Schedule of lectures and recitations, Calculus I, Sections 01-05, Fall 2008

(This schedule is tentative and may change slightly as the course progresses.)
Day Date Topic(s) Section
of Book
Wed Sep 3 Tangent Lines and Instantaneous Velocity; Limits 2.1, 1.1
Fri Sep 5 Recitation: Review of Precalculus; Homework Review and Quiz 1
Mon Sep 8 The Derivative 2.2; How to Compute Limits: Continuous Functions 1.6
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT RECEIVING A "W"
2.2, 1.6
Tue Sep 9 LAST DAY TO ADD A CLASS
Wed Sep 10 More Derivatives and Limits 2.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
Fri Sep 12 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 2
Mon Sep 15 Rules for Finding Derivatives 2.3
Wed Sep 17 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions 2.4
Fri Sep 19 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 3
Mon Sep 22 The Chain Rule 2.5
Wed Sep 24 Higher-Order Derivatives 2.6
Fri Sep 26 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 4
Mon Sep 29 Implicit Differentiation 2.7
Wed Oct 1 Related Rates 2.8
Fri Oct 3 Recitation: Review for Exam 1
MON Oct 6 EXAM 1 On the material
we've covered in
chapters 1 and 2
Wed Oct 8 Maxima and Minima 3.1
Fri Oct 10 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 5
Mon Oct 13 Monotonicity and Concavity 3.2
Wed Oct 15 Local Extrema 3.3
Fri Oct 17 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 6
Mon Oct 20 Practical Problems 3.4
Wed Oct 22 Graphing 3.5
Fri Oct 24 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 7
Mon Oct 27 More Graphing, Mean Value Theorem 3.5, 3.6
Wed Oct 29 Antiderivatives 3.8
Fri Oct 31 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 8
Mon Nov 3 Differential Equations
LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS AND RECEIVE A "W"
3.9
Wed Nov 5 Introduction to Area 4.1
Fri Nov 7 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 9
Mon Nov 10 The Definite Integral 4.2
Wed Nov 12 The First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus 4.3
Fri Nov 14 Recitation: Review for Exam 2
MON Nov 17 EXAM 2 On the material
we've covered in
chapters 3 and 4
Wed Nov 19 The Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
and the Method of Substitution
4.4
Fri Nov 21 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 10
Mon Nov 24 More Mean Value Theorem 4.5
WED Nov 26 Recitation: Homework Review and
BE THANKFUL there is no quiz
(This day follows a Friday schedule.)
Fri Nov 28 NO RECITATION - THANKSGIVING BREAK
Mon Dec 1 The Natural Logarithm Function 6.1
Wed Dec 3 The Natural Exponential Function 6.3
Fri Dec 5 Recitation: Homework Review and Quiz 11
Mon Dec 8 Exponential Growth and Decay 6.5
Wed Dec 10 Review and Questions
Fri Dec 12 (No Recitation)
WED Dec 17 FINAL EXAM, 3-6pm, Boyden 100 The final is
comprehensive, but
will emphasize the
material after Exam 2.


John Loftin 2008-09-02