Math 150 - Elements of Calculus I

The calendar presented below is a tentative schedule for the course. Make a note of all quiz (rose) and test (red) dates.
January 2002
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 14  15

Preliminaries
What is calculus?
The notion of a function

 16 17

Representing functions
Functions as models
18
21
22

Quiz 1
HW due: 1.1 #4, 6, 8, 17
1.2 #21, 24, 27, 30, 32-39
1.3 #7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 20, 25
Linear functions
23
24

Exponential, logarithmic,
and logistic functions
Regression models
25
28
29

Quiz 2
HW: 1.4 #2, 5, 7-9, 14, 17, 22
2.1 #9-11,15-17,21,23,25,28,34
2.2 #2, 7, 10, 11, 14, 21
Polynomial functions
30
31

HW: 2.3 #7,10,15,16,22,23,26
2.4 #7, 8, 9, 16, 20, 23
Criteria for choosing
appropriate models
February 2002
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
 4 5

Test #1 (Ch 1 & 2)

 6
7
8
11
12

Quiz 3
HW: 3.1 #6, 11, 12, 15, 17
Average rates of change
and the slopes of secant lines
13
 14

WINTER
15

WEEKEND
18
19

HW: 3.2 #1, 5, 7, 8, 12
3.3 #3, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18
Instantaneous rates of change
and the slopes of tangent lines
20
21

Introducing the derivative,
different measures
of change
22
25
26

Quiz 4
HW: 3.4 #1-3,7,10,12,16,21,22,23
3.5 #1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14
Calculating and graphing
derivatives
27
28

HW: 4.1 #1,2,4,5,7,8,10,12
4.2 #1-10, 12, 13
Algebraic computation
of derivatives

  
March 2002
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
4 5

Quiz 5
HW: 4.3 #2,3,8,10,17,21,25
4.4 #1-10, 15, 17, 21, 25
Chain rule

 6 7

Product rule, quotient rule
 

 8
11
12

HW: 4.5 #3,4,6,13-15,
19-23,27,30,32
4.6 #4,7,10,11,16,19,23,27,28
13
14

Test #2 (Ch 3 & 4)
15
18
19

Derivatives and
optimization
20
21

Quiz 6
HW: 5.1 #3-7,15,20,25,27,29
5.2 #4,7,8,10,19-21,23
Inflection points and
the second derivative
22
25
26

SPRING
27
28

BREAK
29
April 2002
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1  2

Using derivatives to

approximate change		 3  4

Quiz 7
HW: 5.3 #2, 3, 8, 12, 13, 15, 20
5
8
9

HW: 6.1 #2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 18
6.2 #3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16

Cumulative change,
rectangle and trapezoid
approximations
10
11

The definite integral and
Riemann sums
12
15
16

Quiz 8
Accumulation functions,
indefinite integrals
17
18

Quiz 9
HW: 6.3 #2, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16
6.4 #7-18, 21, 23, 25, 28
The Fundamental Theorem
of Calculus
19
22
23

HW: 6.5 #1-10, 17-24, 35, 37
6.6 #8,9,12-16,19,27,32,34
Computation of definite
integrals with the FTC
24
25

Test #3 (Ch 5 & 6)

 26
29
30

Applications of integrals:
area between two curves,
average values

    
May 2002
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2

Quiz 10
HW: 7.1 #1, 2, 12, 13 
7.5 #1, 3, 6, 13
course review
3
6
 7

Section 55 Final Exam
1:00 - 2:50

 8 9

Section 25 Final Exam
8:30 - 10:20