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.

• Week 1
  • Sections 5.5, 6.1
    Integration by substitution, Area between curves
• Week 2
  • Sections 6.1, 6.2
    Area (contd), Volumes by slicing, disks, washers
• Week 3
  • Sections 6.3, 6.4
    Volume by cylindrical shells, Work
• Week 4
  • Sections 7.1, 7.2
    Integration by parts, Trigonometric integrals
• Week 5
  • Section 7.3
    Trigonometric substitution, Review. Exam 1 (Covers through Section 7.2)
• Week 6
  • Sections 7.4, 7.8 Integration by partial fractions, Improper integrals.
• Week 7
  • Sections 7.8, 10.1, 10.2
    Improper integrals (contd), Review of parametric equations, Calculus of parametric curves
• Week 8
  • Sections 10.3, 10.4 Polar coordinates, Area and lengths in polar coordinates
• Week 9
  • Section 10.5, 10.6
    Conic sections, Conic sections in polar coordinates. Exam 2 (Covers through Section 10.4)
• Week 10
  • Sections 11.1, 11.2
    Sequences, Series
• Week 11
  • Sections 11.3, 11.4
    Integral tests, Comparison tests
• Week 12
  • Sections 11.5, 11.6, 11.8
    Alternating series, Absolute convergence and ratio test (exclude root test), Power series
• Week 13
  • Sections 11.8
    Power series (contd), Exam 3 (Covers through Section 11.6) Note: Thanksgiving falls on this week in the fall.
• Week 14
  • Section 11.9, 11.10
    Representing functions as power series, Taylor and Maclaurin series
    Note: Instructors should be wary of redefined days in Week 15 and adjust their coverage of topics accordingly.
• Week 15
  • Sections 11.10, 11.11
    Taylor and Maclaurin series (contd), Taylor polynomials (exclude error estimates), Review for Final.
    Last Week of class has redefined days. See Important Dates for more details.