Math 1121 Course Outlines

Calculus for Technology Majors

Textbook and exam schedule: Check with instructors

Week 1 Rectangular Coordinates; Graph of an Equation; Some Basic Definitions; The Straight Line

Week 2 The Circle; The Parabola; The Ellipse; The Hyperbola

Week 3 Translation of Axes; Algebraic Functions; Limits

Week 4 The Slope of a Tangent to a Curve; The Derivative; The Meaning of the Derivative; Review for Test 1

Week 5 Test 1; Derivatives of Polynomials; Derivatives of Products and Quotients of Functions

Week 6 The Derivatives of a Power of a Function; Differentiation of Implicit Functions; Higher Derivatives

Week 7 Tangents and Normals; Related Rates; Using Derivatives (Curve Sketching)

Week 8 Using Derivatives on Curve Sketching (continued); Applied Maxima and Minimum Problems

Week 9 Differentials; Antiderivatives; Review for Test 2

Week 10 Test 2; The Indefinite Integral; The Area Under a Curve

Week 11 The Definite Integral; The Trigonometric Functions; Basic Trigonometric Relations

Week 12 Derivatives of the Sine and Cosine Functions; Derivatives of the Other Trigonometric Functions

Week 13 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions; Derivative of the Logarithmic Functions; Derivative of the Exponentials Function

Week 14 The General Power Formula; Basic Logarithmic Form; Exponential Form

Week 15 Basic Trigonometric Forms; Review; Test 3

Week 16 Review; Final exam