Houston Community College
Northwest College
Spring Branch Campus
Math Department
Instructor: Hung Dam
Room: 215
Spring 2013
Math 2413 : Calculus I
CRN : 36340
Jan 14 – May 12
MW, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Phone: 832-798-5983
COURSE SYLLABUS, CAL I, SPRING 2013
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 Jan 14, 2013
W Jan 16
Graphs & Models.
Linear Models & Rates of Change
P.1
P.2
Functions & Their Graphs
Fitting Models to Data
P.3
P.4
WEEK # 2
M Jan 21
MLK Holiday
W Jan 23
A Preview of Calculus
1.1
WEEK # 3
M Jan 28
Finding Limits Graphically & Numerically
1.2
W Jan 30
Evaluating Limits Analytically
1.3
WEEK # 4
M Feb 04
Continuity and One-Sided Limits
1.4
W Feb 06
Infinite Limits
1.5
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CALENDAR
SESSION DATE
TOPICS
SECTIONS
WEEK # 5
M Feb 11, 2013
W Feb 13
Major Exam # 1
Chapter P +
Chapter 1
The Derivative and The Tangent Line Prpblem 2.1
Basic Differentiation Rules & Rates of Change 2.2
WEEK # 6
M Feb 18
Presidents’ Holiday
W Feb 20
The Product & Quotient Rules of Higher-Order
Derivatives
2.3
WEEK # 7
M Feb 25
The Chain Rule
2.4
W Feb 27
Implicit Differentiation
2.5
WEEK # 8
M Mar 04
W Mar 06
Related Rates
2.6
Extrema on an Interval
3.1
Rolle’s Theorem & The Mean Value Theorem 3.2
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CALENDAR
WEEK # 9
M Mar 18 2013
W Mar 20
Major Exam # 2
Increasing & Decreasing Functions & the
First Derivative Test
Chapter 2
3.3
WEEK # 10
M Mar 25
Concavity & the Second Derivative Test
3.4
W Mar 27
Limits at Infinity
3.5
WEEK # 11
M Apr 01
A Summary of Curve Sketching
3.6
W Apr 03
Optimization Problems
3.7
WEEK # 12
M Apr 08
Newton’s Method
3.8
W Apr 10
Differentials
3.9
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CALENDAR
WEEK # 13
M Apr 15, 2013
W Apr 17
Major Exam # 3
Antiderivatives & Indefinite Integration
Area.
Chapter 3
4.1
4.2
WEEK # 14
M Apr 22
Riemann Sums & Definite Integrals
4.3
W Apr 24
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
4.4
WEEK # 15
M Apr 29
Integration by Substitution
W May 01
Review for Final Exam
WEEK # 16
M May 06
W May 08
Final Exam from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
No meeting
SPRING SEMESTER 2013 ENDS
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