| Instructor: | Aditya Viswanathan |
| Class Meetings: | Tu Th 1:00pm - 2:20pm in Wells Hall, B 100 [Map] |
| Office Hours: | Tu W: 2:30 - 3:30pm, Th: 12:00 - 1:00pm and by appointment |
| Instructor's Office: | Wells Hall, C 331 [Map] |
| Email: | aditya@math.msu.edu |
| Phone: | (517) 884 - 1519 |
You will find below the syllabus, course schedule, homework assignments and supplementary reading.
Section numbers refer to the course textbook: Calculus Connections: Mathematics for Middle school Teachers, Asma Harcharras and Dorina Mitrea, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN: 9780131449237
Selected examples on the worksheets below are sourced from the course textbook and from Calculus (7th edition) by Stewart.
Course Schedule and Homework Assignments
| Lecture | Date | Topic | Comments/Notes/Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/10 | #1.1 - Sequences | Read the syllabus, [Notes] [worksheet] [selected solutions] |
| 2 | 1/12 | #1.1 - Convergent Sequences | [Notes] |
| 1/13 | Online open add period for spring semester ends (at 8pm) | ||
| 3 | 1/17 | #1.1 - Properties of Sequences | [Notes] [worksheet] |
| 4 | 1/19 | #1.2 - Series | Read #1.2 from text [HW 1] [HW 1-Key] [Notes] |
| 5 | 1/24 | #1.2 - Geometric Series and Convergence | [Quiz 1] [Quiz 1-Key] [worksheet] [selected solutions] [Notes] |
| 6 | 1/26 | #1.2 - Problems on Series and Convergence | HW1 due |
| 7 | 1/31 | Chapter 1 Review, #2.1 - Functions | Read #2.1 from text |
| 8 | 2/2 | #2.1 - Functions | [Notes] [HW 2] [HW 2-Key] |
| 2/3 | Last day to drop class with 100% tuition refund | ||
| 9 | 2/7 | #2.1 - Composite Functions | Read #2.2 from text [Notes] [worksheet] [selected solutions] |
| 10 | 2/9 | #2.2 - Limits of Functions | [Notes] |
| 11 | 2/14 | #2.2 - Limits of Functions | HW2 due [Notes] [worksheet] |
| 12 | 2/16 | #2.2 - Limits of Functions - Problems | [Quiz 2] [Quiz 2-Key] |
| 13 | 2/21 | Exam review | [Review problems] [Selected solutions] |
| M | 2/23 | Mid-term exam (in class) [Exam] [Formula Sheet] [Solutions] | |
| 14 | 2/28 | #2.3 - Continuity | Read #2.3 from text [Notes] [worksheet] [Selected solutions] |
| 3/1 | Last day to drop class with no grade reported | ||
| 15 | 3/2 | #2.3 - Continuity (contd.!!!) | [Notes] |
| Spring Break | 3/7 | No class | |
| Spring Break | 3/9 | No class | |
| 16 | 3/14 | #3.1 - Average Rates of Change | Read #3.1 from text [Notes] [worksheet] [selected solutions] |
| 17 | 3/16 | #3.2 - Instantaneous Rates of Change and Slopes of Graphs | Read #3.2 from text [HW3] [HW 3-Key] |
| 18 | 3/21 | #3.3 - Motion and Derivatives | Read #3.3 from text [Notes] [Exercise] [Quiz 3] [Quiz 3-Key] |
| 19 | 3/23 | #3.4 - Rules for Computing Derivatives | Read #3.4 from text; HW3 due [Notes] |
| 20 | 3/28 | #3.5 - Chain Rule | Read #3.5 from text [worksheet] [selected solutions] [Notes] |
| 21 | 3/30 | #3.5 - More Chain Rule + Problems | [HW4] [HW5] [Data File for HW5] |
| 22 | 4/4 | Applications of Derivatives | Optimization Worksheet (Surface areas/volumes) [Quiz 4] [Quiz 4-Key] |
| 23 | 4/6 | Computer Lab (based on Calculus Labs by M. Iwen/W. Wong) | HW4 due [Computer Lab Instructions 1] [Computer Lab Instructions 2] [Computer Lab File] [Computer Lab - Outline] |
| 24 | 4/11 | Discuss HW5 | |
| 25 | 4/13 | #5.1 Integration (Indefinite Integrals) | [Notes] |
| 26 | 4/18 | #5.2 Definite Integrals | HW5 due [HW6] [HW 6-Key] [worksheet] [selected solutions] [Notes] |
| 27 | 4/20 | #5.3 Techniques of Integration | Quiz 5, Definite Integrals in Environmental Science Lab/Worksheet [Notes] |
| 28 | 4/25 | Applications of Integration | HW6 due [worksheet] [selected solutions] |
| 29 | 4/27 | Final Exam Review | [Review problems] [Selected solutions] |
| Final Exam | Monday, 5/1 | Final Exam (in Wells Hall, B 100) from 12:45-2:45pm [Formula Sheet] |