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Calculus 1 Sample Syllabus, Spring 2015, TTh

All sections refer to James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 7th Edition.

Date Material Sections
01/20 Functions. New functions from old. §1.1, 1.2, 1.3
01/22 Trigonometric functions.
01/27 Exponential function, inverse functions, logarithms. §1.5, 1.6
01/29 Derivative: motivation. Informal definition of limit. §2.1, 2.2
02/03 Limit laws. Squeeze theorem. §2.3
02/05 Continuity, asymptotes. §2.5, 2.6
02/10 Definition of derivative. Derivative as a function. §2.7, 2.8
02/12 Review.
02/17 Midterm 1.
02/19 Derivative of polynomials. Product and quotient rules. §3.1, 3.2
02/24 Derivatives of trig functions. §3.3
02/26 Chain rule, implicit differentiation. §3.4, 3.5
03/03 Derivative of the logarithm. Applications. §3.6, 3.7, 3.8
03/05 Related rates, linear approximation. §3.9, 3.10
03/10 Maximization. Mean value theorem. §4.1, 4.2
03/12 Second derivative, convexity, second derivative test. L’Hospital’s rule. §4.3, 4.4
Spring break 03/16 – 03/20
03/24 L’Hospital’s rule, more graph sketching. §4.4, 4.5
03/26 Optimization problems. §4.7
03/31 Newton’s method. §4.8
04/02 Antiderivatives. §4.9
04/07 Review.
04/09 Midterm 2.
04/14 Definite integral: definition. §5.1
04/16 The “area so far” function. §5.2
04/21 The fundamental theorem of calculus. Evaluating definite integrals via the “net change theorem” §5.3, 5.4
04/23 Substitution rule. §5.5
04/28 Areas between curves, average values. §6.1, 6.5
04/30 Review.
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