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Course schedule

Learning Goals

The learning goals for MATH 104 are found here. More detailed weekly learning goals and coaching notes will included in the schedule below. You are encouraged to track your progress in mastering these learning goals throughout the term.

Below you will find a tentative schedule. It will change often.

Lecture Date / Day Topic Notes Homework/Extra problems Workshop
Week 1 Learning Goals Business problem notes Extra business problems
1 10 May / Mon Introduction, Exponentials, Logarithms lecture 1
2 12 May / Wed Inverse Functions, A standard business problem, Introduction to Limits lecture 2 hw 1 out
3 14 May / Fri More Limits lecture 3 Workshop 1
Week 2 Learning Goals
4 17 May / Mon Continuous Functions lecture 4 No Workshop
5 19 May / Wed Derivatives, Rules of Differentiation lecture 5 hw 1 due, hw 2 out
6 21 May / Fri Derivatives of Elementary functions lecture 6 Workshop 2
Week 3 Learning Goals Notes on Marginals
24 May / Mon No class (Victoria Day)
7 26 May / Wed The Chain Rule, Marginal Cost, Revenue, and Profit lecture 7 hw 2 due, hw 3 out
8 28 May / Fri The Natural Logarithm lecture 8 Workshop 3
Week 4 Learning Goals 1. Notes on Elasticity , 2. Notes on Compound interest 1. Elasticity problems, 2. Compound Interest, 3. Related rates problems
9 31 May / Mon Implicit Differentiation lecture 9 Workshop 4
10 2 June / Wed Applications: Elasticity, Exponential Growth and Compound Interest lecture 10 hw 3 due, hw 4 out
11 4 June / Fri Mean Value Theorem lecture 11 Workshop 5
Week 5 Learning Goals
12 7 June / Mon Optimization lecture 12 Workshop 6
13 9 June / Wed Optimization lecture 13 hw 4 due/hw 5 out
14 11 June / Fri Graphing Functions lecture 14 Workshop 7
Week 6 Learning Goals
15 14 June / Mon Graphing Functions, Approximating Functions with Taylor Polynomials lecture 15
16 15 June / Wed Approximating Functions with Taylor Polynomials lecture 16
20 June / Sun hw 5 due (extended)