MATH 152 Course Schedule

Note: This is a fall or spring schedule. In summer, this schedule is accelerated by 50% in order to accommodate a 10-week session.

Suggested Schedule

• Week 1
  • Sections 6.4–6.5, 7.1
    Review of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, integration by substitution, area
• Week 2
  • Sections 7.1–7.2
    Area ctd, volumes by slicing, disks, washers
• Week 3
  • Sections 7.3–7.4
    Volume by cylindrical shells, work
• Week 4
  • Sections 7.5, 8.1–8.2
    Average value, integration by parts, trigonometric integrals
• Week 5
  • Sections 8.3–8.4
    Trigonometric substitution, partial fractions. Exam 1 (Covers through Section 8.2).
• Week 6
  • Sections 8.9, 9.3–9.4
    Improper integrals, arc length, surface area of revolution. (Section 8.8 on Numerical integration will be done in lab)
• Week 7
  • Sections 10.1–10.2
    Sequences, Series
• Week 8
  • Sections 10.2–10.3
    Series, convergence tests
• Week 9
  • Section 10.4
    Absolute convergence, convergence tests. Exam 2 (Covers through Section 10.3).
• Week 10
  • Sections 10.5–10.6
    Power series, representing functions as power series
• Week 11
  • Sections 10.7, 10.9
    Taylor and Maclaurin series, applications of Taylor series
• Week 12
  • Section 11.1–11.2
    3D coordinates, vectors, dot product
• Week 13
  • Section 11.3
    Cross product. Thanksgiving falls on this week in the fall.
• Week 14
  • Section 13.4
    Polar coordinates. Exam 3 (Covers through Section 11.3).
    Note: Instructors should be wary of redefined days in week 15 and adjust their coverage of topics accordingly.
• Week 15
  • Review for Final. Last week of class has redefined days. See Important Dates for more details.