MCS 122, Calculus II
(1:30-2:20 MTuThF in OHS 317)

Syllabus: Here is the syllabus.

Office hours for the rest of the semester:

• 11:30-12:20 Mon, 12/11
• 9:30-10:30 Tue, 12/12
• 9:30-4:30 Thu, 12/14
• 12:30-1:30 Sat, 12/16
• 9:30-2 Mon, 12/18

Calculus tutoring center: Calculus tutoring is provided by fellow undergraduate students in OHS 320 at 7:00-9:00 Sun-Thu nights. Tutoring runs through the last day of classes, except during college holidays.

Online resources:

• Webwork is where you do your online homework.
• I use Moodle to post your grades periodically throughout the semester
• The grade calculator allows you to input your current running total from Moodle and see what kind of score you need on the final exam for each kind of letter grade. The calculator is a Google Sheets document, so you need to be logged in to a Google account to access it. It is supposed to work with any Google account, not only your Gustavus account. Click Use Template in the upper right corner to start. You can also download an Excel version of the calculator if Google Sheets does not want to cooperate.
• Here is a list of the topics we have covered. It is updated before each exam.
• My notes for Chapter 4 to supplement your textbook
  • 4.1. Areas and Distances
  • 4.2. The Definite Integral
  • 4.3. Evaluating Definite Integrals
  • 4.4. The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
  • 4.5. The Substitution Rule
• Desmos is everyone's favorite graphing website.
• The Riemann sums app on Desmos is a good way to visualize how various kinds of Riemann sums approximate the area under a graph.
• The Riemann sums app for the area between two graphs is a modified version of the Riemann sums app for the area under a curve. It is a good way to visualize how the area between two graphs relates to Riemann sums.
• The Plotting a sequence app lets you visualize what the first finitely many terms of a sequence do.
• Wolfram MathWorld is an interactive math encyclopedia.
• Wolfram Alpha gives you access to many features of Mathematica, an extremely powerful computer algebra program, without paying $$$ and learning Mathematica syntax. It does not only do algebra.

Homework:

Assigned	Due	Read	Exercises
9/5		4.1-5	No exercises to turn in this week.
9/8	9/15	4.4, 5	Webwork: HW0 (this does not count as part of your grade) Offline: 4.2.24, 34 and 4.3.60 and 4.4.10
9/15	9/22	5.1, 2	Webwork: HW1 Offline: 4.4.26 and 4.5.56 and 5.1.20, 22
9/22	9/29	5.2-4	Webwork: HW2 Offline: 5.1.38, 48 and 5.2.34, 69
9/29	10/6	5.3-5	Webwork: HW3 Offline: 5.2.42, 60 and 5.3.44, 74
10/6		5.5, 6	Homework holiday. Review for the upcoming exam.
10/13	10/20	5.6-8	Webwork: HW4 Offline: 5.4.22, 48, 54 and 5.5.14
10/20	10/27	5.8, 6.1	Webwork: HW5 Offline: 5.6.38 and 5.7.48
10/27	11/2	5.8, 6.1, 2	Webwork: HW6 (due 11/3) Offline: 5.7.64 and 5.8.16, 38, 56 Hint for 5.7.64: Split into two cases depending on whether a and b have the same sign or opposite signs.
11/2		6.1, 2	Homework holiday. Review for the upcoming exam.
11/10	11/17	6.2-4	Webwork: HW7 Offline: 6.1.32, 34, 44, 46
11/17	11/21	6.4, 6	Webwork: HW8 (due 11/24) Offline: 6.2.64 and 6.3.42
11/21	12/1	6.6 and 7.1, 2	Webwork: HW9 Offline: 6.3.47 and 6.4.32 and 6.6.52, 60
12/1	12/8	7.3, 4 and 8.1-3	Webwork: HW10 Offline: 7.1.38, 7.2.50, 7.3.20, and 7.4.28
12/8	12/12	8.2, 3	Webwork: HW11 (due 12/14) Offline: 8.1.50 and 8.2.36

Exam solutions:

• First midterm exam pdf
• Second midterm exam pdf
• Final exam pdf

Educational links:

• A serious paper on teaching/learning at the university level by Prof. Steven Zucker

Some scholarship opportunities for prospective teachers:

• Knowles Science Teaching Foundation