Math 1013 Calculus I, Fall 2017

Tentative schedule

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)
Week two:
  • Inverse functions, logarithms, trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions (1.6, Appendix D)
Week three:
  • Tangent and velocity (2.1)
  • The limit of a function, limit laws (2.2, 2.3)
Week four:
  • Continuity (2.5)
  • Limits at infinity and horizontal asymptotes (2.6)
  • Derivatives and rates of change (2.7)
Week five: (Holidays: Oct 2, 5)
  • Basic derivatives (2.8, 3.1)
  • Product and quotient rules (3.2)
  • Derivatives of trigonometic functions (3.3)
Week six:
  • Chain rule (3.4)
  • Implicit differentiation, derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions and logarithmic functions (3.5, 3.6)
Week seven:
  • Rates of change problems (3.7, 3.8)
  • Related Rates. (3.9)
  • Midterm Exam: 10:15-11:45, Oct 22 (Sunday)
Week eight: (Holidays: Oct 28)
  • Linear approximations and differentials (3.10)
  • Newton's method (4.8)
  • Maximum and minimum values (4.1)
Week nine:
  • Mean Value Theorem (4.2)
  • Derivatives and the shape of a graph (4.3)
  • L'Hopital's rule (4.4)
Week ten:
  • Curve sketching (4.5, 4.6)
  • Optimization problems (4.7)
Week eleven:
  • Anti-derivatives (4.9)
  • Areas and distances (5.1)
  • Definite integrals (5.2)
Week twelve:
  • The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (5.3)
  • Indefinite integrals and net change (5.4)
Week thirteen:
  • Substitution rule (5.5)
Study Break: Dec 1-6