MA 241 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 (Wednesday, May 20 - Friday, May 22)
- Wednesday: • Review Part 1: Trigonometry
• Review Part 2: Other Precalc Topics
- Thursday: • Review Part 3: Derivatives
• Review Part 4: u-sub and integration by parts
- Friday: • U1 L01: Trig Integrals 1
• U1 L02: Trig Integrals 2
Assignments
- Please introduce yourself on our class forum! Ideally by the end of our first week. (Wednesday, May 20)
- Homework 0.1 (Friday, May 22)
Week 2 (Monday, May 25 - Friday, May 29)
- Monday: Memorial Day (University closed; No classes)
- Tuesday: • U1 L03: Trig Sub 1
• U1 L04: Trig Sub 2
- Wednesday: U1 L05: Partial Fractions 1
- Thursday: U1 L06: Partial Fractions 2
- Friday: • U1 L07: Improper Integrals 1
• U1 L08: Improper Integrals 2
Important Dates
- Monday, May 25: Memorial Day (University closed; No classes)
Assignments
- Intro to WebAssign (Tuesday, May 26)
- Entering Symbolic Answers (Tuesday, May 26)
- Homework 2.1 (Friday, May 29)
- Homework 2.2 (Friday, May 29)
Week 3 (Monday, June 1 - Friday, June 5)
- Monday: U1 L09: Improper Integrals 3
- Tuesday: Review for Test 1
- Wednesday–Friday: MA 241 Test 1 (recommended testing window)
Assignments
- Homework 2.3 (Wednesday, June 3)
- Homework 2.6 (Wednesday, June 3)
- 📝 Test 1 Opens (Wednesday, June 3)
- 📝 Test 1 Closes (Friday, June 5)
Week 4 (Monday, June 8 - Friday, June 12)
- Monday: • U2 L01: Arc Length
• U2 L02: Average Value
- Tuesday: • U2 L03: Force and Work
• U2 L04: Springs
- Wednesday: U2 L05: Pumping Fluid
- Thursday: Drop/Revision Deadline for 10-week summer courses
- Friday: U2 L06: Hydrostatic Pressure
Important Dates
- Thursday, June 11: Drop/Revision Deadline for 10-week summer courses
Assignments
- Homework 1.1 (Friday, June 12)
- Homework 1.2 (Friday, June 12)
Week 5 (Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 19)
- Monday: U2 L07: Center of Mass
- Tuesday: • U3 L01: Introduction to Sequences
• U3 L02: Convergent Sequences
- Wednesday: • U3 L03: Theorems about Limits of Sequences
• U3 L04: Introduction to Infinite Series
- Thursday: • U3 L05: Test for Divergence
• U3 L06: Geometric Series
- Friday: Juneteenth observed (No classes or exams)
Important Dates
- Friday, June 19: Juneteenth observed (No classes or exams)
Assignments
- Homework 1.3 (Tuesday, June 16)
- Homework 4.1 (Thursday, June 18)
Week 6 (Monday, June 22 - Friday, June 26)
- Monday: U3 L07: Integral Test and p-series
- Tuesday: • U3 L08: Other Comparison Test (OCT)
• U3 L09: Limit Comparison Test (LCT)
- Wednesday: U3 L10: Alternating Series Test (AST)
- Thursday–Friday: 5-Week Final Exams (No classes for 10-Week courses)
Important Dates
- Thursday, June 25 -- Friday, June 26: 5-Week Final Exams (No classes for 10-Week courses)
Assignments
- Homework 4.2 (Wednesday, June 24)
- Homework 4.3 (Wednesday, June 24)
Week 7 (Monday, June 29 - Friday, July 3)
- Monday: U3 L11: Absolute Convergence and the Ratio Test
- Tuesday–Thursday: MA 241 Test 2 (recommended testing window)
- Friday: Independence Day observed (University closed; No classes)
Important Dates
- Friday, July 3: Independence Day observed (University closed; No classes)
Assignments
- Homework 4.4 (Monday, June 29)
- Homework 4.5 (Monday, June 29)
- 📝 Test 2 Opens (Monday, June 29)
- 📝 Test 2 Closes (Wednesday, July 1)
Week 8 (Monday, July 6 - Friday, July 10)
- Monday: • U3 L12: Introduction to Power Series
• U3 L13: Interval of Convergence
- Tuesday: • U3 L14: Finding the Radius of Convergence
• U3 L15: Functions as Power Series
- Wednesday: • U3 L16: Differentiating Power Series
• U3 L17: Integrating Power Series
- Thursday: • U3 L18: Representation for arctan(x)
• U3 L19: Taylor Series Coefficients
- Friday: U3 L20: Famous Examples of Taylor Series
Assignments
- Homework 4.6 (Friday, July 10)
- Homework 4.7 (Friday, July 10)
Week 9 (Monday, July 13 - Friday, July 17)
- Monday: U4 L01: Introduction to ODEs
- Tuesday: • U4 L02: Exponential Growth
• U4 L03: Slope Fields
- Wednesday: U4 L04: Euler's Method
- Thursday: • U4 L05: Separable Differential Equations
• U4 L06: Orthogonal Trajectories
- Friday: • U4 L07: Newton's Law of Cooling
• U4 L08: Tank Mixing
Assignments
- Homework 4.8 (Tuesday, July 14)
- Homework 3.1 (Friday, July 17)
Week 10 (Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24)
- Monday: • U4 L09: Logistic Model for Growth
• Review for Test 3
- Tuesday–Thursday: MA 241 Test 3 (recommended testing window)
- Friday: U4 L11: Introduction to Second-Order ODEs
Assignments
- Homework 3.2 (Monday, July 20)
- Homework 3.3 (Monday, July 20)
- 📝 Test 3 Opens (Monday, July 20)
- 📝 Test 3 Closes (Wednesday, July 22)
Week 11 (Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31)
- Monday: • U4 L12: Real, Distinct Roots
• U4 L13: Real, Repeated Roots
- Tuesday: • U4 L14: Imaginary and Complex Roots
• U4 L15: Euler's Formula
- Wednesday: • U4 L16: Imaginary Roots
• U4 L17: Complex Roots
- Thursday: U4 L18: Method of Undetermined Coefficients (Day 1)
- Friday: U4 L18: Method of Undetermined Coefficients (Day 2)
Assignments
- Homework 3.4 (Monday, July 27)
- Homework 3.5 (Wednesday, July 29)
- Homework 2.5 (extra credit) (Wednesday, July 29)
Week 12 (Monday, August 3 - Tuesday, August 4)
Assignments
- 📝 Final Exam opens (Monday, August 3)
- 📝 Final Exam closes (Tuesday, August 4)