M119 Brief Survey
of Calculus I
Spring 2012; 5590; CV109; TR 1:00-2:30
Instructor: M.
Ehringer Office: PS003,
941-2627 Home: 246-1854
Text: Calculus for Business, Economics, and the Social
and Life Sciences by Hoffman & Bradley, McGraw-Hill, 10th
Edition
Tentative daily schedule
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1. |
Tues,
Jan 10 |
1.1 Functions |
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2. |
Thurs,
Jan 12 |
1.2 Graph of a Function |
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3. |
Tues, Jan 17 |
1.3 Linear Functions |
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4. |
Thurs,
Jan 19 |
1.4 Functional Models (project 1 Divorcee Problem due) |
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5. |
Tues,
Jan 24 |
Test Chapter 1 – Functions and
Graphs
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6. |
Thurs,
Jan 26 |
2.1 The Derivative: Slope and Rates |
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7. |
Tues,
Jan 31 |
2.2 Techniques of Differentiation |
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8. |
Thurs, Feb 2 |
2.3 Product and Quotient Rules; Higher-Order
Derivatives (project 2 Slope of
Tangent Line due) |
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9. |
Tues,
Feb 7 |
2.4 Marginal Analysis: Approximation by Increments |
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10. |
Thurs,
Feb 9 |
2.5 The Chain Rule |
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11. |
Tues,
Feb 14 |
Review &
Catch-up
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12. |
Thurs,
Feb 16 |
Test Chapter 2 – Differentiation;
Basic Concepts
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13. |
Tues,
Feb 21 |
3.1 Increasing and Decreasing Functions |
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14. |
Thurs,
Feb 23 |
3.2 Concavity |
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15. |
Tues, Feb 28 |
3.4 Optimization
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16. |
Thurs,
Mar 1 |
3.5 Practical Optimization |
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17. |
Tues,
Mar 6 |
Review
& Catch-up (project 3 Interpreting
Derivatives due) |
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18. |
Thurs,
Mar 8 |
Test Chapter 3 – Additional Apps
of the Derivative
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19. |
Tues,
Mar 13 |
4.1 Exponential Functions |
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20. |
Thurs,
Mar 15 |
4.2 Logarithmic Functions |
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21. |
Tues,
Mar 20 |
4.3 Differentiation of Logarithmic and Exponential Fncts
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22. |
Thurs,
Mar 22 |
4.3 More on Differentiation of logs and
exponentials |
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Mar
26-29 |
Spring Break |
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23. |
Tues,
April 3 |
4.4 Additional Exponential Models (project 4& 5 Modeling due) |
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24. |
Thurs,
April 5 |
Test Chapter 4 – Exponential and
Logarithmic Functions
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25. |
Tues,
April 10 |
5.1 Antidifferentiation – The Indefinite
Integral |
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26. |
Thurs,
April 12 |
5.3 Definite Integration |
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27. |
Tues,
April 17 |
5.4 Area Between Curves
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28. |
Thurs, April 18 |
Review
for Final Exam (project 6 Definite Integration due) |
Thurs April 26 –
1:00-3:00 Comprehensive Final Exam
Course
Goals: To learn how to
graph and model real world problems with functions, compute derivatives,
utilize derivatives in graphing and optimization problems, graph and model with
exponential and logarithmic functions, basic integration computation and
graphing.
Grades: There will be four 100 pt tests
as scheduled above. The comprehensive final is worth 200 pts. An
additional 100 points are from the best 10 of 12 ten-point pop quizzes.
There will also be 100 total points from assigned projects. If fail the final, maximum
grade possible is C.
Office Hours: Mon 1:30-3:00; Wed 1:30-2:00; Wed
2:00-3:00 in Math Lab PS 015,
other
times available by appointment