Spring 2025

MATH 250: Calculus III, Section 1

Tentative Detailed Class Schedule

 

Class #

Date

Topics

1

1/31

Intro Class; Calculus Mini-Review

2

2/3

Parametric Equations (11.1); Arc Length and Speed (11.2)

3

2/4

Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates (11.3, 11.4)

4

2/5

Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates (11.3, 11.4)

5

2/7

Conic Sections (11.5)

6

2/10

Vectors (12.1, 12.2)

7

2/11

Vectors (12.1, 12.2)

8

2/12

Dot Product and the Angle Between Two Vectors (12.3)

9

2/14

The Cross Product (12.4)

10

2/17

Planes in Three-Dimensional Space (12.5)

11

2/18

Quadric Surfaces (12.6)

12

2/19

Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates (12.7)

13

2/21

Vector-Valued Functions (13.1)

14

2/24

Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions; Tangent Vector (13.2)

15

2/25

Arc Length and Speed (13.3)

16

2/26

Curvature and Normal Vector (13.4)

17

2/28

Motion in Three-Dimensional Space (13.5)

18

3/3

Functions of Several Variables (14.1)

19

3/4

Limits and Continuity of Functions of Several Variables (14.2)

20

3/5

Catch-Up Class

21

3/7

Test #1

22

3/17

Partial Differentiation (14.3)

23

3/18

Differentiability; Linear Approximations; Tangent Planes (14.4)

24

3/19

The Gradient and Directional Derivatives (14.5)

25

3/21

The Chain Rule (14.6)

26

3/24

The Chain Rule (14.6)

27

3/25

Optimization in Several Variables (14.7)

28

3/26

Optimization in Several Variables (14.7)

29

3/28

Double Integration (15.1)

30

3/31

Double Integration over General Regions (15.2)

31

4/1

Double Integration over General Regions (15.2)

32

4/2

Triple Integration (15.3)

33

4/4

Triple Integration (15.3)

34

4/7

Integration in Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates (15.4)

35

4/8

Integration in Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates (15.4)

36

4/9

Change of Variables and the Jacobian (15.6)

37

4/11

Vector Fields (16.1)

38

4/14

Line Integrals (16.2)

39

4/15

Line Integrals (16.2)

40

4/16

Conservative Vector Fields and the Potential (16.3)

41

4/22

Conservative Vector Fields and the Potential (16.3)

42

4/23

Catch-Up Class

43

4/25

Test #2

44

4/28

Parameterized Surfaces and the Surface Integral (16.4)

45

4/29

Parameterized Surfaces and the Surface Integral (16.4)

46

4/30

Surface Integrals of Vector Fields (16.5)

47

5/2

Surface Integrals of Vector Fields (16.5)

48

5/5

Green's Theorem (17.1)

49

5/6

Green's Theorem (17.1)

50

5/7

Stokes' Theorem (17.2)

51

5/9

Stokes' Theorem (17.2)

52

5/12

Divergence Theorem (17.3)

53

5/13

Divergence Theorem (17.3)

54

5/14

Applications of Fundamental Theorems of Vector Analysis

55

5/16

Catch-Up Class

 

5/23

Final Exam (11 - 1:30)