Math 235 Syllabus - Spring 2009

This syllabus is subject to change. Any changes will be announced in class and on the course web page as the semester progresses.

The course webpage is http://www.math.jmu.edu/~martin/courses/235_sp09/policies.html

Date	Material	Assignment
Week 1
01/12/09	Overview of the course	Course web page
01/14/09	Review of stuff you should already know	Section 1.1 - 1.5
01/15/08	Group work Day (practice with stuff you already know)	Sections 1.1-1.5
01/16/08	More group work	Sections 1.1-1.5
Week 2
01/19/09	MLK Day	No Class Meeting
01/21/09	Even more group work	Sections 1.1-1.5
01/22/08	Basics of Functions	Sections 2.1-2.3
01/23/08	Limits	Section 2.4 and 2.5
Week 3
01/26/09	Limits, for real	Section 2.6
01/28/09	Snow Day	Snow Day
01/29/09	More on Limits, for real	Section 2.6
01/30/09	Homework Day	2.4: 1, 2, 10, 11, 14
		2.5: 9, 17, 24, 25, 45, 49, 60, 63, 65, 75
		2.6: 5, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 27, 28
Week 4
02/02/09	Continuity	Section 2.7
02/04/09	Limits, Continuity, and Trig	Section 2.8
02/05/09	Tangent lines and rates of change	Section 3.1
02/06/09	Homework Day	2.7: 10, 12, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 28, 36, 39
		2.8: 17, 25, 36, 47, 48, 52
		3.1: 10, 14, 19, 21, 23, 25
Week 5
02/09/09	Derivatives, for real	Section 3.2
	Derivative Rules	Section 3.3
02/11/09	Trig Derivative Rules	Section 3.4
02/12/09	Homework Day	3.2: 21, 27, 28, 32, 39, 43, 45, 47
		3.3: 31, 43, 60, 63, 75, 80, 84, 85
		3.4: 13, 15, 17, 29, 31, 32, 35, 37
02/13/09	Exponentials, Logs, and their derivatives	Course lecture (don't miss it)
Week 6
02/16/09	Chain Rule	Section 3.5
02/18/09	Implicit Differentiation	Section 3.6
02/19/09	Homework Day	Exponentials and Logs handout
		3.5: 33, 35, 51, 53, 58, 60, 65, 66, 68
		3.6: 4, 8, 36, 54, 56
02/20/09	Exam 1	Don't Freak Out
Week 7
02/23/09	Related Rates	Section 4.1
02/25/09	Using Derivatives	Section 4.2
02/26/09	Homework Day	4.1: 4, 5, 6, 12, 14, 16, 20, 21
		4.2: 2, 8, 10, 14, 18, 21, 22, 28c, 29a, 30, 38
02/27/09	First and Second Derivative Tests	Section 4.3
Week 8
03/02/09	Snow Day	No Class
03/04/09	More on 1st and 2nd Derivatives	Section 4.3
03/05/09	Graphing Functions	Section 4.4
		Section 4.5
03/06/09	Go over Exam 1	Exam 1 returned
Spring Break (03/09 - 03/13)
Week 9
03/16/09	Maxima and Minima	Section 4.6
03/18/09	More Maxima and Minima	Section 4.6
03/19/09	Homework Day	Section 4.3: 6, 10, 16, 18, 20, 26, 28, 38, 42, 46, 47
		Section 4.4: 24, 28, 44, 50
		Section 4.5: 1, 16, 20
		Section 4.6: 4, 8, 17, 28, 40
03/20/09	Applied Maxima and Minima	Section 4.7
Week 10
03/23/09	Newton's Method	Section 4.8
03/25/09	Mean Value Theorem	Section 4.9
03/26/09	Homework Day	Section 4.7: 16, 18, 41, 44, 58
		Section 4.8: 16, 17, 26
		Section 4.9: 20, 36, 37, 40
03/27/09	Integration	Section 5.1
		Section 5.2
Week 11
03/30/09	Integration by Substitution	Section 5.3
04/01/09	Summation Notation	Section 5.4
04/02/09	Homework Day	Section 5.2: 1-10, 21, 26, 29, 38
		Section 5.3: 2, 10, 16, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35
		Section 5.4: 2, 8, 24, 30, 32, 33, 38, 46, 50, 54
04/03/09	Exam 2	Don't Freak Out
Week 12
04/06/09	Areas as Limits	Section 5.5
04/08/09	The Definite Integral	Section 5.6
04/09/09	Homework Day	Section 5.5: 1, 2, 9, 10, 16, 18
		Section 5.6: 1, 3, 12, 14, 24, 33, 34, 40, 45 (explain why!)
04/10/09	The (First) Fundamental Theorem of Calculus	Section 5.7
Week 13
04/13/09	Riemann Sums	Section 5.8
04/15/09	The (Second) Fundamental Theorem of Calculus	Section 5.9
04/16/09	Homework Day	Section 5.7: 1-10, 18, 20, 31, 32, 40, 56
		Section 5.8: 1, 2, 4, 12, 22, 30, 37, 40, 46, 52, 53
		Section 5.9: 1-4, 12, 15, 18, 22, 24, 27, 30, 32
04/17/09	Area Between Curves	Section 6.1
Week 14
04/20/09	Disks and Washers	Section 6.2
04/22/09	Shells	Section 6.3
04/23/09	Homework Day	Section 6.1: 1-4, 10, 19, 20, 28, 31, 37
		Section 6.2: 1-4, 10, 15, 23, 57, 58
		Section 6.3: 1-4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 26
04/24/09	Exam 3	Aaaaah!! Freak Out!!
Week 15
04/27/09	Review	Review
04/29/09	Review	Review
04/30/09	Review	Review
05/01/09	Review	Review