| MTH 132-12 & 16 | Fall 2003 |
Course page: http://www.math.msu.edu/~magyar/calculus.
The dates below are tentative. Changes will be announced in class and on our course page. For the complete administrative schedule, see the registrar's calendar.
Section numbers refer to Thomas/Finney, Calculus, Alternate (or 9th) Edition . Handouts will be an important supplement to the text. Homework will be assigned daily.
| Date | Tests | Section: Topic
| 8/25 | 1.1: Rates of Change and Limits
| 8/27 | 1.2: Rules for Finding Limits
| 8/29 | Quiz | 1.3: Formal Definition of Limits
| Last day for computer/phone registration, and to change pass/fail
grading option
| 9/1 | Labor Day Holiday
| 9/3 | 1.4: Infinite Limits 1.5: Continuity
| First day to take
Gateway I.
| 9/5 | Quiz | 2.1: Derivative of a Function
| Last day to change between sections of Math 132: go to Wells Hall A-212
| 9/8 | 2.1, continued
| 9/10 | 2.3: Rates of Change
| 9/12 | Project | Review
| Last day to transfer from Math 132 to a lower math course
| 9/15 | Test I | Covers the above material. Come to class 5 minutes early.
| 9/17 | 2.2: Differentiation Rules: Sums, Products, Quotients
| 9/18 | Last day to drop a course with 100% refund
| 9/19 | 2.4: Derivatives of Trig Functions
| 9/22 | 2.4, continued
| 9/24 | 2.5: Chain Rule
| 9/26 | Quiz | 2.5, continued | Last day to take
Gateway I.
| 9/29 | 2.6: Implicit Differentiation
| First day to take
Gateway II.
| 10/1 | 2.7: Related Rates of Change
| 10/3 | Quiz | 3.1: Extreme Values of a Function (Max/Min)
| 10/6 | 3.6: Optimization
| 10/8 | 3.6, continued
| 10/10 | Project | Discussion
| 10/12 | Review
| 10/14 | Mid-semester:
last day to drop a course with no grade reported
| 10/15 | Test II | Covers above material. Come to class 5 minutes early.
| 10/17 | 3.2: Mean Value Theorem
| 10/20 | 3.3: First Derivative Test for Max/Min | 3.4: Graphing with Derivatives 10/22 | 3.4, continued
| 10/24 | Quiz | 3.5: Limits at Infinity, Asymptotes, and Dominant Terms
| Last day to take
Gateway II.
| 10/27 | 3.5, continued
| 10/29 | 3.7: Linearization and Differentials
| 10/31 | Quiz | 3.8: Newton's method
| 11/3 | 4.1: Indefinite Integrals (Anti-derivatives)
| 11/5 | 4.2: Initial Value Problems
| 11/7 | Quiz | 4.3: Integration by Substitution
| 11/10 | 4.3, continued
| 11/12 | 4.6: Signed Area under a Curve
| 11/14 | Quiz | 5.1: Areas Between Curves
| 11/17 | Review
| 11/19 | Test III covering the above material. Come to class 5 minutes early.
| 11/21 | 4.5: Riemann Sums
| 11/24 | 4.7: Fundamental Theorems of Calculus
| 11/26 | 4.7, continued
| 11/28 | Thanksgiving Break
| 12/1 | Review
| 12/3 | Quiz | Review
| 12/5 | Review, Evaluation
| 12/9 | Final | 10:00am-12:00n
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