Topics and schedule

This is a sample schedule. Your actual schedule may be slightly different, but the topics covered will remain the same.

  • Week 1: Introduction. Functions.
  • Week 2: Limits, continuity.
  • Week 3: Limits involving infinity.
  • Week 4: Derivatives, basic differentiation formulas.
  • Week 5: Product, quotient, and chain rule.
  • Week 6: Midterm 1.
  • Week 7: Implicit differentiation. Linear approximation. Inverse functions.
  • Week 8: Exponentials and logarithms. Applications.
  • Week 9: Extrema. MVT.
  • Week 10: Variations and concavity. Applications.
  • Week 11: More applications. Midterm 2.
  • Week 12: Functions of several variables. Thanksgiving break.
  • Week 13: Partial derivatives. Linear approximation.
  • Week 14: Local and global extrema.
  • Week 15: Catch-up and review.