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MTH 31, Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
Fall 2019, Section D03


Instructor: Cormac O'Sullivan
Meets: 2 - 3:50 in new rooms: Mon in BL 104, Tues in BL 104, Wed in PH 11
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   BCC Office:  CP 317

   Office Phone: (718) 289 5413

   Email: cormac.osullivan@bcc.cuny.edu

Office Hours for Fall 2019 at BCC:

Monday

4 - 5

Wednesday

4 - 5

 

Class Information

Go here for the syllabus, review sheets and more.

Our SI leader is Israt Jahan ISRAT.JAHAN02@stu.bcc.cuny.edu
She is running help sessions for our class, now in Sage Hall, 2nd floor, Computer Lab A
every Monday & Wednesday 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm.

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MTH 31 Class Calendar (reload page for latest)
 

  Date Day Sections covered  
         
1 Aug 27 Tue Introduction, 1.4 Tangents and Velocity  
2 Aug 28 Wed 1.4, 1.5 Limit of a function  
         
  Sept 2 Mon No Class  
3 Sept 3 Tue 1.6 The Limit laws  
4 Sept 4 Wed 1.8 Continuity Homework #1
5 Sept 5 Thur 1.8, 2.1 Derivatives  
         
6 Sept 9 Mon 2.1, 2.2 Derivatives  
7 Sept 10 Tue 2.2 Derivatives as functions, Review for quiz  
8 Sept 11 Wed Quiz #1 on Chapter 1, then 2.2 Derivatives Homework #2
         
9 Sept 16 Mon 2.3 Differentiation formulas  
10 Sept 17 Tue 2.3 Differentiation formulas  
11 Sept 18 Wed 2.4 Derivatives of trigonometric functions Homework #3
         
12 Sept 23 Mon 2.5 The chain rule  
13 Sept 24 Tue 2.6 Implicit differentiation  
14 Sept 25 Wed 2.7 Rates of change in natural sciences Homework #4
         
  Sept 30 Mon No Class  
  Oct 1 Tue No Class  
15 Oct 2 Wed Review for quiz  
         
16 Oct 7 Mon Quiz #2 on sections 2.1-2.5
then 2.8 Related rates
 
  Oct 8 Tue No Class  
  Oct 9 Wed No Class  
         
  Oct 14 Mon No Class  
17 Oct 15 Tue 2.8 Related rates  
18 Oct 16 Wed 2.8, 2.9 Linear approximations, differentials Homework #5
         
19 Oct 21 Mon Review of Chapter 2, homework questions  
20 Oct 22 Tue 3.1 Maximum and minimum values  
21 Oct 23 Wed 3.1, 3.2 The Mean Value Theorem Homework #6
         
22 Oct 28 Mon 3.2, 3.3 How derivatives affect graph shape  
23 Oct 29 Tue Review for quiz  
24 Oct 30 Wed Quiz #3 on sections 2.6-3.1
then more on 3.3
 
         
25 Nov 4 Mon 3.4 Horizontal asymptotes in new room BL 104  
26 Nov 5 Tue 3.5 Summary of curve sketching in new room NL 109 Quiz 3 again
27 Nov 6 Wed 3.7 Optimization in new room PH 11 Homework #7
         
28 Nov 11 Mon 3.7 Optimization, 3.8 Newton's method  
29 Nov 12 Tue 3.8 Newton's method, 3.9 Antiderivatives  
30 Nov 13 Wed  4.1 Areas and distance  
         
31 Nov 18 Mon 4.1, 4.2 The definite integral Homework #8
32 Nov 19 Tue 4.2 The definite integral, Review for quiz  
33 Nov 20 Wed Quiz #4 on sections 3.2-3.8
then 4.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
 
         
34 Nov 25 Mon 4.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Homework #9
35 Nov 26 Tue 4.3, 4.4 Indefinite integrals  
36 Nov 27 Wed 4.5 The substitution rule  
        Practice final
37 Dec 2 Mon Review of Chapter 4 Homework #10
38 Dec 3 Tue Review of Chapter 1, 2 in BL 104 (not NL 109) Review sheet
39 Dec 4 Wed Review of Chapter 2, 3  
         
40 Dec 9 Mon Review of Chapter 3 and quiz
Please take this quick SI survey
 
41 Dec 10 Tue Quiz #5 on sections 3.9-4.5, Review  
42 Dec 11 Wed Review  
         
      Final Exam on Wed, Dec 18, 2-4:50 in NL 137