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Math 223 Spring 2024
Note: All videos for Math 223 course are located in WebAssign under the “Resources” tab located on bottom left, just click on “Stewart:: Precalculus-7e”. The specific precalculus section video you are required to watch before lecture are listed in the last column of 223 weekly schedule below.
When you click on the specific precalculus section in “Resources” you will see two sets of videos offered, Kazmierczak videos and Mosley videos. You are required to view Kazmierczak (“Kaz.”) videos; Mosley are recommended; your instructor will require others as needed.
Math 223 begins Wednesday, January 17, and ends Friday, March 1
Week | Dates | Sections in Precalculus or Calculus text | Topics | Videos: Please view before class Found in WebAssign under “Resources” tab |
1 | January 17-19 | Calculus App. A; Precalc. Sec. 1.8 | Inequalities & absolute values | Kaz. video in Precalc. Sec. 1.8 |
Calculus App. B; Precalc. Sec. 1.10 | Coordinate geometry & lines | Kaz. video, Precalc. Sec. 1.10 | ||
2 | January 22-26 (Add deadline is Monday, January 22) | Calculus App. C; Precalc. Sec. 1.9 | Graphs of second-degree equations | Kaz. video in Precalc. Sec. 1.9 |
Calculus Sec. 1.1; Precalc. Secs. 1.4, 2.2-2.3, 2.6 | Functions | Kaz. videos, Precalc. Secs. 1.4, 2.2-2.3, 2.6 | ||
Calculus Sec. 1.2; Precalc. Secs. 1.5, 3.1-3.2 | Mathematical models | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 1.5, 3.1, 3.2 | ||
3 | January 29-February 2 (Drop deadline is Monday January 29) | Sec. 1.3 | New functions from old | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 2.6-2.7 |
Precalc. Secs. 3.3-3.4 | Dividing polynomials and factoring | Kaz. & Mosely videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.3; Kaz. videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.4 | ||
Calculus App. D; Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.3 | Trigonometry (covers several lecture days) | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.3 | ||
4 | February 5-9 | Calculus App. D; Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.3 | Trigonometry continues | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.3 |
Precalc. 5.3-5.4 | Transformations of trig fcns | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.3-5.4 | ||
Review for Math 223 Midterm Exam | ||||
5 | February 12-16 | Math 223 Midterm Exam | Exam takes place in person during class in usual classroom | |
Precalc. 5.3-5.4 | Fcn. inverse | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.3-5.4 | ||
Precalc. Secs. 2.8, 5.5, 6.4 | Trig fcn inverse | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 2.8, 5.5, 6.4 | ||
6 | February 19-23 (Withdraw deadline is Monday, February 19) | Precalc. Secs. 4.1-4.4 | Exponential & logarithmic fcns. | Kaz. videos in Precalc. 4.1-4.4 |
Precalc. Secs. 4.1-4.4 | Exponential & logarithmic fcns. | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 4.1-4.4 | ||
Calculus Sec. 1.6; Precalc. Secs. 13.1-13.2 | Limit of a function (intuitive and some algebraic) | Kaz. & Mosely videos, Precalc. Secs. 13.1-13.2 | ||
7 | February 26-March 1 | Calculus Sec. 1.5; Precalc. Secs. 13.1-13.2 | Limit of a function continues | Kaz. & Mosely videos, Precalc. Secs. 13.1-13.2 |
Review for Final Exam | ||||
Math 223 Final Exam | Covering all topics App. D-Sec. 1.6 | Exam takes place in person during class in usual classroom | ||
8 | March 4-8 | Spring break | ||
Spring break | ||||
Spring break |
Math 224 begins Wednesday, March 13, and ends Thursday, May 9
See Math 224/225 website for Math 224 syllabus, required videos, and other helpful material. Your instructor will walk you through it the first day or two of lecture. Your weekly schedule for the 2nd half-semester is below.
Week | Dates | Sections All readings are in Calculus text, unless otherwise noted | Topics | Basic Skills Tests |
9 | March 13-15 | App. A; Precalc. Sec. 1.8 | Inequalities & absolute values | Kaz. video in Precalc. Sec. 1.8 |
Sec. 1.5; Precalc. Secs. 13.1-13.2 | Limit of a function (review from Math 223) | Kaz. & Mosely videos, Precalc. Secs. 13.1-13.2 | ||
10 | March 18-22 (Add deadline is Tuesday, March 19 | Calculus Sec. 1.8 | Continuity | |
Sec. 1.8; Precalc. Sec. 2.1 | Continuity, graphing piecewise functions | |||
Sec. 1.4 | Tangents & velocity problems (straight line and free fall) | |||
11 | March 25-29 (Drop deadline is Tuesday, March 26) | Sec. 1.4 & 2.1 | Tangents, derivatives, and rates of change | |
Sec. 2.1 | Derivatives and rates of change | |||
Sec. 2.2 | Derivative as a function | |||
12 | April 1-5 | Easter break | ||
Sec. 2.3 | Differentiation formulas | Skills Test 1 begins on April 1 and you have until April 5 to take your first attempt, but can take other attempts this week as well. It covers limits, continuity, and differentiation formulas. You have until Friday, April 3, to take all 3 attempts. | ||
App. D, Sec. 2.4 | Derivatives of trig functions | |||
13 | April 8-12 | Secs. 2.5 & 2.6 | Chain rule and implicit differentiation | |
Review for Midterm exam | Midterm covers everything through Sec 2.6 | |||
224 Exam 1 (Midterm) | Exam will take place in person during regular class time in your regular classroom | |||
14 | April 15-19 (Withdraw deadline is Wednesday April 17) | Secs. 2.7-2.8 | Rates of change in science & related rates | |
Sec. 2.8 | More related rates | Skills Test 2 begins Monday, April 15. It covers trigonometric derivatives, chain rule, and implicit differentiation. You have until Friday, April 19, to take all 3 attempts. | ||
Sec. 3.1 | Maximum and minimum values of a fcn | |||
15 | April 22-26 (Monday classes meet on Thursday, April 25) | Passover break | ||
Sec. 3.2-3.3 | Brief coverage of mean value theorem; how derivatives affect a graph's shape | |||
Secs. 3.2, 3.3 | Shape of a graph continued | |||
Sec. 3.4-3.5 | Limits at infinity; curve sketching | |||
16 | April 29-May 1 | Sec. 3.5 | Curve sketching continues | Skills Test 3 begins Monday, April 29. You have until Wednesday, May 1, to take all 3 attempts. |
Final Exam review | Last day to take Skills Test 3 is Wednesday, May 1 | |||
17 | May 3-9 | Final Exam on Date and Time Assigned by Registrar, View Final Exam schedule here | The final is cumulative and covers all topics from the course with a majority of the questions covering Secs. 2.4-3.5 |