Math 126 Sample Schedule

The following is a sample schedule for Math 126 from a typical Spring Quarter. It shows ten weeks with one holiday on a Monday. Exam I usually covers through Section 13.3 or 13.4 and Exam II through 15.4. The final exam is cumulative.

This schedule allows for one lecture-day of review for each midterm exam (assuming midterms are administered in quiz section) and two lecture-days for review for the final exam. During the Autumn Quarter, you may have an additional day of review for each exam; during the Winter Quarter, you will usually have only one day of review for each exam due to the extra Monday holiday.

Week 1	Intro + Section 12.1: 3D coordinate system Section 12.2: vectors Section 12.3: dot products, projections
Week 2	Section 12.4, 12.5: dot products, lines in space Section 12.5: planes in space Section 12.6: cylinders and quadric surfaces
Week 3	Section 13.1: vector functions and curves Section 13.2: derivatives and integrals of vector functions Section 13.3: curvature
Week 4	Section 13.3: normal and binormal vectors, normal plane Exam I Section 13.4: velocity, speed, acceleration
Week 5	Section 14.1: multi-variable functions Section 14.3, 14.4: partial derivatives, tangent planes Section 14.4, 14.7: differentials, optimization
Week 6	Section 14.7: Optimization Section 15.1: double integrals over rectangles Section 15.2: double integrals over general regions
Week 7	Section 10.3: polar coordinates Section 15.3: double integrals in polar coordinates Section 15.4: mass and center of mass
Week 8	Exam II Taylor Notes Section 1: first-order Taylor polynomials, including error bound Taylor Notes Section 2, 3: second- and higher-order Taylor polynomials, including error bound
Week 9	NO CLASS: Memorial Day Taylor Notes Section 3, 4: Taylor polynomials and Taylor series Taylor Notes Section 4, 5: new series from old
Week 10	Taylor Notes Section 5: more series Review for Final Exam