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Mt 217: Accelerated Calculus Syllabus.
Assignments will be posted here each week.
Assignment 1: Getting StartedThere will be several CBL experiments and project assignments which use the concepts of calculus in concrete and tangible ways throughout the semester. These assignments will be posted here. A tentative schedule of these class projects is shown in the following table:
| Project | Date available / DUE | Topic |
| Project 1 |
September 3 - 18 DUE: September 18 |
Running Circles around Circles: Investigating parametric curves |
| Project 2 |
October 6 - 20 DUE: October 20 |
Highway Slope Design |
| Project 3 | November 3 - 19 | The Case of the Cooling Cadaver |
| Project 4 | Nov 19 - Dec 3 | Drug Dosage |
Study guides for each test will be posted two or three days before each test. A tentative schedule for tests and benchmarks is shown in the following table:
| Assessment | Dates / Window-of-Opportunity | Covers |
| Benchmark #1 |
Wednesday, September 3 September 3 - 19 |
Prerequisite algebra and trig |
| Test #1 | October 2 - 6 | |
| Benchmark #2 | October 20 - 30 | Differential calculus |
| Test #2 | October 30 - November 3 |
Study guide will be available Tuesday, October 28. |
| Benchmark #3 | December 1 - 8 | Integral calculus |
| Final Exam |
Wednesday, December 10 8:00 - 10:00 am |