Math 23100 Calculus for the Life Sciences I (3 credits)
     Class Number: 26283

Fall 2015: Meets 10:30a - 11:45a MW in SL 011

Final Exam: Saturday, December 12    3:30p - 5:30p

Carl Cowen
    Office:  LD 224P
    E-mail:  ccowen "at" math "dot" iupui "dot" edu
    Phone:   278-8846
    FAX:     274-3460

Office Hours:
   M 12:00-1:30, MW 5:00-6:00, or by appointment


  • Syllabus for Cowen's Math 23100


  •      Class Schedule



    August 24    Review, Introduction
    August 31    To Hand In:
                 p62: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 16, 17
                 p65: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 15
                 p80: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 46, 47, 48, 49
    September 2  p91: 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24
    September 9  Quiz on Limits (Sections 2.1, 2.2) at the end of class
                 p112: (part c, find derivative, only) 1, 2, 5, 8, 
                         11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 25, 26
    September 16 p123 and p139: Do Problems 1 - 36
                 p123 and p139: HAND IN 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36
    September 21 p147: Do Problems 1 - 50 (NONE TO HAND IN)
     
    September 23 TEST 1: A Mastery Test
                  Covering 2.5, 2.7, and 2.8, calculating derivatives 
                    (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Phones! NO Calculators!)
    
    September 30 p176: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    October 7    p98:  15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21
                 p130: 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
                 p176: 22, 23
                 p193: 3, 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 29, 30
    October 14   p210: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 22, 27, 28,
                       35, 36, 37, 38, 47, 48
                 p225: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 
                       20, 31, 32, 34
                 p235: 17, 18, 23, 27, 28
    October 21  (FOR DISCUSSION) p236: 37, 38, 39, 44, 46
                 p254: 11, 12, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 
                       33, 34, 39, 40, 41
     
    October 26   TEST 2
                  Test will cover material from sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9 
                  and Chapter 3, except section 3.6, specifically including 
                  finding derivatives from the definition of the derivative and 
                  application of the derivative to graphing, max-min problems
                  and related rates problems. 
                    (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Phones! NO Calculators!)
    
    November 4   p275: Do all of 11 to 60, 
                     But HAND IN: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28,
                       32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60
    November 11  p292: 1, 2, 3, 4 9, 10, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26
                       Do all of 43 - 88
                  But HAND IN: 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88
    November 16  Quiz on derivatives of exponentials and logarithms
    November 18  p308: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 32, 35, 36
                 p321: 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16
    November 23  p345: Even numbered problems 2 to 46
    November 30  p369: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 38, 40, 42, 
                       44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54
                 p378: 5, 6, 13, 20, 24, 25
    
                 Practice Test 4
     
    December 2    TESTS 3 and 4
                  Test 3 will cover material from sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 
                  specifically including conversion of relationships from exponential 
                  to logarithmic form and vice versa, finding derivatives of functions 
                  including natural logs or exponentials base e, and the uninhibited growth model.
                  Test 4 will be a mastery test over integration (anti-differentiation).
                    (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Phones! NO Calculators!)
    
                 Old Final Exam
    
                 Math Assistance Center: MAC HACK
    
    December 4  Review Session: 10:30a in LD 014
    
    December 9    For Discussion:
                    p 393: 5 to 19
                    p 411: 3 to 16
    
    December 11 Review Session: 11:00a(??) in LD 014
    
    
    December 12  (SATURDAY!)
                   Final Exam:    3:30p - 5:30p in LE 103
                    (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Phones! NO Calculators!)
    
    December 14   Last Class: go over exam, take make-up tests, ...
    
    December 16   Last day to retake Tests 2,4 (by 3:00p)
    
    
    



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