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; dates may change on Moodle without changing on this schedule.
Week 1 (Monday, June 29 - Friday, July 3)
- Monday: DELTA appointments open; course overview; Supplement 10.1; difference equations; simple vs. compound interest
- Tuesday: Graphing difference equations; types of graphs; word problems
- Wednesday: Textbook 1.1 lines, slopes, graphs, and equations; 1.2 tangent lines
- Thursday: Limits, the limit definition of the derivative, and limits to infinity
- Friday: Independence Day observed (University closed; No classes)
Important Dates
- Friday, July 3: Independence Day observed (University closed; No classes)
Assignments
- Please introduce yourself on our class forum! Ideally by the end of our first week. (Monday, June 29)
- Intro to WebAssign (Tuesday, June 30)
- Intro to Symbolic Questions (Tuesday, June 30)
- Symbolic Questions (Part 2) (Tuesday, June 30)
- Difference Equations (II) (Sunday, July 5)
Week 2 (Monday, July 6 - Friday, July 10)
- Monday: Differentiability, continuity, and basic rules for differentiation
- Tuesday: More derivative rules; derivatives as a rate of change; average rate of change
- Wednesday: Curve sketching with the first and second derivatives
- Thursday: Relative extrema, critical points, and steps for graphing functions
- Friday: Optimization and more optimization
Assignments
- Derivatives and Tangent Lines (Tuesday, July 7)
- Limits, Continuity and Differentiability (Tuesday, July 7)
- Derivatives (II) (Thursday, July 9)
- Difference Equations (I) (Thursday, July 9)
- Mini-homework: Difference Equations (Thursday, July 9)
- Applications of Derivatives (Sunday, July 12)
- Optimization (Sunday, July 12)
Week 3 (Monday, July 13 - Friday, July 17)
- Monday: Review for 💻 Midterm 1
- Tuesday: 💻 Midterm 1 Day 1
- Wednesday: 💻 Midterm 1 Day 2; product and quotient rules
- Thursday: Chain rule and additional differentiation examples
- Friday: Exponential functions and derivatives of exponentials
Assignments
- Midterm 1 Opens (Tuesday, July 14)
- Midterm 1 Closes (Wednesday, July 15)
- Mini-homework: Product, Quotient and Chain Rules (Wednesday, July 15)
- More Rules of Differentiation (Wednesday, July 15)
- Mini-homework: Exponential Functions (Sunday, July 19)
- Mini-homework: Rules of Logarithms (Sunday, July 19)
- Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (Sunday, July 19)
Week 4 (Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24)
- Monday: Logarithms, derivatives of logarithms, and exponential/logarithmic applications
- Tuesday: Introductory differential equations; antidifferentiation and indefinite integrals
- Wednesday: Definite integrals, area under a curve, and Riemann sums
- Thursday: Review for 💻 Midterm 2
- Friday: 💻 Midterm 2 Day 1
Assignments
- Applications: Exponential, Logarithmic Functions (Tuesday, July 21)
- Mini-homework: Antiderivatives (Thursday, July 23)
- Midterm 2 Opens (Friday, July 24)
Week 5 (Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31)
- Monday: 💻 Midterm 2 Day 2; approximation of definite integrals
- Tuesday: Area between curves; applications of the definite integral; average value
- Wednesday: Volumes of revolution; substitution for indefinite and definite integrals
- Thursday: Improper integrals; further integration review
- Friday: Review for the final exam
Assignments
- Midterm 2 Closes (Monday, July 27)
- Mini-homework: Area under Curves, Riemann Sums (Thursday, July 30)
- Integrals and Areas Under Curves (Thursday, July 30)
- Mini-homework: Solids of Revolution (Thursday, July 30)
Week 6 (Monday, August 3 - Tuesday, August 4)
Assignments
- Final Exam Opens (Monday, August 3)
- Final Exam Closes (Tuesday, August 4)