Math 119: Applied Calculus I

Spring 2015

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: WF 10-11, TWF 12-12:30, W 12-1, TF 1:30-2

Textbook: Calculus with Applications by Lial, Greenwell, Ritchey, 10^th edition

Class Meetings: Section C: TWF 11-11:50, BNW 333 Section D: TF 2-2:50, W 3-3:50, BNW 333

Final Exam: Section C: Saturday May 2, 8:00 Section D: Monday May 4, 11:30

Other Stuff

• Syllabus (pdf) LaTeX source

Important dates

2/13: Exam 1

 

3/20: Exam 2

 

4/17: Exam 3

 

5/2: Section C final exam, 8:00 AM

 

5/4: Section D final exam, 11:30 AM

Video links

To see the full list of videos, here's a YouTube playlist. Individual episodes are below.

• For 1/21: Episode 1: Limits graphically
• For 1/23: Episode 2: Limits algebraically
• For 1/27: Episode 3: Continuity
• For 1/28: Episode 4: Continuity 2
• For 1/30: Episode 5: Average rate of change
  • references this PDF file
• For 2/3: Episode 6: Instantaneous rate of change
• For 2/4: Episode 7: The derivative
• For 2/6: Episode 8: Graphs of derivatives
• For 2/10: Episode 9: Derivatives of polynomials
• For 2/18: Episode 10: Product and quotient rules
• For 2/20: Episode 11: Chain rule
• For 2/24: Episode 12: Exponential functions
  • Deleted scene: Episode 12.5: A real-life example about hemochromatosis
• For 2/25: Episode 13: Logarithms review
• For 2/27: Episode 14: Derivative of logarithms
• For 3/3: Episode 15: Increasing and decreasing functions
• For 3/4: Episode 16: Increasing and decreasing functions 2
• For 3/6: Episode 17: First derivative test
• For 3/17: Episode 18: First derivative test 2
• For 3/24: Episode 19: Higher derivatives
• For 3/25: Episode 20: Second derivative test
• For 3/27: Episode 21: Curve sketching
• For 3/31: Episode 22: Curve sketching 2
• For 4/1: Episode 23: Absolute extrema
• For 4/7: Episode 24: Antiderivatives
• For 4/8: Episode 25: Initial value problems
• For 4/10: Episode 26: Substitution
• For 4/14: Episode 27: Estimating areas with rectangles
• For 4/21: Episode 28: Trapezoid & Simpson's rules
• For 4/22: Episode 29: Integrals and total change
• For 4/24: Episode 30: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
• For 4/28: Episode 31: Areas