Fall 2025

MATH 250: Calculus III, Sections 1 and 2

Tentative Detailed Class Schedule

 

Class #

Date

Topics

1

9/3

Intro Class; Calculus Mini-Review

2

9/5

Parametric Equations (12.1); Arc Length and Speed (12.2)

3

9/8

Polar Coordinates (12.3)

4

9/9

Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates (12.4)

5

9/10

Conic Sections (12.5)

6

9/12

Vectors (13.1, 13.2)

7

9/15

Vectors (13.1, 13.2)

8

9/16

Dot Product and the Angle Between Two Vectors (13.3)

9

9/17

The Cross Product (13.4)

10

9/19

Planes in Three-Dimensional Space (13.5)

11

9/22

Quadric Surfaces (13.6)

12

9/23

Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates (13.7)

13

9/24

Vector-Valued Functions (14.1)

14

9/26

Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions; Tangent Vector (14.2)

15

9/29

Arc Length and Speed (14.3)

16

9/30

Curvature and Normal Vector (14.4)

17

10/1

Motion in Three-Dimensional Space (14.5)

18

10/3

Functions of Several Variables (15.1)

19

10/6

Limits and Continuity of Functions of Several Variables (15.2)

20

10/7

Partial Differentiation (15.3)

21

10/8

Catch-Up Class

22

10/10

Test #1

23

10/13

Differentiability; Linear Approximations; Tangent Planes (15.4)

24

10/14

The Gradient and Directional Derivatives (15.5)

25

10/15

The Chain Rule (15.6)

26

10/17

The Chain Rule (15.6)

27

10/20

Optimization in Several Variables (15.7)

28

10/21

Optimization in Several Variables (15.7)

29

10/22

Double Integration (16.1)

30

10/24

Double Integration over General Regions (16.2)

31

10/27

Double Integration over General Regions (16.2)

32

10/28

Triple Integration (16.3)

33

10/29

Triple Integration (16.3)

34

10/31

Integration in Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates (16.4)

35

11/3

Integration in Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates (16.4)

36

11/4

Change of Variables and the Jacobian (16.6)

37

11/5

Vector Fields (17.1)

38

11/7

Line Integrals (17.2)

39

11/10

Line Integrals (17.2)

40

11/11

Conservative Vector Fields and the Potential (17.3)

41

11/12

Catch-Up Class

42

11/14

Test #2

43

11/17

Conservative Vector Fields and the Potential (17.3)

44

11/18

Parameterized Surfaces and the Surface Integral (17.4)

45

11/19

Parameterized Surfaces and the Surface Integral (17.4)

46

11/21

Surface Integrals of Vector Fields (17.5)

47

11/24

Surface Integrals of Vector Fields (17.5)

48

11/15

Green's Theorem (18.1)

49

12/1

Green's Theorem (18.1)

50

12/2

Stokes' Theorem (18.2)

51

12/3

Stokes' Theorem (18.2)

52

12/5

Stokes' Theorem (18.2)

53

12/8

Divergence Theorem (18.3)

54

12/9

Divergence Theorem (18.3)

55

12/10

Applications of Fundamental Theorems of Vector Analysis

56

12/12

Catch-Up Class

 

12/19

Final Exam (11 - 1:30 for Section 2; 2 - 4:30 for Section 1)