Mathematics 126E
Calculus II (Biology and Health Sciences Applications)
(Professor McKelvey)
Syllabus, Fall Term, 2009


(Subject to Change)
Date Text
Section
Topic
Sept.95.1, 5.2 Introduction to the Definite Integral
115.3, 5.4 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
146.1, 6.2, 6.4 Constructing Antiderivatives
166.3 Differential Equations
187.1 Integration by Substitution
217.2 Integration by Parts
237.4 Partial Fractions
257.5 Approximating Definite Integrals
287.6 Approximation Error and Simpson's Rule
307.7 Improper Integrals
Oct.2 Catch-up and Review
5 First In-Class Exam
78.1 Areas and Volumes
98.2 Applications to Geometry
128.3 Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates
148.4 Density and Center of Mass
16 Applications to Biology
199.2 Geometric Series
2110.1 Taylor Polynomials
2310.2 Taylor Series
26 FALL BREAK
2810.3 Finding and Using Taylor Series
30 Catch-up and Review
Nov.2 Second In-Class Exam
412.1 Functions of Two Variables
612.2 Graphs of Functions of Two Variables
912.3 Contour Diagrams
1114.1 The Partial Derivative
1314.2 Computing Partial Derivatives Algebraically
1614.3, 14.4 Linearity (Global and Local)
1814.4 Gradients and Directional Derivatives
2014.7 Second-order Partial Derivatives
2315.1 Local Extrema
25 THANKSGIVING BREAK
27 THANKSGIVING BREAK
3015.2 Optimization
Dec.215.3 Constrained Optimization (LaGrange Multipliers)
4 Catch-up and Review
7 Third In-Class Exam
916.1 Definite Integral in Two Variables
1116.2 Iterated Integrals
14 Catch-up and Review
21 Final Exam (9:00am)

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