SCHEDULE
MTH 254 — Fall 2015


This is a rough schedule showing which topic we will cover when. The topic links refer to the online textbook.
All dates are subject to change, excepting only the dates for the midterm and final.
(The indicated sections refer to the Briggs/Cochran textbook, and are provided for reference only.)

  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Week 0
(Sep)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
intro & review
Week 1
(Sep/Oct)
§5 28
single integrals
29  
 
§12.1–12.2 30
surfaces & level sets
1  
 
§13.2 2
double integrals
Week 2
(Oct)
§13.2 5
order of integration
6  
 
§13.4 7
non-constant limits
8  
 
§10.2 & §13.5 9
triple integrals
Week 3
(Oct)
§10.2 & §13.5 12
polar coordinates
curvilinear coordinates
13  
 
 
§13.5 14
polar integrals
curvilinear integrals
15  
 
 
§13.6 16
applications
review
Week 4
(Oct)
§12.3–12.4 19
differentials
partial derivatives
20  
 

§12.4 21
partial derivatives
 
22  
 

§12.5 23  
chain rule
 
Week 5
(Oct)
§12.5 26
chain rule
27  
 
28
Review
29  
 
30
Midterm
Week 6
(Nov)
§11.1–11.3 2
vectors & dot product
3  
 
§12.6 4
gradient
5  
 
§12.6 6
gradient properties
Week 7
(Nov)
§12.6 9
directional derivatives
10  
 
11
Veterans Day
12  
 
§12.6 13
directional derivatives
Week 8
(Nov)
§12.8 16
optimization
17  
 
§12.8 18
optimization
19  
 
§11.4 20
cross product
Week 9
(Nov)
§12.9 23
Lagrange multipliers
24  
 
§11.5–11.6 25
curves
26  
 
27  
Thanksgiving
Week 10
(Nov/Dec)
§11.7–11.8 30
motion & arclength
1  
 
§13.7 2
change of variables
3  
 
4  
Review
Finals
(Dec)
7  
 
8 Final
6–7:50 PM
9  
 
10  
 
11