Instructor

Gerard A. Venema

Office: North Hall 287
Office hours: 10:30 - 11:20 a.m., M. Tu. Th. F.
(Other times by appointment)

Phone: 616-526-6402
Email: venema@calvin.edu

Homepage: http://www.calvin.edu/~venema

     

Textbook

University Calculus
by Hass, Weir, and Thomas
Addison Wesley 2006

Course Description

Mathematics 162 is the second course in Calvin's calculus sequence. Topics covered include techniques of integration, a short introduction to sequences and series, coordinate systems, vectors, and multivariate calculus.

Course Outline

  Topic Textbook Sections Time Spent
1 Techniques of Integration 7.1 - 7.4, 7.6, 7.7 2.5 weeks
2 Introduction to Sequences and Series 8.1 - 8.8 2.5 weeks
3 Polar Coordinates 9.1 - 9.3 1 week
4 Vectors and 3D Geometry 10.1 - 10.6 2 weeks
5 Vectors-valued Functions 11.1 - 11.2 1 week
6 Partial Derivatives 12.1 - 12.7 2 weeks
7 Multiple Integrals 13.1 - 13.7 2 weeks

Homework

The course will usually meet Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of each week. Homework will be due each Monday and Thursday, but it will be collected the day after it is due so that there is ample opportunity to ask questions about it. You are encouraged to discuss homework problems with other members of the class, but the work you turn in must be your own.

Test and Final Exam Schedule

Grades

Course grades will be based on the homework, quizzes, the three tests, and the final exam.

Evening Calculus Help

Study assistance is available in the evenings according to the following schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., North Hall Room 251.
You may drop in any time you need help.

Some Course-Related Links

Homework Assignments

  Due date Assignment
1 Friday, February 1 §7.1 # 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 19, 22, 23, 25, 29
2 Monday, February 4 §7.1 # 34; §7.2 # 2, 4, 8, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 32
3 Thursday, February 7 §7.3 # 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 29, 31
4 Monday, February 11 §7.4 # 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 29, 31, 32, 45
5 Wednesday, February 13 §7.6 # 5, 7, 15, 17, 23, 24
6 Friday, February 15 §7.7 # 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
§7.5 # 2, 4, 8, 10, 20, 24
7 Friday, February 22 §8.1 # 3, 9, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 33, 37, 42, 50, 53, 62, 65
§8.2 # 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 24, 29, 33, 39
8 Monday, February 25 §8.3 # 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 16, 20, 25
9 Wednesday, February 27 §8.4 # 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 21, 22
§8.5 # 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16
10 Monday, March 3 §8.6 # 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, 17, 18, 27, 30, 31
§8.7 # 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 25
11 Wednesday, March 5 §8.8 # 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28
12 Monday, March 17 §9.1 # 4, 6, 10, 11
§9.2 # 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34
§9.3 # 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 17, 19
13 Monday, March 24 §10.1 # 35, 36, 41, 42, 45, 46, 49, 50
§10.2 # 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 23, 31
§10.3 # 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, 19
14 Friday, March 28 §10.4 # 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26, 27, 28
15 Monday, March 31 §10.5 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 35, 39, 40, 41
16 Thursday, April 3 §11.1 # 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19, 20, 21
17 Monday, April 7 Computer lab problems + §12.1 # 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
18 Thursday, April 10 §12.2 # 1, 3, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38
19 Monday, April 14 §12.3 # 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 43, 69, 72
§12.4 # 1, 3, 7, 8
20 Thursday, April 17 §12.5 # 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25
21 Monday, April 21 §12.6 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11
§12.7 # 1, 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 31, 32, 35
22 Friday, April 25 §13.2 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 29, 37, 39, 40
23 Monday, April 28 §13.3 # 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15
24 Thursday, May 1 §13.4 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 27
§13.5 # 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 21, 23, 26, 27, 30
25 Monday, May 5 §13.6 # 3, 4, 5, 6, 25, 31ab
26 Wednesday, May 7 §13.7 # 14, 15, 37, 39

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