Math 75A. Calculus with Review IA. Fall 2017.
Tentative class schedule with homework assignments
| Important Deadlines | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | Last day to add a course without a permission number | ||||
| Sep 12 | Last day to drop a course online | ||||
| Sep 14 | Last day to drop a course without a "W" on your transcript | ||||
| Sep 19 | Last day to add a course with a permission number | ||||
| Nov 14 | Last day to withdraw from a course with a serious and compelling reason | ||||
| Date | Book section - read before class | Topics covered or to be covered | HW due (in MyLab) | ||
| Aug 22 | Introduction - First class | - | |||
| App. A | Algebra Review - intervals | ||||
| Aug 23 | App. A | Inequalities, absolute value, coordinate plane, distance between 2 points, circles | |||
| Aug 24 | App. A | Lines, intercepts, slope, parallel and perpendicular lines | |||
| Aug 24 | Friday - no class | Algebra review (2 sets of problems) | |||
| Aug 28 | 1.1 | Review of Functions | - | ||
| Aug 29 | Algebra review (3 sets of problems) | ||||
| Aug 30 | 1.2 | Representing Functions | - | ||
| Aug 31 | |||||
| Sep 1 | Friday - no class | Section 1.1 (2 sets of problems) | |||
| Sep 4 | Labor Day - campus closed | ||||
| Sep 5 | 2.1 | The Idea of Limits | Section 1.2 (2 sets of problems) | ||
| Sep 6 | 2.2 | Definitions of Limits | - | ||
| Sep 7 | |||||
| Sep 8 | Friday - no class | Section 2.1 | |||
| Sep 11 | 2.3 | Techniques for Computing Limits | - | ||
| Sep 12 | Section 2.2 | ||||
| Sep 13 | 2.4 | Infinite Limits | - | ||
| Sep 14 | |||||
| Sep 15 | Friday - no class | Section 2.3 | |||
| Sep 18 | 2.5 | Limits at Infinity | - | ||
| Sep 19 | Section 2.4 | ||||
| Sep 20 | 2.6 | Continuity | - | ||
| Sep 21 | |||||
| Sep 22 | Friday - no class | Section 2.5 | |||
| Sep 25 | Review | - | |||
| Sep 26 | Test 1 (chapters 1 and 2) | Section 2.6 | |||
| Sep 27 | 3.1 | Introducing the Derivative | - | ||
| Sep 28 | |||||
| Sep 29 | Friday - no class | - | |||
| Oct 2 | 3.2 | Working with Derivatives | - | ||
| Oct 3 | Section 3.1 | ||||
| Oct 4 | 3.3 | Rules of Differentiation | - | ||
| Oct 5 | |||||
| Oct 6 | Friday - no class | Section 3.2 | |||
| Oct 9 | 3.4 | The Product and Quotient Rules | - | ||
| Oct 10 | Section 3.3 | ||||
| Oct 11 | 1.4 | Trigonometric Functions | - | ||
| Oct 12 | |||||
| Oct 13 | Friday - no class | Section 3.4 | |||
| Oct 16 | 3.5 | Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions | - | ||
| Oct 17 | Section 1.4 | ||||
| Oct 18 | 3.6 | Derivatives as Rates of Change | - | ||
| Oct 19 | |||||
| Oct 20 | Friday - no class | Section 3.5 | |||
| Oct 23 | 3.7 | The Chain Rule | - | ||
| Oct 24 | Section 3.6 | ||||
| Oct 25 | - | ||||
| Oct 26 | Review | ||||
| Oct 27 | Friday - no class | Section 3.7 | |||
| Oct 30 | Test 2 (chapter 3) | - | |||
| Oct 31 | 1.3 | Exponential Functions | - | ||
| Nov 1 | - | ||||
| Nov 2 | Natural Exponential Function | ||||
| Nov 3 | Friday - no class | - | |||
| Nov 6 | Ch. 2 | Limits of Exponential Functions | - | ||
| Nov 7 | Ch. 3 | Derivative of the Natural Exponential Function | Section 1.3 | ||
| Nov 8 | - | ||||
| Nov 9 | 1.3 | Logarithmic Functions | |||
| Nov 10 | Friday - no class | Limits of Exponential Functions | |||
| Nov 13 | - | ||||
| Nov 14 | Derivative of the Natural Exponential Function | ||||
| Nov 15 | Ch. 3 | Derivatives of Exponential Functions | - | ||
| Nov 16 | |||||
| Nov 17 | Friday - no class | Logarithmic Functions | |||
| Nov 20 | 1.3 | Inverse Functions | - | ||
| Nov 21 | Derivatives of Exponential Functions | ||||
| Nov 22 | Thanksgiving recess - no classes, no office hours | ||||
| Nov 23 | |||||
| Nov 24 | |||||
| Nov 27 | 1.4 | Inverse Trig Functions | - | ||
| Nov 28 | Section 1.3 - Inverse functions | ||||
| Nov 29 | - | ||||
| Nov 30 | |||||
| Dec 1 | Friday - no class | Section 1.4 | |||
| Dec 4 | Review | - | |||
| Dec 5 | Test 3 (exponential, inverse, logarithmic, and inverse trig functions; limits and derivatives of exponential functions) | - | |||
| Dec 6 | Review for the final exam. Practice Final Exam, Answers | - | |||
| Dec 7 | Consultation day. Office hours: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm | ||||
| Dec 8 | Consultation day. Office hours: by appointment | ||||
| Dec 11/13 | Final exam (cumulative):
9-9:50 am section - Mon, Dec 11, 8:45-10:45 am 10-10:50 am section - Wed, Dec 13, 11 am-1pm |
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