Math 173 Calculus and
Analytic Geometry I
Instructor: Ed. Anderson Office: Colgan Hall,Room 331 (MC)
Day Phone: 703-257-6552
Office Hours: Monday
through Thursdays :
Other Office Hours By Appointment…Just Ask !
e-mail : eanderson@nvcc.edu Office FAX : 703-257-6505
Class Days: Monday
and Wednesday Class Hours:
Course Text: Calculus, Early Transcendental Functions , © 2003
by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards, 3rd Edition, Houghton-Mifflin Co.
Special Note: *****Very Important***** This course requires the use of a graphing calculator; the TI-83 or TI-84 “family” is preferred and especially recommended***** Our Text should be studied with such a calculator at your study space in order to be comfortable with its use. Some assistance with procedures will be given, but you should have the user’s manual handy for help.
The schedule is subject to change at the teacher’s
discretion. (Updated:
NOTE: If inclement
weather results in any class being cancelled, you are to proceed ahead with the
reading and writing assignments as though the class were held.
Student Reading Responsibilities:
1)Obtain your personal
copy of, and Read the Course Content Summary at http://www.nvcc.edu/ces/mth173.htm
and also Obtain your
personal copy of and Read the section :
2) Information for all Students at http://www.nvcc.edu/home/eanderson/
3) Read Appropriate Section(s) of the Text PRIOR TO
the class meeting dealing
with those sections
on the schedule given below (except, of course, for the first
class).
Student Writing Responsibilities:
“Generic” Writing Assignment for All Sections That We Shall Study:
AFTER the class meeting dealing with the text sections on the schedule given below )Read the questions, Follow the directions given in the text (unless directed otherwise), and Answer the questions asked for the problems given by the pattern: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53,(every other odd number), and so on, until there are no more problems to do for that section.
(Exceptions of either the addition of problems, or deletion of any in the above pattern will be announced or provided in class.) Continue,Please
Class Meeting Day-Date Text
Chapter-Sections Presented/Discussed/etc
M Aug.22 Introduction , Chptr P(requisite) –Section 2
W Aug. 24 Chptr P(requisite)-Sections 3, 4, 5
M Aug. 29 Chapter P-Sections 4, 5, and 6
W Aug. 31 Chapter P-Section 6,Quiz #1 No-Graphing Calculator
NOTE: Last Day to Apply for Graduation is
M Sept 5 Labor
Day
W Sept. 7 Chapter 1-Sections 2 and 3-Read Section 1 on your own.
M Sept. 12 Chapter 1, Sections 3and 4
W Sept. 14 Chapter 1, Sections 4
and 5
M Sept 19 Chapter 1-Sections 5 and Review
W Sept. 21 Test # 1: Chapters P and 1
M Sept. 26 Chapter 2-Sections 1 and 2
W Sept. 28 Chapter 2-Sections 2 and 3
M Oct. 3 Chapter
2-Sections 3 and 4
W Oct. 5 Chapter 2-Sections 4 and 5,Quiz #2- No Graphing Calculator
M Oct. 10 Non-Instructional
Day; No Class !
W Oct. 12 Chapter 2-Sections 5 and 7 but you are responsible
for the Inverse Trig Derivative Formulas in Section 6,Review
M Oct. 17 Chapter 3-Sections 1 and 2
W Oct. 19
Test # 2 Chapter Two (2)
M Oct.24 Chapter 3-Sections 3and 4
W Oct. 26 Chapter 3-Sections 4 and 5
Note: Thursday,October 27
Is THE LAST Day
to WITHDRAW WITHOUT GRADE
Penalty or Change toAudit.
M Oct. 31 Chapter 3-Sections 5 and 6
W Nov. 2 Chapter
3-Sections 7 and8 and Review
Continue,
Please…
Class Meeting Day-Date Text
Chapter-Sections Presented/Discussed/etc
M Nov.7 Chapter 4-Sections 1and 2
W Nov. 9 Test
# 3 : Chapter three (3)
M Nov. 14 Chapter 4-Sections 2 and 3
W Nov. 16 Chapter 4-Sections 4 and 5
M Nov. 21 Chapter 4-Sections 5 and 6
W Nov. 23
Non-Instructional Day; No Class !
Thanksgiving Holiday Nov. 24-27
M Nov. 28 Chapter 4-Sections 6 and 7
W Nov. 30 Chapter 4-Section 7 , No-Calculator Quiz # 3
M Dec. 5 Chapter 4-Section 8
W Dec.7 Chapter 6-Section 1
M Dec. 12 Chapter 6-Section 1, Review
Exam
Week at NVCC
Our Class’ Exam :
Monday, Dec. 19, from
Note: This is a different time frame
than our usual class meeting time !