MATH 229 - Calculus I,     FALL 2008

Syllabus and Suggested Class Pace

Please note that your instructor is likely to adjust the dates on which topics are covered from time to time. It is the student's responsibility to monitor the pace of the lectures and, if a class is missed, to find out what material needs to be studied independently.

Week Dates Sections Topics
1 8/25-29 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1 Preview, Functions and Graphs, Combining functions, Graphing calculators, Rates of change and Tangents
2 9/2-5 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 Limit of a function, Limit Laws
3 9/8-12 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 Infinite limits, Continuity, Tangents and derivatives
4 9/15-19 2.7, 3.1, T1 Derivatives, Derivative as a function
5 9/22-26 3.2, 3.3 EXAM 1, Differentiation rules
6 9/29-10/3 3.4, 1.3, 2.4 Rates of change, Trigonometry Reviews, Derivatives of trig functions
7 10/6-10 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 Chain Rule, Implicit Differentiation Related rates
8 10/13-17 3.7, 3.8, 4.1 T2 Related Rates, Extreme values EXAM 2
10/17 Last day to withdraw from the course
9 10/20-24 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Mean Value Theorem, First derivative test, Concavity, Curve sketching
10 10/27-31 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 Concavity, Curve Sketching, Optimization
11 11/3-7 4.7, 5.1, 5.2 Antiderivatives, Areas, Finite sums
12 11/10-14 5.2, 5.3 Limits of finite sums, the Definite integral
13 11/17-21 5.4, 5.5 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Substitution
14 EXAM 3 *** Thanksgiving BREAK
15 12/1-5 5.6 Area between curves, Review for the Final
  12/12 8:00-9:50 a.m. FINAL EXAMINATION