Math 201 - Calculus I - Fall 2014


Instructor: Dr. Nathan Reff
Email: nreff at brockport dot edu
Office: Albert W. Brown Building: 297 (FOB)
Phone: (585) 395-5675
Office Hours: MW 11:00-12:00, 3:50-4:50 or by appointment, or just see if I am in!
Course Meetings:
  • Section 2/2B: MWF 2:30-3:40 in Holmes 216
  • Section 3/3B: MW 5:05-6:50 in Holmes B6
  • Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals, 6 th Ed., by Stewart (ISBN: 978-0495011699)
    Syllabus: pdf

    Class Material
  • Homework
  • Quiz Solutions

  • Exam 1 Practice (I did not make these): #1 , #2 - Note: problems like 6-8 will not appear until Exam 2.
  • Exam 1 Solutions. Blank copy of the test here.

  • Exam 2 Practice (I did not make these): #1 (Solutions here) , #2.
  • Additional Exam 2 Practice Problems. This is a large collection of problems I made or found. There are too many to make a solution sheet, but please ask questions!
  • Exam 2 Solutions. Blank copy of the test here.

  • Exam 3 Practice (I did not make this): #1 (Solutions here) - Note: problems like 7 will not appear until the Final Exam.
  • For lots of additional problems, see the chapter 4 review exercises starting on page 348.
  • Exam 3 Solutions. Blank copy of the test here.

  • Final Exam Practice (I did not make this): here.
  • Solutions Part 1: here.
  • Solutions Part 2: here.
  • Solutions Part 3: here.

  • Final Exam Question and Answer Session: Friday December 5, 4:00PM-6:00PM (possibly later), 215 Holmes.

  • Final Exam Schedule: HERE.
  • Section 2/2B - BLOCK A: Monday December 8, 10:20AM-12:20PM, EDWARDS 103.
  • Section 3/3B - Monday December 8, 5:20PM-7:20PM, HOLMES B6 (Our normal classroom).

  • Additional Resources:
  • Student Learning Center.

  • Useful Software
  • Maple and Mathematica can be downloaded for free via the site license agreement with The College at Brockport: SUNY. (login required)
  • Sage an awesome free open-source Python-based mathematics software.
  • GeoGebra another neat free mathematics software. Here are some calculus applets using GeoGebra.
  • WolframAlpha.

  • Prerequisite Resources
  • Trigonomentry and Algebra quick references, by Paul Dawkins.
  • Lots of Algebra, Trigonomentry and other video lectures here, by Patrick JMT.

  • Additional Resources
  • Single Variable Calculus (Fall 2010), MIT (has video lectures).
  • Single Variable Calculus (Fall 2006), MIT (has video lectures).
  • Single Variable Calculus (Fall 2005), MIT.
  • Highlights of Calculus by Gilbert Strang, MIT OCW. (has video lectures).
  • Calculus by Gilbert Strang, MIT OCW.
  • Video Calculus , University of Houston (has video lectures).
  • Operation Mother Hen, University at Buffalo (has video lectures).
  • Alfred University Calculus Initiative (AUCI) - Calculus I Website.
  • Video lectures for Analytic Geometry and Calculus I, NCSU.
  • The Math Forum, Drexel has a large database of calculus resources.
  • Calculus on the Web (COW) is maintained Temple University.
  • The Calculus Page contains many sample problems.
  • University of British Columbia's calculus online homepage.
  • Math Tutorials, Harvey Mudd College.
  • The Calculus Lifesaver by Adrian Banner, Princeton.