Spring 2008
(Last modified: Saturday, February 9, 2008, 3:01 PM )
| This syllabus was changed 2/9 | |||||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |||
| 1/21 | 1/23 | Welcome to Multivariable Calculus | 1/25 | 10.3: The Dot Product | |
| 10.1: Vectors in the Plane | |||||
| 10.2: Vectors in Space | |||||
| 1/28 | 10.4: The Cross Product | 1/30 | 10.5: Lines and Planes in Space | 2/1 | 10.5: Lines and Planes in Space |
| 11.1: Vector-Valued Functions | |||||
| PS 1 (individual) due | |||||
| 2/4 | 11.1: Vector-Valued Functions | 2/6 | 11.2: The Calculus of Vector-Valued | 2/8 | 11.3: Motion in Space |
| 11.2: The Calculus of Vector- | Functions | 11.4: Curvature | |||
| Valued Functions | 11.3: Motion in Space | PS 2 (group) due | |||
| 2/11 | 11.5: Tangent and Normal | 2/13 | 10.6: Surfaces in Space | 2/15 | 10.6: Surfaces in Space |
| Vectors | |||||
| PS 3 (individual) due | |||||
| 2/18 | 11.6: Parametric Surfaces | 2/20 | 11.6: Parametric Surfaces | 2/22 | 12.1: Functions of Several Variables |
| 12.1: Functions of Several Variables | 12.2: Limits and Continuity | ||||
| PS 4 (group) due | |||||
| 2/25 | 12.2: Limits and Continuity | 2/27 | Exam 1 - in class portion | 2/29 | 12.3: Partial Derivatives |
| 3/3 | 12.3: Partial Derivatives | 3/5 | 12.4: Linear Approximations | 3/7 | 12.5: The Chain Rule |
| Project - choose option | |||||
| Exam 1 Takehome portion due | PS 5 (group) due | ||||
| 3/10 | 3/12 | 3/14 | |||
| Spring Break | |||||
| 3/17 | 12.5: The Chain Rule | 3/19 | 12.5: The Chain Rule | 3/21 | 12.6: The Gradient and Directional |
| 12.6: The Gradient | Derivatives | ||||
| Project-intermediate due date | |||||
| PS 6 (individual) due | |||||
| 3/24 | 12.6: Directional Derivatives | 3/26 | 12.7: Extrema of Functions of Several | 3/28 | 12.7: Extrema of Functions of Several |
| Variables | Variables | ||||
| PS 7 (group) due | |||||
| 3/31 | 13.1 Double Integrals | 4/2 | 13.1: Double Integrals | 4/4 | 13.2: Area, Volume, and Center of |
| Mass | |||||
| Project-intermediate due date | PS 8 (individual) due | ||||
| 4/7 | 13.3 Double Integrals in Polar | 4/9 | Exam 2 - in class portion | 4/11 | 13.3: Double Integrals in Polar |
| Coordinates | Coordinates | ||||
| (and 9.4) | |||||
| 4/14 | 13.4: Surface Area | 4/16 | 13.5: Triple Integrals | 4/18 | 14.1: Vector Fields |
| Exam 2 Takehome portion due | PS 9 (group) due | ||||
| 4/21 | 14.2: Line Integrals | 4/23 | 14.2: Line Integrals | 4/25 | 14.2: Line Integrals |
| 14.3: Independence of Path | |||||
| and Conservative Vector Fields | |||||
| Project - final due date | |||||
| PS 10 (individual) due | |||||
| 4/28 | 14.4: Green's Theorem | 4/30 | 14.4: Green's Theorem | 5/2 | In-Class Portion of Final |
| As with the midterms, the final will consist of both an in-class and a take-home portion. The in-class portion will be Friday May 2 in class. The take-home portion of the final will be due Friday May 9 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