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Houston Community College
Northwest College
Spring Branch Campus
Math Department
Instructor: Hung Dam
Room: 213
Fall 2013
Math 2413 : Calculus I
CRN : 62316
Aug 26 – Dec 15, 2013
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 by Larson & Edwards, 10th edition, Brooks/Cole, Cengage
Learning, 2014.
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 26, 2013
W Aug 28
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 Sept 02
Labor Day Holiday
W Sept 04
A Preview of Calculus
No class
1.1
WEEK # 3
M Sept 09
Finding Limits Graphically & Numerically
1.2
W Sept 11
Evaluating Limits Analytically
1.3
WEEK # 4
M Sept 16
Continuity and One-Sided Limits
1.4
W Sept 18
Infinite Limits
1.5
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CALENDAR
SESSION DATE
TOPICS
SECTIONS
WEEK # 5
M Sept 23, 2013
W Sept 25
Chapter P
and
Chapter 1
Major Exam # 1
The Derivative and The Tangent Line Problem 2.1
Basic Differentiation Rules & Rates of Change 2.2
WEEK # 6
M Sept 30
The Product & Quotient Rules of Higher-Order
Derivatives
2.3
W Oct 02
The Chain Rule
2.4
WEEK # 7
M Oct 07
Implicit Differentiation
2.5
W Oct 09
Related Rates
2.6
WEEK # 8
M Oct 14
W Oct 16
Extrema on an Interval
3.1
Rolle’s Theorem & The Mean Value Theorem 3.2
Increasing & Decreasing Functions & the
First Derivative Test
3.3
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SESSION DATE
TOPICS
SECTIONS
WEEK # 9
M Oct 21, 2013
W Oct 23
Major Exam # 2
Concavity & the Second Derivative Test
Chapter 2
3.4
WEEK # 10
M Oct 28
Limits at Infinity
3.5
W Oct 30
A Summary of Curve Sketching
3.6
WEEK # 11
M Nov 04
Optimization Problems
3.7
W Nov 06
Newton’s Method
3.8
WEEK # 12
M Nov 11
Differentials
3.9
W Nov 13
Antiderivatives & Indefinite Integration
Area.
4.1
4.2
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WEEK # 13
M Nov 18, 2013
W Nov 20
Major Exam # 3
Thanksgivings Holiday
Chapter 3
No class
WEEK # 14
M Nov 25
Riemann Sums & Definite Integrals
4.3
W Nov 27
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
4.4
WEEK # 15
M Dec 02
Integration by Substitution
W Dec 04
Review for Final Exam
4.5
WEEK # 16
M Dec 09
No class
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W Dec 11
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Final Exam from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
2013 Fall Semester Ends
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