Schedule
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The schedule may change according to our progress through the topics.
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Section numbers refer to Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 9th Edition. (This book is almost identical to the 6th, 7th, and 8th editions, which you may use as a substitute if it will save you money.)
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To access WebWork, click the WebWork link on the MTH 142 BlackBoard site.
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Webwork set due dates are 11:59pm every Friday. Set 1 is the first graded assignment (set 00 does not count for a grade).
- Week of Aug 28 (Week 1):
- Classes Start Wed, Aug 30
- Topics: 4.5 Curve Sketching (Ignore Slant Asymptotes. Helpful to review 4.3.)
- Recommended exercises: 4.5: 13, 19, 20, 27, 35, 43.
- Week of Sep 4 (Week 2):
- No Classes Mon, Sep 4
- Topics: 4.7 Optimization Problems
- Recommended exercises: 4.7: 13, 16, 23, 25, 40, 50
- First webwork set due Fri Sep 8.
- Week of Sep 11 (Week 3):
- Topics: 4.9 Antiderivatives
- Recommended exercises: 4.9: 16, 36, 47, 61, 63
- Workshops start this week.
- Week of Sep 18 (Week 4):
- Topics: 5.1 Areas and Distances, 5.2 Definite Integrals
- Recommended exercises: 5.1: 3, 13, 5.2: 1, 6, 21, 40, 47, 68
- Week of Sep 25 (Week 5):
- Topics: 5.3 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, 5.4 Net Change Theorem
- Recommended exercises: 5.3: 3, 11, 21, 25, 37, 43, 47, 55, 59, 68, 5.4: 32, 45, 51, 61.
- Week of Oct 2 (Week 6):
- Topics: 5.5 Substitution Rule
- Recommended exercises: 5.5: 16, 45, 47, 56, 61, 73.
- Midterm I Tues 10/3
- Week of Oct 9 (Week 7):
- Topics: 6.1 Areas Between Curves, 6.2 Volumes
- Recommended exercises: 6.1: 7, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27. 6.2: 7, 9, 14, 15, 49, 56.
- Week of Oct 16 (Week 8):
- Fall break: No classes Oct 16–17
- Topics: 6.2 Volumes
- Recommended exercises: 6.2: 7, 9, 14, 15, 49, 56.
- Week of Oct 23:
- Topics: 6.3 Volumes by Cylindrical Shells
- Recommended exercises: 6.3: 7, 11, 15, 19.
- Week of Oct 30 (Week 9):
- Topics: 6.4 Work
- Recommended exercises: 6.4: 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 23, 24.
- Week of Nov 6 (Week 10):
- Topics: 7.1 Integration by Parts, 7.2 Trigonometric Integrals
- Recommended exercises: 7.1: 7, 15, 17, 27, 37, 7.2: 5, 11, 27, 35, 40, 41.
- Midterm II Thurs 11/7
- Week of Nov 13 (Week 11):
- Topics: 7.2 Trigonometric Integrals, 7.3 Trigonometric Substitution
- Recommended exercises: 7.2: 5, 11, 27, 35, 40, 41, 7.3: 5, 7, 8, 16, 21, 23.
- Week of Nov 20 (Week 12):
- No class Nov. 23-24
- Topics: 7.3 Trigonometric Substitution, 7.4 Partial Fractions (skip case IV – repeated imaginary roots).
- Recommended exercises: 7.3: 5, 7, 8, 16, 21, 23, 7.4: 5, 19, 23, 41.
- Week of Nov 27 (Week 13):
- Topics: 7.5 Strategy for Integration, 4.4 L’Hospital’s Rule (review).
- Recommended exercises: 7.5: 1-82, 4.4: 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 17, 21, 26, 31, 34, 49, 52, 55.
- Week of Dec 4 (Week 14):
- Topics: 7.8 Improper Integrals; 8.1 Arc Length.
- Recommended exercises: 7.8: 2, 11, 13, 35, 36, 37, 49, 53, 8.1: 11, 13, 15.
- Week of Dec 11 (Week 15):
- Topics: Catchup and Review
- Last day of classes Wed, April 26.
- Final Exam Monday, May 1, 7:15-10:15pm. See Exams for details.