Calculus 1550, Section 20, Fall 2003

This schedule is a guideline, and may be modified if progress is slower or faster than anticipated. The "topic" is the main topic for the week; see text book or syllabus for more details of section contents.

week	date	# of lectures, tests & holidays	topic	sections
1	Aug 25-29	5	Review and Preview	pages 3-9, 1.1-1.6, 2.1
2	Sep 01-05	4	Limits	2.2, 2.3, 2.4
	Sep 01	Labor day holiday
3	Sep 08-12	4 + TEST, Thursday Sep 11	Continuity	2.5, 2.6
4	Sep 15-19	5	Tangents	2.7, 2.8, 2.9
5	Sep 22-16	5	Derivatives	3.1, 3.2, 3.3
6	Sep 29-Oct 3	3	Chain Rule	3.4, 3.5
	Oct 01-03	Fall holiday
7	Oct 06-10	4 + TEST, Thursday Oct 9	Differentiation techniques	3.6, 3.7, 3.8
8	Oct 13-17	5	Related rates	3.10, 3.11
	Oct 13-18	(mid-semester exam week)
9	Oct 20-24	5	Max, min and mean values	4.1, 4.2, 4.3
10	Oct 27-31	4 + TEST, Thursday Oct 30	Curve sketching	4.5, 4.7
11	Nov 3-7	5	Optimization	4.9, 4.10
12	Nov 10-14	5	Integrals	5.1, 5.2, 5.3
13	Nov 17-21	4 + TEST, Thursday Nov 20	Fundamental theorem of Calculus	5.4, 5.5, 5.6
14	Nov 24-28	2	Areas and volumes	6.1, 6.2
	Nov 26-28	Thanksgiving holiday
15	Dec 01-05	5	Mean value for integrals	6.3, 6.4, 6.5
	Dec 01-07	Concentrated study period, no tests
16	Dec 11	Final EXAM

Summary calendar:

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
August	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
September	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
October	29	30	1	2	3	4	5
	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
November	27	28	29	30	31	1	2
	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
December	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	8	9	10	11	12	13	14

Key: Red = Final exam; magenta = test; green = quiz; yellow = turn up to class!

Some useful online references:

• LSU Final exam schedule
• LSU calendar of events
• LSU center for academic success
• Another calculus course (slightly more elementary than this one).