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, January 12 - Friday, January 16)

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, January 12)

Week 2 (Monday, January 19 - Friday, January 23)

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

Assignments
  • Intro to WebAssign (Friday, January 23)
  • Intro to Symbolic Questions (Friday, January 23)
  • Symbolic Questions (Part 2) (Friday, January 23)
Important Dates
  • Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Week 3 (Monday, January 26 - Friday, January 30)

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

Week 4 (Monday, February 2 - Friday, February 6)

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) (Thursday, February 5)

Week 5 (Monday, February 9 - Friday, February 13)

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 and Tangent Lines (Thursday, February 12)
  • Limits, Continuity and Differentiability (Thursday, February 12)
  • Derivatives (II) (Thursday, February 12)

Week 6 (Monday, February 16 - Friday, February 20)

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
  • Difference Equations (I) (Thursday, February 19)
  • Mini-homework: Difference Equations (Thursday, February 19)
Important Dates

Week 7 (Monday, February 23 - Friday, February 27)

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, February 26)
📝 Midterm 1: Monday, February 23 -- Wednesday, February 25
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.

Week 8 (Monday, March 2 - Friday, March 6)

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

Assignments
  • Optimization (Thursday, March 5)

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

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, March 12)

Week 10 (Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20)

Important Dates
  • Monday, March 16 -- Friday, March 20: Spring Break 🌸

Week 11 (Monday, March 23 - Friday, March 27)

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

Assignments
  • More Rules of Differentiation (Thursday, March 26)
  • Mini-homework: Exponential Functions (Thursday, March 26)
  • Mini-homework: Rules of Logarithms (Thursday, March 26)
  • Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (Thursday, March 26)

Week 12 (Monday, March 30 - Friday, April 3)

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

Assignments
  • Applications: Exponential, Logarithmic Functions (Thursday, April 2)
  • Mini-homework: Antiderivatives (Thursday, April 2)
  • Mini-homework: Area under Curves, Riemann Sums (Thursday, April 2)
  • Integrals and Areas Under Curves (Thursday, April 2)

Week 13 (Monday, April 6 - Friday, April 10)

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
  • Mini-homework: Solids of Revolution (Friday, April 10)
📝 Midterm 2: Wednesday, April 8 -- Friday, April 10
See the syllabus and Moodle for details.

Week 14 (Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17)

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 15 (Monday, April 20 - Friday, April 24)

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

Week 16 (Monday, April 27 - Friday, May 1)

9.6 improper integrals; LDOC: Approximation and improper integrals

Assignments
  • Further Integration (Tuesday, April 28)
  • Final Exam Opens (Wednesday, April 29)
Important Dates

Week 17 (Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8)

Assignments
  • Final Exam Closes (Monday, May 4)