MATH 229 - Calculus I,     FALL 2009

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 Tests Topics
1 8/24-8/28 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Functions and Models, Graphing Calculators
2 8/31-9/4 2.1- 2.3 Tangents, Rates of change, Limit of a function, Limit Laws
3 9/7 Labor Day Holiday
9/8-9/11 2.4, 2.5 Definition of limit, Continuity
4 9/14-9/18 3.1, 3.2 TEST 1 Derivatives and rates of change, the derivative as a function
5 9/21-9/25 3.3, 3.4 Differentiation formulas and derivatives of trigonometric functions
6 9/28-10/2 3.5 - 3.7 Chain rule, Implicit differentiation, Rates of change
7 10/5-10/9 3.8, 3.9 Related rates, Linearization
8 10/12-10/16 4.1, 4.2 TEST 2 Extreme values, Mean value theorem
10/16 Last day to withdraw from the course
9 10/19-10/23 4.3 - 4.5 Derivatives and graphing, Asymptotes, Summary of curve sketching
10 10/26-10/30 4.6 - 4.8 Graphing with calculators, Optimization, Newton's Method
11 11/2-11/6 4.9, 5.1 Antiderivatives, Areas and distances
12 11/9-13 5.2 TEST 3 The definite integral
13 11/16-20 5.3, 5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, Indefinite integrals
14 11/23-24 5.5 The substitution rule
11/25-11/27 Thanksgiving Holiday
15 11/30-12/4 5.5, 15.3 review The substitution rule, partial derivatives
  12/11 8:00-9:50 a.m. FINAL EXAMINATION