Course Schedule
Calculus 2
MATH 2300
University of Colorado academic calendarHomework assignments are listed on the day they are due
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| Aug 26 Week 1 |
Aug 27 Activity: Review of basic antiderivatives Activity: Indefinite Integral Dominoes |
Aug 28 Integration by substitution (5.5) Activity: Mechanics of u/du subs Activity: Recognizing u/du subs |
Aug 29 Integration by parts (5.6) |
Aug 30 HW1 Project 1 - Trig integrals EWA (5.5) |
Aug 31 Integration by parts - continued (5.6) |
Sep 1 |
| Sep 2 Week 2 |
Sep 3 No Class Labor Day |
Sep 4 Trigonometric Integrals (5.7) EWA (5.6) |
Sep 5 Trigonometric Substitutions (5.7) EWA (5.7) Part 1: Trig Integrals |
Sep 6 HW2 Project 2 - Partial Fractions |
Sep 7 Partial Fractions (5.7) EWA (5.7) Part 2: Trig Substitution |
Sep 8 |
| Sep 9 Week 3 |
Sep 10 Activity: Tables, computer algebra systems, and alternate solutions EWA (5.7) Part 3: Partial Fractions |
Sep 11 Approximate Integration (5.9) Activity: Approximate Integration |
Sep 12 Improper Integrals using Limits (5.10) EWA (5.8) |
Sep 13 HW3 Project 3 - Comparison Tests for Improper Integrals |
Sep 14 Improper Integrals by Comparison (5.10) Activity: Choosing a Technique of Integration EWA (5.9) |
Sep 15 |
| Sep 16 Week 4 |
Sep 17 Areas of Regions and Volumes of Solids of Revolution (6.2) EWA (5.10) |
Sep 18 Volumes of Solids by Cross Sections (6.2) EWA (6.1) |
Sep 19 Volumes of Solids of Revolution by Cylindrical Shells (6.3) |
Sep 20 HW4 Project 4 - Area and Volume Practice EWA (6.2) |
Sep 21 Volumes of Solids of Revolution by Cylindrical Shells (6.3) - continued EWA (6.3) |
Sep 22 |
| Sep 23 Week 5 |
Sep 24 Review Exam 1 (5:15 - 6:45 PM) |
Sep 25 Average Value of a Function (6.5) |
Sep 26 Applications of Integration: Work and Hydrostatic Pressure (6.6) |
Sep 27 HW5 Project 5 - Applications of Integration EWA (6.5) |
Sep 28 Applications of Integration: Moments and Center of Mass (6.6) EWA (6.6) Part 1 |
Sep 29 |
| Sep 30 Week 6 |
Oct 1 Sequences (8.1) EWA (6.6) Part 2 |
Oct 2 Sequences continued (8.1) Activity: Sorting Rates of: (1) Growth, (2) Decay, and (3) Sequences |
Oct 3 Series, Convergence of Series, Divergence Tests (8.2) EWA (8.1) |
Oct 4 HW6 Project 6 - Geometric Series |
Oct 5 Geometric Series (8.2) |
Oct 6 |
| Oct 7 Week 7 |
Oct 8 p-series and the Integral Test (8.3) Activity: Integral Test EWA (8.2) |
Oct 9 p-series and the Integral Test continued (8.3) |
Oct 10 Comparison Tests (8.3) Activity - Comparison Test Discovery |
Oct 11 HW7 Project 7 - Comparison Tests: Big Picture EWA (8.3) Part 1: p-series and Integral Test |
Oct 12 Comparison Tests continued (8.3) Activity: Comparison Test Practice |
Oct 13 |
| Oct 14 Week 8 |
Oct 15 Alternating Series (8.4) EWA (8.3) Part 2: Comparison Tests |
Oct 16 Absolute Convergence and Ratio Test (8.4) |
Oct 17 Alternating Series Remainder Estimate (8.4) EWA (8.4) Part 1: Alternating Series |
Oct 18 HW8 Project 8 - Series: Big picture EWA (8.4) Part 2: Absolute Convergence and Ratio Test |
Oct 19 Integral Test Remainder Estimate (8.3) EWA (8.4) Part 3: Alternating Series Remainder Estimate |
Oct 20 |
| Oct 21 Week 9 Review 2-4 PM MATH 100 |
Oct 22 Review Exam 2 (5:15 - 6:45 PM) Activity: Series Matching |
Oct 23 Taylor Polynomials (8.7) Activity: Introduction to Taylor Polynomials |
Oct 24 Taylor Polynomials - continued (8.7) EWA (8.3) Part 3: Integral Test Remainder Estimate |
Oct 25 HW9 Project 9 - Recursive Sequences |
Oct 26 Power Series (8.5) |
Oct 27 |
| Oct 28 Week 10 |
Oct 29 Power Series - continued (8.5) Activity: Making New Power Series from Geometric Series EWA (8.5) |
Oct 30 Representing Functions with Power Series (8.6) |
Oct 31 Taylor Series (8.7) EWA (8.6) |
Nov 1 HW10 Project 10 - Building New Taylor Series from Old |
Nov 2 Taylor Series - continued (8.7) EWA (8.7) Part 1: Taylor Series |
Nov 3 |
| Nov 4 Week 11 |
Nov 5 Error in Taylor Series Approximation (8.7) Alternate Version of Taylor's Inequality Activity: Taylor Series Matching EWA (8.7) Part 2: Taylor Series continued |
Nov 6 Error in Taylor Series Approximation - continued (8.7) |
Nov 7 Error in Taylor Series Approximation - continued (8.7) Activity: Taylor Polynomial Remainder Estimate Practice |
Nov 8 HW11 Project 11 - Taylor Series Application - Approximating area Under Bell Curve EWA (8.7) Part 3: Taylor Series Remainder Estimate and EWA (8.8) |
Nov 9 Differential Equations and Direction Fields (7.1 and 7.2) |
Nov 10 |
| Nov 11 Week 12 |
Nov 12 Differential Equations and Direction Fields (7.1 and 7.2) - continued Activity: Slope Field Matching |
Nov 13 Euler's Method (7.2) Activity: Euler's Method EWA (7.1) |
Nov 14 Separable Equations (7.3) |
Nov 15 HW12 Project 12 - Torricelli's Law and Separable Differential Equations EWA (7.2) |
Nov 16 Growth and Decay (7.4) EWA (7.3) |
Nov 17 |
| Nov 18 - 24 No Class
Thanksgiving Break |
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| Nov 25 Week 13 |
Nov 26 The Logistic Equation (7.5) EWA (7.4) |
Nov 27 Parametric Equations (1.7) Activity: Parametric Matching |
Nov 28 Calculus of Parametric Equations: Tangents to parametric curves (3.4) EWA (7.5) |
Nov 29 HW13 Project 13 - SIR Model and Ebola EWA (1.7) |
Nov 30 Calculus of Parametric Equations - continued: Areas enclosed by parametric curves (6.1) |
Dec 1 |
| Dec 2 Week 14 Review 2-4 PM MATH 100 |
Dec 3 Review Exam 3 -- CANCELLED (Was 5:15 - 6:45 PM) |
Dec 4 Arc Length (6.4) EWA (3.4), (6.1) Calculus of Parametric Equations |
Dec 5 Polar Coordinates (Appendix H.1) |
Dec 6 HW14 Project 14 - Polar Coordinate Practice EWA (6.4) |
Dec 7 Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates (Appendix H.2) EWA (H.1) |
Dec 8 |
| Dec 9 Week 15 |
Dec 10 Area and arclength in polar coordinates - continued (Appendix H.2) |
Dec 11 Review, or, Modeling with differential equations activity (p.517) Activity: Modeling with Differential Equations EWA (H.2) |
Dec 12 Review, or, The FTC review: flow in and flow out Mixing problems: flow in and flow out Calc 2 style |
Dec 13 HW15 Project 15 - Review |
Dec 14 No Class Reading Day Review 2-3:50 PM MATH 100 |
Dec 15 |
| Dec 16 |
Dec 17 |
Dec 18 Final Exam (7:30 - 10:00 AM) |
Dec 19 |
Dec 20 |
Dec 21 |
Dec 22 |