MATH U142, CALCULUS 2 Home Page
Brief Summary: Second semester calculus, including
integral calculus, differential equations, multivariable calculus, and
applications, with emphasis on applications in health sciences.
Text, overview "Calculus for the Life
Sciences" (2003) by Greenwell, Ritchey and Lial, ISBN #0-201-74582-8, in a
packet including a student solutions manual. The text includes many
applications to health sciences, ecology. There is supplementary material in a Class
Pac (when offered) including worksheets, and previous quizzes and exams, some
with solutions. Students are expected to use a graphing calculator.
A feature of the course and text is the attempt
to integrate graphical, numerical and symbolic approaches. Also, students are
asked to interpret calculus in applied problems.
Assignments (Spring 05)
Who takes this course?
This course is taken by many Health Sciences,
College of Arts and Sciences majors, however math, physics, chemistry and
biology majors, as well as engineering majors normally take a different first
course in calculus (see "Comparison to other Courses" below and the
program for your major).
What do I need to be prepared?
You should have a first semester calculus course, as
Math U141.
which includes an introduction to integral calculus.
This material is reviewed in Math U142 (see Chapter 7 of text).
What if I have had calculus before, in high school,
or AP Calculus?
Usually Math U142 supplements
what you already know.
If you feel that your knowledge of
calculus is already strong enough, you may wish to look over a final exam in
the course, and if you feel ready, take a placement test (a previous final
exam, say), to attempt to place out of the course. Whether your program will
exempt you, or you merely get to take a sequel course is a subtle question (see
your adviser in your major, and the Math Dept faculty member handling placement
issues, or/and the course coordinator.)
Comparison to other Courses:
Math U242 is Calculus I for Science,
Engineering. In U241-242 there is a stronger emphasis on techniques. Also,
there is a two year program beginning with Math U241, followed by integral
calculus (Math U242), multivariable calculus (Math U341), and differential
equations/linear algebra (Math U343).
Math U151/152, Calculus and Differential Equations for
Biology, is a specialized sequence for Biology majors, using a rather different
syllabus
Math U141 is the prerequisite course to Math
U141. Math U142 assumes the student is familiar with antiderivatives and the
beginning of integration, and proceeds, after a review, through further work in
integrals, multiple integrals, and differential equations.
Further questions about which calculus course to
take
If you have further questions about the right calculus
course for you to take, or the preparation for this course, see either an
Undergraduate Advisor in the Mathematics Department, or the Math U142 Course
Coordinator, as well as an advisor in your major.