Math 23100 Calculus for the Life Sciences I (3 credits)
     Class Number: 37645

Fall 2018: Meets 10:30a - 11:45a MW in IT 273

Final Exam: Saturday, December 8    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 12:15-2:00p, Tu 10:00-11:30a and 3:30-4:45p, or by appointment


  • Syllabus for Cowen's Math 23100

  •      Class Schedule

    August 20    Review, Introduction
    August 27   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
    August 29    p91: 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24
    
    September 3     Labor Day,  No Class
    
    September 5  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 12 p123 and p139: Do Problems 1 - 36
                 p123 and p139: HAND IN 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36
    September 17 p147: Do Problems 1 - 50 (NONE TO HAND IN)
     
    September 19 TEST 1: A Mastery Test
                  Covering 2.5, 2.7, and 2.8, calculating derivatives 
                    (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Phones! NO Calculators!)
    September 26 p130: 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14
                 p153: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 21, 25, 28, 31
    October 3    p176: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23
    October 10   p193: 3, 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 29, 30
                 p210: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, 22, 27, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38
    October 17   p234: 5, 8, 18, 21, 22, 24, 27, 37, 38, 44
    October 22  (FOR DISCUSSION) 
                 p254: 11, 12, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 33, 34, 39, 40, 41
     
    October 24   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 or 
                  using implicit differentiation and application of the derivative
                  to graphing, max-min problems, and related rates problems. 
                    (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Watches! NO Phones! NO Calculators!)
    
    October 31   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 7   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 14  Quiz on derivatives of exponentials and logarithms
                 p308: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 32, 35, 36
                 p321: 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16
    November 19  p345: Even numbered problems 2 to 46
    November 26  FOR DISCUSSION:
                  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
                  p385: odd numbered problems 1 to 71
    
    November 28   TEST 3
                   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 and decay models.  
                 Test 3 will begin at 10:30 and end at 11:20.
                  TEST 4 A Mastery Test
                   Test 4 will be a mastery test over integration (anti-differentiation).
                 Test 4 will begin when you finish Test 3, or at 11:20 whichever is sooner.
                    (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Phones! NO Calculators! NO Watches)
    
    December 3   REVIEW, 
                   FOR DISCUSSION: page 393: Odd numbered problems 1 to 37
    December 5   REVIEW 
    
            
  • Math 23100 Practice Final Exam December 8 (Saturday!) FINAL EXAM 3:30 - 5:30 IT 152 (NO Books! NO Notes! NO Phones! NO Calculators! NO Watches)


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