Math 5: Calculus I Syllabus (Fall 2001)


DateTopic
  
Mon 9/32.1 Measuring speed
Wed 9/52.2 Limits
Fri 9/72.3 Derivative at a point
Mon 9/102.4 Derivative as a function
Wed 9/122.5 Interpreting the derivative
Fri 9/14Derivative workshop
Mon 9/172.6 Second derivative
Wed 9/192.7 Continuity and differentiability
Fri 9/213.1 Power rules, 3.2 Exponentials
Mon 9/243.2 Exponentials, 3.3 Product rule
Wed 9/263.4 Chain rule
Fri 9/283.5 Trig functions
Mon 10/13.6 More chain rule
Wed 10/3Chain rule workshop
Fri 10/5FIRST MIDTERM
Mon 10/83.7 Implicit differentiation
Wed 10/103.8 Parametrized functions
Fri 10/123.10 L'Hopital's rule
Mon 10/15BREAK
Wed 10/17BREAK
Fri 10/19BREAK
Mon 10/223.9 Linear approximation
Wed 10/24Appendix D Newton's method
Fri 10/26Linear approx. and Newton's method lab
Mon 10/294.1 Maxima and minima
Wed 10/314.3 Optimization
Fri 11/24.4 Application: economics
Mon 11/54.5 Application: modeling
Wed 11/75.1 Measuring distance
Fri 11/95.2 Definite integral
Mon 11/125.2 Definite integral
Wed 11/14Optimization workshop
Fri 11/16SECOND MIDTERM
Mon 11/195.3 Interpreting the integral
Wed 11/21Integral workshop
Fri 11/23BREAK
Mon 11/265.4 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Wed 11/286.1 Graphical integration
Fri 11/306.2 Algebraic antidifferentiation
Mon 12/36.3 Differential equations
Wed 12/56.4 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Fri 12/76.5 Newton's laws
Mon 12/10Catch up, review


Jim Wiseman
Department of Mathematicsand Statistics
Swarthmore College
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Swarthmore, PA 19081
jwisema1@swarthmore.edu