Detailed Schedule -- Calculus 2

Spring 2014, Prof. Little

This is a tentative, evolving schedule. Topics may be added, deleted, or rearranged during the course of the semester. Any changes will be announced in class and here.

Date Class TopicReading (Stewart)
1/21 Course Intro -- Areas and distances 5.1
1/22 Areas and distances 5.1
1/24 Areas and distances 5.1
1/27 Riemann sums and the definite integral 5.2
1/28 More on the definite integral 5.2
1/29 The evaluation theorem for integrals 5.3
1/31 Integrals and net change -- Problem Set 1 due 5.3
2/3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 5.4
2/4 More on the Fundamental Theorem 5.4
2/5 Integrals by substitution 5.5
2/7 More on substitution -- Problem Set 2 due 5.5
2/10 Integration by parts 5.6
2/11 More integrals by parts 5.6
2/12 Trigonometric integrals 5.7
2/14 Trigonometric substitutions -- Problem Set 3 due 5.7
2/17 Integration by partial fractions 5.7
2/18 More on partial fractions 5.7
2/19 Spare day -- Review for Exam I
2/21 Exam I Covers material on Problem Sets 1 - 3
2/24 Tables of integrals 5.8
2/25 Approximate integration -- midpoint and trapezoidal rules 5.9
2/26 Lab 1: Approximate integration -- Simpson's rule 5.9
2/28 Improper integrals -- Problem Set 4 due 5.10
3/3,4,5,7 No class -- Spring break
3/10 Areas between curves 6.1
3/11 Volumes by slicing 6.2
3/12 More on volumes by slicing 6.2
3/14 Arc length of curves -- Problem Set 5 due 6.3
3/17 Average value of functions 6.4
3/18 Applications to probability 6.7
3/19 More probability applications 6.7
3/21 Modeling with differential equations -- Problem Set 6 due 7.1
3/24 Direction fields 7.2
3/25 Lab 2: Slope fields and Euler's Method 7.2
3/26 Spare day -- Review for Exam II
3/28 Exam II Covers material from Problem Sets 4 - 6
3/31 Separable equations 7.3
4/1 Exponential growth and decay 7.4
4/2 More on exponential growth and decay 7.4
4/4 Logistic models of growth -- Problem Set 7 due 7.5
4/7 Lab 3: Logistic models of population growth 7.5
4/8 Lab 3: continued 7.5
4/9 Sequences of numbers 8.1
4/11 Infinite series -- Problem Set 8 due 8.2
4/14 More on convergence of series 8.2
4/15 Integral test for convergence 8.3
4/16 More on convergence tests 8.3
4/18, 21 No Class -- Easter break
4/22 Alternating series, absolute convergence 8.4
4/23 The ratio test 8.4
4/25 Power series, radius of convergence -- Problem Set 9 due 8.5
4/28 Representing functions by power series 8.6
4/29 Lab 4: Visualizing convergence of Taylor series 8.7
4/30 Spare day -- Review for Exam III
5/2 Exam III Covers material from Problem Sets 7 - 9
5/5 Course wrap-up

The final exam for this course will be given at the established time for MWF 8:00am classes.

Last modified: January 3, 2014