math 111: calculus

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  • Instructor: Kyle Ormsby
  • Syllabus
  • Course meetings: MWF 13:10-14 in Phys 240A
  • Drop-in hours: M 15-16 & Th 13-14 in Lib 306
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  • Gradescope
  • Course assistant: Amelie el Mahmoud
  • Problem session: MTu 17:30-18:30 in Phys 121
  • Drop-in tutoring: SuMWTh 19-21 in Lib 204

week 1

Wednesday 4 September: Welcome and warm up

Friday 6 September: Limits, 2.2, notes

week 2

Monday 9 September: Computing limits from graphs, 2.2, ALEKS due, quiz, notes

Wednesday 11 September: Computing limits algebraically, continuity, 2.3-2.4, HW due, notes

Friday 13 September: Definition of the derivative, linearity properties, 3.1, notes

week 3

Monday 16 September: Sketching graphs, 3.2, quiz, notes

Wednesday 18 September: Product and quotient rules, 3.3, HW due, notes

Friday 20 September: Review, notes

week 4

Monday 23 September: Exam 1

Wednesday 25 September: Chain rule, 3.6, notes

Friday 27 September: Rates of change, 3.4, notes

week 5

Monday 30 September: Trig and exponential derivatives, 3.5, notes, desmos

Wednesday 2 October: Maxima and minima, 4.3, HW due, notes

Friday 4 October: Applied optimization, 4.7, notes

week 6

Monday 7 October: Implicit differentiation, 4.1, quiz, notes

Wednesday 9 October: Related rates, 4.1, HW due, notes

Friday 11 October: Mean value theorem, 4.4, notes

week 7

Monday 14 October: Higher order derivatives, sketching graphs, 4.5, notes

Wednesday 16 October: Review

Friday 18 October: Exam 2

fall break

week 8

Monday 28 October: Introduction to integrals, 5.1, notes

Wednesday 30 October: Riemann sums, integrability, and definite integrals, 5.2, notes, desmos

Friday 1 November: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (FTC) 1, 5.3, notes

week 9

Monday 4 November: FTC2 (net change), integration formula, 5.4, notes

Wednesday 6 November: What really is the logarithm? (optional), 6.7, HW due

Friday 8 November: Substitution, 5.5, notes

week 10

Monday 11 November: Integration by parts, vol.2 3.1, notes

Wednesday 13 November: Area between two functions, 6.1, HW due, notes

Friday 15 November: Volumes of revolution, 6.2, notes

week 11

Monday 18 November: More volume, 6.3, notes

Wednesday 20 November: Review

Friday 22 November: Exam 3

week 12

Monday 25 November: Arc length and surface area, 6.4, notes

Wednesday 27 November: Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

Friday 29 November: Thanksgiving holiday

week 13

Monday 2 December: Differential equations, vol.2 4.1, notes

Wednesday 4 December: Population models I, HW due, notes, desmos

Friday 6 December: Population models II, notes, desmos

week 14

Monday 9 December: Review

Wednesday 11 December: Review, HW due

Friday 13 December: Reading period (no class)

finals week

Tuesday 17 December: Review session 2:10-3pm in Phys 240A

Thursday 19 December: Final exam 1-3pm in Phys 240A