Calculus I (Fall 2009)

This is the class webpage for my Calculus I classes (MATH 1610-123 and MATH 1610-130) for Fall 2009.

Class Resources:

Class Outline:

  • Week 1 (August 17-21)
    • Day 1
      Syllabus, Course Overview
    • Day 2
      Precal review (1.1-1.2)
      HW: (1.1) 1,3,5,11,19,21
      (1.2) 1,3,5,13,17
    • Day 3
      Precal review (1.3-1.5)
      HW: (1.3) Draw a unit circle.
      (1.4) 11,13,15,17,19
      (1.5) 45,47,51,53
    • Day 4
      Practice Quiz, Rates of change and tangent lines (2.1)
      HW: (2.1) 1,3,5
  • Week 2 (August 24-28)
    • Day 1
      Limits (2.2)
      HW: (2.2) 1,3,11-25odd,29-37odd,47-53odd
    • Day 2
      Limits cont. (2.2), One-sided limits (2.4)
      HW: (2.2) 27,39-45odd
      (2.4) 1,3,7,21-29odd,33,35
    • Day 3
      Limits at infinity (2.4), Infinite limits and vertical asymptotes (2.5)
      HW: (2.4) 51-65odd
      (2.5) 1-11odd,27-37odd (just find asymptotes)
    • Day 4
      Practice Quiz
  • Week 3 (August 31-September 4)
    • Day 1
      Test review
    • Day 2
      Test review
    • Day 3
      Test 1
    • Day 4
      Return test (Last day to drop with no record on transcript)
  • Week 4 (September 7-11)
    • Day 1
      Labor Day Holiday!
    • Day 2
      Tangent and derivative at a point (2.7), Derivative as a function (3.1)
      HW: (2.7) 11,17,19 (3.1) 5,7
    • Day 3
      Differentiation rules [Constant, Power, Constant multiple, Sum, e^x] (3.2)
      HW: (3.2) 1-11odd,29-35odd,39,41
    • Day 4
      Differentiation rules [Product, Quotient] (3.2)
      HW: (3.2) 13-27odd,39-45odd
  • Week 5 (September 14-18)
    • Day 1
      Derivative as a Rate of Change (3.3), Quiz
      HW: (3.3) 1,3,5 (only parts a & b)
    • Day 2
      Derivatives of trigonometric functions (3.4)
      HW: (3.4) 1-25odd
    • Day 3
      Chain rule (3.5)
      HW: (3.5) 23-65odd
    • Day 4
      Chain Rule examples
  • Week 6 (September 21-25)
    • Day 1
      Quiz
    • Day 2
      Implicit differentiation (3.6)
      HW: (3.6) 1-23 (odd) (Just find 1st derivative.)
    • Day 3
      Logarithmic differentiation (3.7)
      HW: (3.7) 11-65, 89-95 (odd)
    • Day 4
      Inverse trigonometric functions (3.8)
      HW: (3.8) 21-41 (odd)
  • Week 7 (September 28-October 2)
    • Day 1
      Review Practice Test 2
    • Day 2
      Test review
    • Day 3
      Test 2
    • Day 4
      Return tests
  • Week 8 (October 5-9)
  • Week 9 (October 12-16)
    • Day 1
      Extreme Values of Functions
      HW: (4.1) 15-53odd (Just find absolute max/min)
    • Day 2
      Graphing (4.3)
    • Day 3
      Graphing (4.4)
      HW: (4.4) 9-41odd
    • Day 4
      Graphing Examples
  • Week 10 (October 19-23)
  • Week 11 (October 26-30)
    • Day 1
      Word problems!
    • Day 2
      Antiderivatives (4.8)
      HW: (4.8) 1-69odd
    • Day 3
      Test Review
    • Day 4
      Test 3
  • Week 12 (November 2-6)
    • Day 1
      Return Tests
    • Day 2
      Initial Value Problems and Indefinite Integrals
      HW: (4.8) 25-43,47,49,55,61-69odd (integrals)
      89-95,99-107odd (IVPs)
    • Day 3
      Definite Integrals
    • Day 4
      Definite Integrals (cont.)
      HW: (5.4) 1-31odd
  • Week 13 (November 9-13)
    • Day 1
      Fundamental Theorem of Calculus & Total Area Under Curves
      HW: (5.4) 35-55odd
    • Day 2
      Substitution Rule
    • Day 3
      Substitution Rule (cont.)
      HW: (5.5) 1-7odd,13-53odd,
      59-63odd (initial value problems)
    • Day 4
      Area Between Curves
  • Week 14 (November 16-20)
    • Day 1
      Area Between Curves (cont.)
    • Day 2
      Test Review
    • Day 3
      Test Review
    • Day 4
      Test 4
  • Thanksgiving Break!
  • Week 15 (November 30-December 4)
    • Day 1
      Return Tests, Summation
    • Day 2
      Riemann Sums
    • Day 3
      Final Exam Review
    • Day 4
      Final Exam Review
  • Week 16 (December 7)
    • Day 1
      Final Exam Review
  • Uniform Final in Haley 3195 (December 14, 7:00-9:30 PM)