MAT 168H Tentative Schedule

This was written for a previous year, and should serve as a general idea of what we will study.

We finish the department's curriculum early, and while we could study differential equations at the end, we may study something else.

 

Planned Date

Actual Date

Topic

14 Jan
14-16 Jan
Areas and distances
16 Jan
16-18 Jan
The definite integral
18 Jan 18 Jan
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, part I
21 Jan MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY
22 Jan
Field trip to Stennis Space Center
23 Jan
25 Jan
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, part II
25 Jan
25 Jan
Indefinite integrals and the Net Change Theorem
28 Jan
28 Jan
The Substitution Rule
30 Jan PAUSE
1 Feb 6 Feb Areas between curves
4 Feb

MARDI GRAS HOLIDAY
6 Feb 1 Feb
Test 1: Integrals
8 Feb
8, 11 Feb
Volumes, part I
11 Feb 11, 13 Feb
Volumes, part II
13 Feb 13, 15 Feb
Work
15 Feb 15, 18 Feb
The average value of a function
18 Feb

PAUSE
20 Feb 22 Feb
Test 2: Applications of integration
22 Feb 25 Feb Integration by parts
25 Feb 27, 29 Feb Trigonometric integrals
25 Feb 29 Feb; 3 Mar Trigonometric substitution
27 Feb 5 Mar
Partial fractions
29 Feb Read
Strategies for integration
3 Mar 7 Mar
Approximate integration
5 Mar 17 Mar
Improper integrals
7 Mar

PAUSE
10 Mar
SPRING BREAK
12 Mar SPRING BREAK
14 Mar SPRING BREAK
17 Mar
19 Mar
Test 3: Techniques of integration
19 Mar 24 Mar
Arc length
21 Mar GOOD FRIDAY
24 Mar 26 Mar
Surface area
26 Mar 28 Mar, 2 Apr, 4 Apr
Applications to physics and engineering
28 Mar
28 Mar
Applications to economics and biology
31 Mar 31 Mar
Probability
7 Apr
Test 4: Further applications of integration
9 Apr 9, 11 Apr Curves defined by parametric equations
11 Apr 14 Apr Calculus with parametric curves, part 1
14 Apr 14, 16 Apr Calculus with parametric curves, part 2
16 Apr 18, 21 Apr Modeling with differential equations
18 Apr 23, 25 Apr Direction fields and Euler's Method
21 Apr 25, 28 Apr Separable equations
23 Apr 28 Apr Models for population growth
25 Apr 28, 30 Apr Linear differential equations
28 Apr 30 Apr Predator-prey systems
7 May Final Exam (1·30-4pm)