Math 1241 Course Outline

Math1241 (Calculus I) Course Outline.

Check with your instructor for the class syllabus, exam schedules and textbook information.

Week 1    A Catalog of Essential Functions; Limit of a Function; Calculating Limits

Week 2    Continuity; Limits Involving Infinity;

Week 3    Derivatives and Rates of Change; The Derivative of a Function

Week 4    Basic Differentiation Formulas; Product and Quotient Rules; Chain Rule; Implicit Differentiation

Week 5    Review for Test 1; Test 1

Week 6      Related Rates; Linear Approximations and Differentials

Week 7    Inverse Functions and Logarithms; Derivatives of Logarithms and Exponential Functions;

Week 8    Exponential Growth and Decay; Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Week 9    Indeterminate Forms and L’Hospital’s Rule; Maximum and Minimum Values

Week 10   Review for Test 2; Test 2    

Week 11   The Mean Value Theorem; Derivatives and the Shapes of Graphs

Week 12   Curve Sketching; Optimization Problem

Week 13   Newton’s Method;Antiderivatives

Week 14   Review for Test 3; Test 3

Week 15   Review for Common Final Exam; Common Final Exam