Syllabi for Calculus 151-2 (in Postscript)

This material is also available in GIF format. Here are the syllabi for the two semesters and some miscellaneous handouts.

Math 151 (First semester)

Here is the detailed syllabus as given to students in one of the lectures of Math 151, including a daily description of the topics to be covered, with corresponding textbook reading and problem assignments. There's also a description of the rules of the course and a brief essay about writing solutions to workshop problems.

Math 152 (Second semester)

Here is the detailed syllabus as given to students in one of the lectures of Math 152, including a daily description of the topics to be covered, with corresponding textbook reading and problem assignments.

This syllabus was not as successful as the first semester's. We should discard most of the physics (work, centers of mass, etc.) since there isn't time to cover the material well. The inclusion of technology in the course was not done as well or as uniformly as in the first semester. The graphing calculator should be used better with series and sequences.

Simple TI-82 programs for numerical integration were prepared and given to students.

Students in Math 152 who had not been in Math 151

Some students in Math 152 who had not taken Math 151 in the preceding semester were unfamiliar with the pedagogy and content of the first semester. A two-hour review session was given to help these students. Handouts were prepared including one on the the use of the graphing calculator during the first semester. Sample workshop problems from the first semester were given out, accompanied by discussion. The content of the first semester was reviewed rapidly, because some of the new students did not take a first-semester calculus course which featured the elementary transcendental functions.


Exams Workshops Discussion of the changes

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