Lecture Pace

Math 171-01 - Calculus I

Week 1 Aug 20-Aug 23
Course information, Review, Estimating limits numerically and graphically
Chap P & Sec 1.2
Week 2 Aug 27-Aug 30
Estimating limits, Finding limits analytically Sec 1.2, 1.3
Week 3 Sep 4-Sep 6
One-sided limits, Continuity, Infinite Limits
Sec 1.4, 1.5
Week 4 Sep 10-Sep 13
Formal definition of limit, Intro to tangent lines and the derivative Sec 1.2, 2.1
Week 5 Sep 17-Sep 20
Basic differentiation rules, Test 1
Sec 2.2, 2.3
Week 6 Sep 24-Sep 27
Higher order derivatives, Rates of change, Chain rule, Implicit Diff Sec 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Week 7 Oct 1-Oct 4
Related rates, Extrema on closed intervals, Mean value theorem Sec 2.6, 3.1, 3.2
Week 8 Oct 8-Oct 11
1st & 2nd derivative tests, Limits at infinity Sec 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Week 9 Oct 15-Oct 18
Curve sketching, Optimization, Test 2 Sec 3.6, 3.7
Week 10 Oct 22-Oct 25
Linearizations, Newton's method, Differentials Sec 3.8, 3.9
Week 11 Oct 29-Nov 1
Antiderivatives, Area, Riemann sums Sec 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Week 12 Nov 5-Nov 8
Definite integrals, 1st fundamental theorem, Area between curves
Sec 4.3, 4.4, 7.1
Week 13 Nov 12-Nov 15
Substitution, Trapezoid rule, Test 3 Sec 4.5, 4.6
Week 14 Nov 19-Nov 21
Simpson's rule, Disk method, No class on Nov 22
Sec 4.6, 7.2
Week 15 Nov 26-Nov 29
Volumes by cross sections, Cylindrical shells, Center of mass
Sec 7.2, 7.3, 7.6
Week 16 Dec 3-Dec 6
Center of mass, 2nd fundamental theorem Sec 7.6, 4.4
******* Monday, Dec 10
Final Exam --- 10:00am-11:50am
 

*** November 9 is the last day to withdraw ***