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Math 223 Fall 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 22, and ends Monday, March 17
Week | Dates | Sections in Calculus & Precalculus text | Topics | Videos: Please view before class Found in WebAssign under “Resources” tab | |
1 | Jan 22-24 | 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 | Jan 27-31 (Add deadline is Monday, Jan 27) | Calculus App. C; Precalc. Sec. 1.9 | Graphs of second-degree equations (mainly, circles & parabolas) | 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 | Feb 3-7 (Drop deadline is Monday Feb 3) | Calculus Sec. 1.3; Precalc. Secs. 2.6-2.7 | New functions from old | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 2.6-2.7 | |
Precalc. Secs. 3.3-3.4; also, see Content in Brightspace with Prof Behr's pdf covering this topic thoroughly. | Dividing polynomials and factoring | Kaz & Mosely videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.3; Kaz videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.4 | |||
More Precalc. Secs. 3.3-3.4 | More dividing polynomials and factoring | Kaz & Mosely videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.3; Kaz videos in Precalc. Sec. 3.4 | |||
4 | Feb 10-14 | Calculus Appendix D; Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.2 | Trigonometry | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.1-5.2, 6.1-6.2 | |
Review for Math 223 Midterm Exam | The exam will not cover Appendix D. Appendix D will instead be on the final exam. | ||||
Math 223 Midterm Exam | Exam takes place in person during class in usual classroom | ||||
5 | Feb 17-21 | Calculus Appendix D; Precalc Secs. 5.3-5.4, 6.3 | Trigonometric Functions | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.3-5.4, 6.3 | |
Calculus Sec. 6.1 (No Calculus Covered) | Inverse Functions | Kaz. videos in Precalc Sec. 2.8 | |||
Calculus Sec. 6.2 (No Calculus Covered) | Exponential Functions | Kaz videos in Precalc 4.1-4.2 | |||
6 | Feb 24-28 (Withdraw deadline is Tuesday, Feb 25) | Calculus Sec. 6.3 (No Calculus Covered) | Logarithmic Functions Functions | Kaz videos in Precalc Secs. 4.3-4.6 | |
Calculus Secs. 6.2, 6.3 (No Calculus Covered) | More Exponential & Logarithmic Functions | No video or warmup | |||
Calculus Sec. 6.6 (No Calculus Covered) | Inverse Trig Functions | Kaz. videos in Precalc. Secs. 5.5, 6.4 | |||
7 | Mar 3-7 | Calculus Sec. 1.5 | Limit of a function | Kaz & Mosely videos, Precalc Sec..13.1 | |
Calculus Sect 1.6 | Calculating Limits Using Limit Laws | Kaz. & Mosely videos, Precalc Sec. 13.2 | |||
Review for Final Exam | |||||
8 | Mar 10-14 | Spring Break | |||
9 | Mar 17 | The Math 223 Final Exam is on Monday Mar 17 | Covering all topics App. D-Sec. 1.6 | Exam takes place in person during class in usual classroom on Monday Mar 17 | |
No Class |
Math 224 begins Friday, March 21, and ends Wednesday, May 7
See Math 224/225 website for Math 224 syllabus, required videos, and other helpful material. 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 | Oct 18 | App. A; Precalc. Sec. 1.8 | Inequalities & absolute values | Kaz. video in Precalc. Sec. 1.8 |
10 | Oct 21-25 (Add deadline is Thursday, October 24 | 1.5 | Limit of a Function (review from Math 223) | Kaz. & Mosely videos, Precalc Sects 13.1-13.2 |
1.6 | Calculating Limits | |||
1.8 | Continuity | |||
11 | Oct 28 - Nov 1 (Drop deadline is Thursday, October 31) | 1.4 & 2.1 | Tangents/Velocity Problems & Derivatives and Rates of Change | |
Sec. 2.2 | Derivative as a Function | |||
Sec. 2.3 | Differentiation formulas | |||
12 | Nov 4-8 | App. D, Sec. 2.4 | Derivatives of trig functions | Skills Test 1 begins on November 4 and you have until Nov 8 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, November 15, to take all 3 attempts. |
2.5 | Chain Rule | |||
Review for Midterm Exam | Midterm covers everything through Sec 2.5 | |||
13 | Nov 11-15 | 224 Exam 1 (Midterm) | Midterm covers everything through Sec 2.5 | |
2.6 | Implicit Differentiation | |||
Secs. 2.7-2.8 | Rates of change in science & related rates | |||
14 | Nov 18-22 (Withdraw deadline is Tuesday, November 19) | Sec. 2.8 | More related rates | Skills Test 2 begins Monday, Nov 18. It covers trigonometric derivatives, chain rule, and implicit differentiation. You have until Friday, Nov 22, to take your 1st attempt. |
Sec. 3.1 | Maximum and minimum values of a Funct | |||
3.3 | How derivatives affect a graph's shape | |||
15 | Nov 25-29 (Friday classes meet on Tuesday, November 26) | Thanksgiving Break on Wed & Fri | ||
Mon, Nov 25 | 3.4 | Limits at Infinity | ||
Tues, Nov 26 | 3.5 | Curve Sketching | ||
16 | Dec 2-6 | 3.5 | More Curve Sketching | Last days to take your 2nd or 3rd attempt of Skills Test 2. You have until Thurs, Dec 5, to take all 3 attempts. |
Final Exam review | Last day of classes | Last day to take Skills Test 2 is Thursday, December 5 | ||
17 | Dec 9-13 | 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 | None |