Math 1013 Calculus I, Fall 2017
Tentative schedule
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Week one:
- Numbers, inequalities and absolute values (Appendix A)
- Basic functions and graphs, composite functions (1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
- Exponential functions (1.4)
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Week two:
- Inverse functions, logarithms, trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions
(1.6, Appendix D)
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Week three:
- Tangent and velocity (2.1)
- The limit of a function, limit laws (2.2, 2.3)
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Week four:
- Continuity (2.5)
- Limits at infinity and horizontal asymptotes (2.6)
- Derivatives and rates of change (2.7)
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Week five: (Holidays: Oct
2, 5)
- Basic derivatives (2.8, 3.1)
- Product and quotient rules (3.2)
- Derivatives of trigonometic functions (3.3)
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Week six:
- Chain rule (3.4)
- Implicit differentiation, derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions
and logarithmic functions (3.5, 3.6)
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Week seven:
- Rates of change problems (3.7, 3.8)
- Related Rates. (3.9)
- Midterm Exam:
10:15-11:45, Oct 22 (Sunday)
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Week eight: (Holidays: Oct
28)
- Linear approximations and differentials (3.10)
- Newton's method (4.8)
- Maximum and minimum values (4.1)
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Week nine:
- Mean Value Theorem (4.2)
- Derivatives and the shape of a graph (4.3)
- L'Hopital's rule (4.4)
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Week ten:
- Curve sketching (4.5, 4.6)
- Optimization problems (4.7)
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Week eleven:
- Anti-derivatives (4.9)
- Areas and distances (5.1)
- Definite integrals (5.2)
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Week twelve:
- The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (5.3)
- Indefinite integrals and net change (5.4)
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Week thirteen:
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Study Break: Dec 1-6