MA 131 Course Calendar

The schedule below lists the planned activities for this course. See the course syllabus for additional course information. Typos are possible. You are responsible for tracking university closures, final exam schedules, etc. through the NC State University Academic Calendar.

Due dates for assignments should be confirmed through Moodle. Always check the assignments themselves for specific dates. These due dates are tentative based on the start of the semester; dates may change on Moodle without changing on this schedule.

Week 1 (Monday, August 17 - Friday, August 21)

Overview of class; Supplement 10.1; difference equations; simple vs compound interest: Overview and difference equations; interest

Assignments
  • Please introduce yourself on our class forum! Ideally by the end of our first week. (Monday, August 17)
  • Intro to WebAssign (Friday, August 21)

Week 2 (Monday, August 24 - Friday, August 28)

10.3 Graphing difference equations; types of graphs; examples; 10.4 word problems: Graphing difference equations and word problems

Assignments
  • Intro to Symbolic Questions (Monday, August 24)
  • Symbolic Questions (Part 2) (Friday, August 28)

Week 3 (Monday, August 31 - Friday, September 4)

WebAssign: Difference Equations #6; Textbook 1.1 lines; slopes, graphs, and equations; 1.2 tangent lines

Assignments
  • Difference Equations (I) (Friday, September 4)

Week 4 (Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 11)

1.4 calculating limits; limit definition of the derivative; limits to infinity; 1.3–1.4 limits: Lines, tangent lines, and introductory limits

Assignments
  • Difference Equations (II) (Monday, September 7)
  • Derivatives and Tangent Lines (Friday, September 11)
Important Dates
  • Monday, September 7: Labor Day

Week 5 (Monday, September 14 - Friday, September 18)

1.5 differentiability and continuity; 1.6 rules for differentiation: Limits, derivative definition, and continuity; 1.7 more about derivatives; 1.8 derivatives as a rate of change; average rate of change

Assignments
  • Derivatives (II) (Thursday, September 17)
  • Limits, Continuity and Differentiability (Friday, September 18)

Week 6 (Monday, September 21 - Friday, September 25)

2.1 topics; 2.2 sketching; 2.2 & 2.4 derivative rules continued; second derivative rule; 2.2–2.4 continued: Curve sketching with the first and second derivatives

Assignments
  • Mini-homework: Difference Equations (Thursday, September 24)
📝 Midterm 1: Wednesday, September 23 -- Friday, September 25
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.

Week 7 (Monday, September 28 - Friday, October 2)

Locate relative extrema and critical points; steps for graphing functions; more curve sketching examples; review topics for Test 1: (Lectures 1-18); Test 1; 2.5 optimization; more optimization: Curve sketching and optimization

Assignments
  • Applications of Derivatives (Thursday, October 1)
Important Dates

Week 8 (Monday, October 5 - Friday, October 9)

3.1 product and quotient rules; 3.1 continued; 3.2 chain rule; additional differentiation examples: Product, quotient, and chain rules

Assignments
  • Optimization (Thursday, October 8)

Week 9 (Monday, October 12 - Friday, October 16)

4.1 exponential functions; 4.2 derivatives of exponentials; 4.3 exponential functions; 4.4–4.6 logarithms; derivatives of logarithms (practice): Exponential and logarithmic functions

Assignments
  • Mini-homework: Product, Quotient and Chain Rules (Thursday, October 15)

Week 10 (Monday, October 19 - Friday, October 23)

Using product/quotient rules with exp/log; finding relative maxima/minima and critical values; 5.1 differential equation

Important Dates
  • Monday, October 19 -- Tuesday, October 20: Fall Break (No classes) 🍂

Week 11 (Monday, October 26 - Friday, October 30)

6.1 antidifferentiation and indefinite integrals; 6.1 formulas; Test 2 review, parts I–II: Applications with exp/log and Test 2 review

Assignments
  • More Rules of Differentiation (Thursday, October 29)
  • Mini-homework: Exponential Functions (Thursday, October 29)
  • Mini-homework: Rules of Logarithms (Thursday, October 29)
  • Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (Thursday, October 29)

Week 12 (Monday, November 2 - Friday, November 6)

6.2 definite integrals: Antidifferentiation and definite integrals; 6.3 area under a curve; Riemann sums; definite integrals of non-positive functions; review of graphing quadratics; 6.4 area between curves; Test 2

Assignments
  • Applications: Exponential, Logarithmic Functions (Thursday, November 5)
  • Mini-homework: Antiderivatives (Thursday, November 5)
📝 Midterm 2: Thursday, November 5 -- Monday, November 9
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.

Week 13 (Monday, November 9 - Friday, November 13)

6.4 continued: Area, Riemann sums, and area between curves; 6.5 applications of the definite integral; average value of a function; volumes of revolution

Week 14 (Monday, November 16 - Friday, November 20)

9.1 substitution for indefinite integrals; 9.1 continued; 9.3 substitution for definite integrals: Substitution techniques; 9.4 approximation of definite integrals;

Week 15 (Monday, November 23 - Friday, November 27)

9.6 improper integrals; LDOC: Approximation and improper integrals

Important Dates
  • Wednesday, November 25 -- Friday, November 27: Thanksgiving Holiday 🦃

Week 16 (Monday, November 30 - Friday, December 4)

LDOC!

Assignments
  • Mini-homework: Area under Curves, Riemann Sums (Tuesday, December 1)
  • Integrals and Areas Under Curves (Tuesday, December 1)
  • Mini-homework: Solids of Revolution (Tuesday, December 1)
  • Further Integration (Tuesday, December 1)
  • Final Exam Opens (Thursday, December 3)
Important Dates

Week 17 (Monday, December 7 - Friday, December 11)

Good luck on your finals!

Assignments
  • Final Exam Closes (Monday, December 7)