Math 5: Calculus I Syllabus (Fall 2001)


Date Topic
   
Mon 9/3 2.1 Measuring speed
Wed 9/5 2.2 Limits
Fri 9/7 2.3 Derivative at a point
Mon 9/10 2.4 Derivative as a function
Wed 9/12 2.5 Interpreting the derivative
Fri 9/14 Derivative workshop
Mon 9/17 2.6 Second derivative
Wed 9/19 2.7 Continuity and differentiability
Fri 9/21 3.1 Power rules, 3.2 Exponentials
Mon 9/24 3.2 Exponentials, 3.3 Product rule
Wed 9/26 3.4 Chain rule
Fri 9/28 3.5 Trig functions
Mon 10/1 3.6 More chain rule
Wed 10/3 Chain rule workshop
Fri 10/5 FIRST MIDTERM
Mon 10/8 3.7 Implicit differentiation
Wed 10/10 3.8 Parametrized functions
Fri 10/12 3.10 L'Hopital's rule
Mon 10/15 BREAK
Wed 10/17 BREAK
Fri 10/19 BREAK
Mon 10/22 3.9 Linear approximation
Wed 10/24 Appendix D Newton's method
Fri 10/26 Linear approx. and Newton's method lab
Mon 10/29 4.1 Maxima and minima
Wed 10/31 4.3 Optimization
Fri 11/2 4.4 Application: economics
Mon 11/5 4.5 Application: modeling
Wed 11/7 5.1 Measuring distance
Fri 11/9 5.2 Definite integral
Mon 11/12 5.2 Definite integral
Wed 11/14 Optimization workshop
Fri 11/16 SECOND MIDTERM
Mon 11/19 5.3 Interpreting the integral
Wed 11/21 Integral workshop
Fri 11/23 BREAK
Mon 11/26 5.4 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Wed 11/28 6.1 Graphical integration
Fri 11/30 6.2 Algebraic antidifferentiation
Mon 12/3 6.3 Differential equations
Wed 12/5 6.4 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Fri 12/7 6.5 Newton's laws
Mon 12/10 Catch up, review


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