Spring 2007
(Last modified: Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 3:35 PM )
| 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