| Instructor/Recitation | Office | Office hour | |
| Chi Li | HLL-511 |
Monday 7:30pm-9pm zoom ID: 941 5497 3445 |
chi.li@rutgers.edu |
| Sosa, Jose | jsosa@rutgers.edu |
| Schedule | Canvas | MyLab | Rutgers Zoom | Policies | Services | Dr.G's teaching resourse |
| Textbook: | Calculus, Single Variable: Early Transcendentals (3rd edition), Briggs, Cochran, Gillett, and Schulz. Pearson, 2018. (ISBN: 978-0134766850) |
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Week |
Sections |
Notes |
Dates |
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Week 1: 9/5-9/9 |
1.1-1.4, 7.2, App.B Precalculus and algebra review |
09/07 09/10 | |
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Week 2: 9/12-9/16 |
Precalculus and algebra review 2.1, 2.2: Introduction to Limits |
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Week 3: 9/19-9/23 |
2.3, 3.5: Calculating limits algebraically 2.4: Infinite limits and vertical asymptotes |
Sept. 19: Precalculus Exam | |
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Week 4: 9/26-9/30 |
2.5: Limits at infinity 2.6: Continuity |
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Week 5: 10/3-10/7 |
Review for Midterm Exam #1 3.1,3.2: Definition of Derivative, tangent lines |
Oct. 6: Midterm exam #1 | |
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Week 6: 10/10-10/14 |
3.3-3.5, 3.9: Derivative rules 3.7: Chain rule |
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Week 7: 10/17-10/21 |
3.8: Implicit differentiation 3.11: Related rates |
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Week 8: 10/24-10/28 |
Review for Midterm Exam #2 4.1: Maxima and minima
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Oct 27: Midterm Exam #2 | |
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Week 9: 10/31-11/4 |
4.3: Intervals of increase, concavity 4.4: Graphing functions |
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Week 10: 11/7-11/11 |
4.5: Applied optimization 4.7: L'Hospital's rule |
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Week 11: 11/14-11/18 |
Review for Midterm Exam #3 4.6: Linear approximation |
Nov. 17: Midterm Exam #3 | |
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Week 12: 11/21-11/25 |
4.9: Antiderivatives, initial-value problems |
Thanksgiving Recess 11/24-11/28 | |
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Week 13: 11/28-12/2 |
5.1, 5.2: Introduction to derivatives 5.3: Fundamental theorem of calculus |
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Week 14: 12/5-12/9 |
5.5: Substitution rule for integrals Review for Final Exam |
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Week 15: 12/12-12/16 |
Classes end on 12/14 Reading Days 12/15 Exam (between 12/16-12/23) |
Date TBD: Final Exam |
There will be weekly quiz in Tuesday's recitation (except the first week), with totally 13 quizzes. The lowest two quiz scores will be dropped.
| Exam | Percentage | Date | Time | Coverage |
| Precalculus Exam | 8 | Sept.19 | 9:00-11:00pm | 1.1-1.4, 7.2, App. B |
| Midterm #1 | 15 | Oct. 6 | 9:20pm-10:40pm | 2.1-2.6, 3.5 (special trig limits only) |
| Midterm #2 | 15 | Oct. 27 | 9:20pm-10:40pm | 3.1-3.5, 3.7-3.9, 3.11 |
| Midterm #3 | 15 | Nov. 17 | 9:00-11:00pm | 4.1, 4.3-4.5, 4.7 |
| Final exam | 30 | TBD | TBD | all above, and 4.6, 4.9, 5.1-5.3, 5.5 |
• Precalculus Exam is administered online through Pearson’s MyLab. The exam is 80 minutes but can be taken within a 120-minute window.
• All midterm exams and the final exam are in person, with the location of each exam to be announced later by your professor.
• Lectures and recitations: Regular attendance and participation are expected and are integral to your success in this class.
• Quizzes: No makeups. The lowest(or missing) 2 scores will be dropped.
• Exams: If you must miss an exam, you must notify your professor as soon as possible. A makeup can be offered only if the absence is due to an unavoidable emergency or religious observance.
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