Houston Community College
Northwest College
Spring Branch Campus
Math Department
Instructor: Hung Dam
Room: 213
Fall 2012
Math 2413 : Calculus I
CRN : 23707
Aug 27 – Dec 12
MW, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Phone: 832-798-5983
COURSE SYLLABUS, CALCULUS I, FALL 2012
Prerequisites: Math 2412. Pass with a “C” or better, or consent of the Department Head.
Text Book:. CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY by Larson & Edwards, 9th
edition, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2010.
Departmental Policies:
1. Each student should receive a copy of the syllabus for the course on the first week of
class.
2. There will be 3 major tests.
3. Each major test should be announced at least one week or the equivalent in advance.
4. Either an open book or a take-home major test may be given at the discretion of the
instructor.
5. Any review sheet for any major test should be comprehensive and the student should
not feel that classroom notes, homework and major tests may be ignored in favor of the
review sheet.
6. Each major test is counted for 25% of the final grade.
7. There will be a comprehensive final exam and questions on it can deal with any of the
course objectives.
8. The final exam must be taken by all students
9. The final exam is counted for 25% of the final grade.
10.The final course average will be used in the usual manner. Grades will be assigned as
follows :
Course average:
Grade:
90 - 100
A
80 - 89
B
70 - 79
C
60 - 69
D
Below 60
F
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CALENDAR
SESSION DATE
TOPICS
SECTIONS
WEEK # 1
M Aug 27, 2012 Graphs & Models.
Linear Models & Rates of Change
P.1
P.2
W Aug 29
P.3
P.4
Functions & Their Graphs
Fitting Models to Data
WEEK # 2
M Sep 03
Labor Day Holiday
No class
W Sep 05
A Preview of Calculus
1.1
WEEK # 3
M Sep 10
Finding Limits Graphically & Numerically
1.2
W Sep12
Evaluating Limits Analytically
1.3
WEEK # 4
M Sep 17
Continuity and One-Sided Limits
1.4
W Sep 19
Infinite Limits
1.5
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CALENDAR
SESSION DATE
TOPICS
SECTIONS
WEEK # 5
M Sep 24, 2012
W Sep 26
Test # 1
The Derivative and the Tangent Line Problem
Chapter P +
Chapter 1
2.1
WEEK # 6
M Oct 01
Basic Differentiation Rules & Rates of Change
2.2
W Oct 03
The Product & Quotient Rules of Higher-Order
Derivatives
2.3
WEEK # 7
M Oct 08
The Chain Rule
2.4
W Oct 10
Implicit Differentiation
Related Rates
2.5
2.6
WEEK # 8
M Oct 15
Extrema on an Interval
Rolle’s Theorem & The Mean Value Theorem
W Oct 17
Increasing & Decreasing Functions & the 3.3
First Derivative Test
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3.1
3.2
CALENDAR
WEEK # 9
M Oct 22, 2012
W Oct 24
Test # 2
Concavity & the Second Derivative Test
Chapter 2
3.4
WEEK # 10
M Oct 29
Limits at Infinity
3.5
W Oct 31
A Summary of Curve Sketching
3.6
WEEK # 11
M Nov 05
Optimization Problems
3.7
W Nov 07
Newton’s Method
3.8
WEEK # 12
M Nov 12
Differentials
3.9
W Nov 14
Antiderivatives & Indefinite Integration
Area.
4.1
4.2
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CALENDAR
WEEK # 13
M Nov 19, 2012
W Nov 21
Test # 3
Thanksgiving Holiday
Chapter 3
No class
WEEK # 14
M Nov 26
Riemann Sums & Definite Integrals
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
4.3
4.4
W Nov 28
Integration by Substitution
4.5
WEEK # 15
M Dec 03
Review for Final Exam
W Dec 05
No Class
WEEK # 16
M Dec 10
W Dec 12, 2012
No class
Final Exam from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
FALL SEMESTER 2012 ENDS
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