Spring 2013
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| WW | refers to daily WeBWorK assignments | ||||||||||
| PS | refers to weekly problem sets | ||||||||||
| This syllabus is tentative and subject to change | |||||||||||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |||||||||
| 1/21 | 1/23 | Welcome to Multivariable Calculus | 1/25 | 9.2: Calculus and Parametric | |||||||
| 9.1: Plane Curves and | Equations | ||||||||||
| Parametric Equations | 9.3: Arclength in Parametric | ||||||||||
| Equations | |||||||||||
| WW Orientation due @ 8:30am | |||||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||||
| 1/28 | 9.2: Calculus and Parametric | 1/30 | 9.4: Polar Coordinates | 2/1 | 9.5: Calculus and Polar | ||||||
| Equations | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Coordinates | |||||||||
| 9.3: Arclength in Parametric | PS 1 due @ 10:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Equations | |||||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||||
| 2/4 | 10.1, 10.2: Vectors | 2/6 | 10.3: The Dot Product | 2/8 | Cancelled-Blizzard | ||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | ||||||||||
| PS 2 due @ 10:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | ||||||||||
| (postoned to 2/13 at 8:30am) | |||||||||||
| 2/11 | Cancelled-Blizzard | 2/13 | 10.3: The Dot Product | 2/15 | 10.4: The Cross Product | ||||||
| 10.4: The Cross Product | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | ||||||||||
| PS 3 due @ 10:30am | |||||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | (daily WW cancelled; turn in | ||||||||||
| (postoned to 2/13 at 8:30am) | prior 2 days daily WW instead) | ||||||||||
| 2/18 | 10.5: Lines in Space | 2/20 | 10.5: Planes in Space | 2/22 | 11.1: Vector-Valued Functions | ||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| PS 4 due @ 10:30am | Class meets in SC 301 | ||||||||||
| 2/25 | 11.2: The Calculus of Vector-Valued | 2/27 | 11.3: Motion in Space | 3/1 | 10.6: Surfaces in Space | ||||||
| Functions | |||||||||||
| 11.3: Motion in Space | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | PS 5 due @ 10:30am | ||||||||||
| Exam 1: Thurs 2/28 5:30-8:30pm | |||||||||||
| 3/4 | 10.6: Surfaces in Space | 3/6 | 12.1: Functions of Several Variables | 3/8 | 12.2: Limits and Continuity | ||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| PS 6 due @ 10:30am | Project - choose option | ||||||||||
| 3/11 | 3/13 | 3/15 | |||||||||
| Spring Break | |||||||||||
| 3/18 | 12.2: Limits and Continuity | 3/20 | 12.3: Partial Derivatives | 3/22 | 12.4: Tangent Planes | ||||||
| 12.3: Partial Derivatives | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | PS 7 due @ 10:30am | Project-intermediate due date #1 | |||||||||
| Class meets in SC 334 | |||||||||||
| 3/25 | 12.4: Linear Approximations | 3/27 | 12.5: The Chain Rule | 3/29 | 12.6: Directional Derivatives | ||||||
| 12.5: The Chain Rule | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | PS 8 due @ 10:30am | ||||||||||
| 4/1 | 12.6: The Gradient and Directional | 4/3 | 12.6: The Gradient | 4/5 | 12.7: Extrema of Functions of Several | ||||||
| Derivatives | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Variables | |||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | PS 9 due @ 10:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Project-intermediate due date #2 | |||||||||||
| 4/8 | 12.7: Extrema of Functions of Several | 4/10 | Q & A for Exam 2 | 4/12 | 12.7: Extrema | ||||||
| Variables | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | 13.1: Double Integrals | |||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | PS 10 due @ 10:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Exam 2: Thurs 4/11 5:30-8:30pm | |||||||||||
| 4/15 | 13.1: Double Integrals | 4/17 | 13.1: Double Integrals | 4/19 | Selected Topics from Sections 13.2, 13.4 | ||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| PS 11 due @ 10:30am | |||||||||||
| 4/22 | 14.1: Vector Fields | 4/24 | 14.1: Vector Fields | 4/26 | 14.2: Line Integrals | ||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | 14.2: Line Integrals | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Project - final due date | ||||||||||
| PS 12 due @ 10:30am | |||||||||||
| 4/29 | 14.3: Independence of Path | 5/1 | 14.4: Green's Theorem | 5/3 | 14.4: Green's Theorem | ||||||
| and Conservative Vector Fields | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | Daily WW due @ 8:30am | |||||||||
| Daily WW due @ 8:30am | PS 13 due @ 10:30am | ||||||||||
| The final exam will be Wednesday 5/8 from 2 pm to 5 pm | |||||||||||
Janice Sklensky
Wheaton College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
SC 1306
Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
TEL (508) 286-3973
FAX (508) 285-8278
jsklensk@wheatonma.edu