Schedule: MA 16100, Fall 2026

Purdue University West Lafayette

Week Date Day Activity
1 Aug 24 Monday Lesson 1: Review of Functions (1.1) & Representing Functions (1.2)
Aug 25 Tuesday Recitation 1: No Quiz - No HW Due (First Week)
Aug 26 Wednesday Lesson 2: Inverse, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions (1.3)
Aug 27 Thursday Recitation 2: No Quiz | HW Due: Lessons 1, 2
Aug 28 Friday Lesson 3: Trigonometric Functions and Their Inverses (1.4)
2 Aug 31 Monday Lesson 4: The Idea of Limits (2.1) & Definitions of Limits (2.2)
Sep 1 Tuesday Recitation 3: Quiz #1 (Lessons 1, 2) | HW Due: Lessons 3, 4
Sep 2 Wednesday Lesson 5: Techniques for Computing Limits (2.3)
Sep 3 Thursday Recitation 4: Quiz #2 (Lessons 3, 4) | HW Due: Lesson 5
Sep 4 Friday Lesson 6: Infinite Limits (2.4) | LAST DAY TO DROP (NO RECORD)
3 Sep 7 Monday No Class - Labor Day
Sep 8 Tuesday Recitation 5: Quiz #3 (Lesson 5) | HW Due: Lesson 6
Sep 9 Wednesday Lesson 7: Limits at Infinity (2.5)
Sep 10 Thursday Recitation 6: Quiz #4 (Lesson 6) | HW Due: Lesson 7
Sep 11 Friday Lesson 8: Continuity (2.6)
4 Sep 14 Monday Lesson 9: Introducing the Derivative (3.1)
Sep 15 Tuesday Recitation 7: Quiz #5 (Lesson 7) | HW Due: Lessons 8, 9
Sep 16 Wednesday Lesson 10: The Derivative as a Function (3.2)
Sep 17 Thursday Recitation 8: Quiz #6 (Lessons 8, 9) | HW Due: Lesson 10
Sep 18 Friday Lesson 11: Rules of Differentiation (3.3)
5 Sep 21 Monday Lesson 12: The Product and Quotient Rules (3.4)
Sep 22 Tuesday Recitation 9: Quiz #7 (Lesson 10) | No HW Due
Sep 23 Wednesday Exam 1 Review | EXAM 1 (8:00-9:00 PM) - Lessons 1-10 (Room TBD)
Sep 24 Thursday Recitation 10: No Quiz | HW Due: Lessons 11, 12
Sep 25 Friday Lesson 13: Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions (3.5)
6 Sep 28 Monday Lesson 14: Derivatives as Rates of Change (3.6) & Chain Rule - Part I (3.7)
Sep 29 Tuesday Recitation 11: Quiz #8 (Lessons 11, 12) | HW Due: Lessons 13, 14
Sep 30 Wednesday Lesson 15: The Chain Rule - Part II (3.7)
Oct 1 Thursday Recitation 12: Quiz #9 (Lessons 13, 14) | HW Due: Lesson 15
Oct 2 Friday Lesson 16: Implicit Differentiation (3.8)
7 Oct 5 Monday Lesson 17: Derivatives of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions (3.9)
Oct 6 Tuesday Recitation 13: Quiz #10 (Lesson 15) | HW Due: Lessons 16, 17
Oct 7 Wednesday Lesson 18: Related Rates - Part I (3.11)
Oct 8 Thursday Recitation 14: Quiz #11 (Lessons 16, 17) | HW Due: Lesson 18
Oct 9 Friday Lesson 19: Related Rates - Part II (3.11)
8 Oct 12 Monday Fall Break - No Class
Oct 13 Tuesday Fall Break - No Class | HW Due: Lessons 19
Oct 14 Wednesday Lesson 20: Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions (3.10)
Oct 15 Thursday Recitation 15: Quiz #12 (Lesson 18, 19) | HW Due: Lessons 20
Oct 16 Friday Lesson 21: Maxima and Minima (4.1)
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Oct 19 Monday Exam 2 Review | EXAM 2 (8:00-9:00 PM) - Lessons 11-20 (Room TBD)
Oct 20 Tuesday Recitation 16: No Quiz | HW Due: Lesson 21
Oct 21 Wednesday Lesson 22: The Mean Value Theorem (4.2) & What Derivatives Tell Us - Part I (4.3)
Oct 22 Thursday Recitation 17: Quiz #13 (Lessons 21) | HW Due: Lesson 22
Oct 23 Friday Lesson 23: What Derivatives Tell Us - Part II (4.3)
10 Oct 26 Monday Lesson 24: Graphing Functions - Part I (4.4)
Oct 27 Tuesday Recitation 18: Quiz #14 (Lesson 22) | HW Due: Lessons 23, 24
Oct 28 Wednesday Lesson 25: Graphing Functions - Part II (4.4)
Oct 29 Thursday Recitation 19: Quiz #15 (Lessons 23, 24) | HW Due: Lesson 25
Oct 30 Friday Lesson 26: Optimization Problems - Part I (4.5)
11 Nov 2 Monday Lesson 27: Optimization Problems - Part II (4.5)
Nov 3 Tuesday Recitation 20: Quiz #16 (Lesson 25) | HW Due: Lessons 26, 27
Nov 4 Wednesday Lesson 28: Linear Approximation and Differentials (4.6)
Nov 5 Thursday Recitation 21: Quiz #17 (Lessons 26, 27) | HW Due: Lesson 28
Nov 6 Friday Lesson 29: L'Hopital's Rule (4.7)
12 Nov 9 Monday Lesson 30: Antiderivatives (4.9)
Nov 10 Tuesday Recitation 22: Quiz #18 (Lesson 28) | HW Due: Lessons 29, 30
Nov 11 Wednesday Lesson 31: Approximating Areas Under Curves (5.1)
Nov 12 Thursday Recitation 23: Quiz #19 (Lessons 29, 30) | HW Due: Lesson 31
Nov 13 Friday Lesson 32: Definite Integrals (5.2)
13 Nov 16 Monday Lesson 33: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (5.3)
Nov 17 Tuesday Recitation 24: Quiz #20 (Lesson 31) | No HW Due
Nov 18 Wednesday Exam 3 Review | EXAM 3 (8:00-9:00 PM) - Lessons 21-31 (Room TBD)
Nov 19 Thursday Recitation 25: No Quiz | HW Due: Lessons 32, 33
Nov 20 Friday Lesson 34: Working with Integrals (5.4) & Substitution Rule - Part I (5.5)
14 Nov 23 Monday No Class - Compensation for Evening Exam
Nov 24 Tuesday No Class - Compensation for Evening Exam | LAST DAY TO DROP WITH ADVISOR APPROVAL (Recorded as a "W" grade)
Nov 25 Wednesday Thanksgiving Break - No Class
Nov 26 Thursday Thanksgiving Break - No Class
Nov 27 Friday Thanksgiving Break - No Class
15 Nov 30 Monday Lesson 35: Substitution Rule - Part II (5.5)
Dec 1 Tuesday Recitation 26: Quiz #21 (Lessons 32, 33) | HW Due: Lessons 34, 35
Dec 2 Wednesday Lesson 36: Exponential Models (7.2)
Dec 3 Thursday Recitation 27: Quiz #22 (Lessons 34, 35) | HW Due: Lesson 36
Dec 4 Friday No Class - Compensation for Evening Exam
16 Dec 7 Monday Final Exam Review
Dec 8 Tuesday Recitation 28: Final Exam Review| No Quiz
Dec 9 Wednesday Final Exam Review
Dec 10 Thursday Recitation 29:Final Exam Review| No Quiz
Dec 11 Friday Final Exam Review | LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Final Exam
Dec 14-19 Finals Week Date/Time/Room TBA by Registrar (Comprehensive, Lessons 1-36)