SCHEDULE
MTH 254 — Fall 2016


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)
 
 
 
 
21
intro & review
22
 
§12.1–12.2 23
surfaces & level sets
Week 1
(Sep)
§5 26
single integrals
27  
 
§13.1 28
double integrals
29  
 
§13.2 30
order of integration
Week 2
(Oct)
§13.2 & §13.4 3
non-constant limits
triple integrals
4  
 
 
§10.2 & §13.5 5
polar coordinates
curvilinear coordinates
6  
 
 
§13.3 & §13.5 7
polar integrals
curvilinear integrals
Week 3
(Oct)
§13.6 10
applications
integration summary
11  
 
 
§12.3–12.4 12
differentials
partial derivatives
13  
 
 
§12.4 14
partial derivatives
 
Week 4
(Oct)
§12.5 17
chain rule
 
18  
 

§12.5 19
chain rule
tree diagrams
20  
 

§11.1–11.3 21  
vectors
dot product
Week 5
(Oct)
24
Review
25  
 
26
Midterm
27  
 
§12.6 28
gradient
Week 6
(Oct/Nov)
§12.6 31
gradient
gradient properties
1  
 
 
§12.6 2
directional derivatives
 
3  
 
 
§12.6 4
directional derivatives
 
Week 7
(Nov)
§12.8 7
optimization
8  
 
§12.8 9
optimization
10  
 
11
Veterans Day
Week 8
(Nov)
§11.4 & §12.1 14
cross product, planes
15  
 
§12.9 16
Lagrange multipliers
17  
 
§11.5–11.6 18
curves
Week 9
(Nov)
§11.7–11.8 21
motion & arclength
22  
 
23
no class
24  
 
25  
Thanksgiving
Week 10
(Nov/Dec)
§11.9 28
curvature
29  
 
§13.7 30
change of variables
1  
 
2  
Review
Finals
(Dec)
5   Final
9:30–11:20 AM
6  
 
7  
 
8  
 
9