SCHEDULE
MTH 254 — Spring 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 1
(Mar/Apr)
30
intro & review
31  
 
§12.1–12.2 1
surfaces & level sets
2  
 
§5 3
single integrals
Week 2
(Apr)
§13.2 6
double integrals
 
7  
 
 
§13.2 8
order of integration
 
9  
 
 
§13.4 10
triple integrals
non-constant limits
Week 3
(Apr)
§10.2 & §13.5 13
polar coordinates
curvilinear coordinates
14  
 
 
§13.5 15
polar integrals
curvilinear integrals
16  
 
 
§13.6 17
applications
review
Week 4
(Apr)
20
differentials
21  
 
§12.3–12.4 22
partial derivatives
23
 
24  
Review
Week 5
(Apr/May)
27  
Midterm
28  
 
§12.4 29
partial derivatives
30  
 
§12.5 1
chain rule
Week 6
(May)
§12.5 4
chain rule
5  
 
§11.1–11.3 6
vectors & dot product
7  
 
§12.6 8
gradient
Week 7
(May)
§12.6 11
gradient properties
12  
 
§12.6 13
directional derivatives
14  
 
§12.6 15
directional derivatives
Week 8
(May)
§11.4 18
cross product
19  
 
§12.7–12.8 20
optimization
21  
 
§12.8 22
optimization
Week 9
(May)
25
Memorial Day
26  
 
§12.9 27
Lagrange multipliers
28  
 
§11.5–11.6 29
curves
Week 10
(Jun)
§11.7–11.8 2
motion & arclength
2  
 
§13.7 3
change of variables
4  
 
5  
Review
Finals
(Jun)
8  
 
9 Final
12–1:50 PM
10  
 
11  
 
12