MATH 229   Calculus I     Syllabus and Suggested Class Pace     FALL 2007

Please note that your instructor will likely adjust the syllabus from time to time. Exam dates may vary from the ones indicated. It is the student's responsibility to monitor the pace of the lectures; if you must miss a class, find out precisely which material you must learn on your own.

Week Dates Sections Topics
1 8/27-31 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1 Preview, Functions and Graphs, Combining functions, Graphing calculators, Rates of change and Tangents
2 9/3 Labor Day
9/4-9/7 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 The limit of a function, Limit Laws, Precise definition of limit, One-sided limits
3 9/10-14 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 Infinite limits, Continuity, Tangents and derivatives
4 9/17-21 2.7, 3.1, T1 Derivatives, Derivative as a function, Review, EXAM 1
5 9/24-28 3.2, 3.2, 1.3 Differentiation rules, Rates of change, Trigonometry review
6 10/1-5 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 Derivatives of trig functions, Chain rule, Implicit differentiation
7 10/8-12 3.7, 3.8, 4.1 Related rates, Linear approximations and differentials
8 10/15-19 4.1, 4.2, T2 Extreme values, The Mean Value Theorem, EXAM 2
10/19 Last day to withdraw from the course
9 10/22-26 4.3, 4.4 First derivative test, Concavity, Curve sketching
10 10/29-11/2 4.5, 4.6 Optimization problems, Newton's method
11 11/5-9 4.7, 5.1, 5.2 Antiderivatives, Areas, Finite sums
12 11/12-16 5.2, 5.3 Limits of finite sums, the Definite integral
13 11/19-20 T3 EXAM 3
11/21-23 Thanksgiving Break
14 11/26-30 5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
15 12/3-12/7 5.5, 5.6 Substitution, Area between curves, Review.
  12/14 8:00-9:50 a.m. FINAL EXAMINATION