Detailed Schedule -- Calculus 1

Fall 2013, Prof. Little

Date	Class Topic	Section in Stewart, Calculus
8/28	Course introduction, functions	1.1
8/30	Precalculus diagnostic quiz; functions as models	1.2
9/2	New functions from old ones	1.3
9/4	Exponential and logarithm functions	1.5-1.6
9/6	Trigonometric functions -- Problem Set 1 due	Appendix C
9/9	Parametric curves	1.7
9/11	Lab Day -- parametric curves	1.7
9/13	Tangents and velocities -- Problem Set 2 due	2.1
9/16	Limits	2.2
9/18	More on limits	2.2
9/20	Exam I	Chapter 1 and Appendix C
9/23	The limit laws	2.3
9/25	Continuity	2.4
9/27	More on continuity, limits at infinity -- Problem Set 3 due	2.4-2.5
9/30	Derivatives and rates of change	2.6
10/2	The derivative function	2.7
10/4	Lab Day -- What f ' says about f -- Problem Set 4 due	2.8
10/7	Derivatives of polynomials and exponentials	3.1
10/9	Product and quotient rules	3.2
10/11	Trigonometric function derivatives -- Problem Set 5 due	3.3
10/14, 16, 18	No Class -- Columbus Day Break
10/21	Chain rule	3.4
10/23	Implicit differentiation	3.5
10/25	Exam II	Chapter 2, 3.1-3.3
10/28	Logarithm and inverse trig derivatives	3.6-3.7
10/30	Rates of change in the sciences	3.8
11/1	Related rates -- Problem Set 6 due	4.1
11/4	Max and min values	4.2
11/6	Spare day	4.2
11/8	Derivatives and shape of curves -- Problem Set 7 due	4.3
11/11	Lab Day -- derivatives and shape of curves	4.4
11/13	Indeterminate forms and L'Hopital's rule	4.5
11/15	Optimization problems -- Problem Set 8 due	4.6
11/18	More on optimization problems	4.6
11/20	Optimization, concluded	4.6
11/22	Exam III	3.4-3.8, 4.1-4.5
11/25	Spare day -- Problem Set 9 due by 5:00pm (note unusual day and time)
11/27, 29	No Class -- Thanksgiving Break
12/2	Newton's method	4.7
12/4	Antiderivatives	4.8
12/6	Semester wrap-up -- Problem Set 10 due

The final exam for this course will be given 3:00pm - 5:30pm on Thursday December 12, 2013.

Last modified: October 8, 2013