Questions on PS 11   PS 11 (individual) due        
    4/24 11.4: Absolute Convergence 4/25 11.4: Absolute Convergence 4/26 11.4: Alternating Series 4/28 11.5: Power Series
      Alternating Series Alternating Series 11.5: Power Series  
              Project 2 due
      Questions on PS 12   PS 12 (group) due       Antidiff Deadline -75%
    5/1 Q & A for Exam 3 5/2 Exam 3 5/3 11.5: Power Series 5/5 11.5: Power Series
          (covers thru Section 11.4)       11.6: Power Series as Fns
                  11.7: Taylor Series
      PS 13 should be done           Antidiff Deadline - 50%
    The final exam will be a take-home exam, and will be due on Friday 5/12 at 2 pm.



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