Math 121: Intermediate Calculus (Spring 2023)

This course is focused on integration techniques, series, and parametric/polar equations.

I previously taught this course in Spring 2018. At the link, you can find some materials from that version of the course.

Time and location

• Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11:00-11:50am in SMUD 204.

Help hours

• My office hours in SMUD 401:
  • Tuesday 2:00-3:30
  • Wednesday 2:30-4:00
  • Friday 1:30-2:30
• We have three wonderful Math Fellows (TAs) for 121, with office hours as follows. All Math Fellow hours are in SMUD 204.
  • Monday 6:00-7:30 (Admire Madyira)
  • Tuesday 6:00-7:30 (Admire Madyira)
  • Wednesday 7:30-9:00 (Aidee Hernandez)
  • Thursday 6:00-7:30 (Ali Sbeih)
  • Thursday 7:30-9:00 (Aidee Hernandez)
  • Friday 6:00-7:30 (Ali Sbeih)

Handouts and other items

• Syllabus
• Boardwork from my tablet (updated periodically)
• Zoom link for any online office hours, classes, etc.
• M 1/30: exponentials review handout / solutions
• W 2/8: L’Hôpital’s rule notes from an older course
• M 2/13: integration by parts notes from an older course (see Section 5 for a bit on tabular integration)

Review handouts and extra review problems

The review handouts below are gratefully borrowed from Danielle Benedetto.

• Derivatives and integrals reference sheet
• The unit circle
• Trigonometry review
• Limit examples
• Inverse trig examples
• Integration by parts examples
• Trig. integral examples
• Trig. sub. examples
• Integration techniques reference sheet

Homework

Problem sets will be posted here. All problem sets are due at 10pm, on Gradescope.

• Gradescope instructions
• Problem Set 1 (due W 2/1 by midnight) / answer key (final answers only)
• Problem Set 2 (due F 2/3 by midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 3 (due W 2/8 by midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 4 (due F 2/10 by midnight) / answer key (ignore #21 on answer key)
• Problem Set 5 (due W 2/15 by midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 6 (due F 2/17 by midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 7 (due W 2/22 by midnight) / answer key
• Midterm 1 material ends here.
• Problem Set 8 (due W 3/1 F 3/3 by midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 9 (due W 3/8 Th 3/9 by midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 10 (due F 3/10 at midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 11 (due W 3/22 at midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 12 (due F 3/24 at midnight) / answer key
• Problem Set 13 (due W 3/29 at midnight) / answer key

Exams

There will be three midterms and a three hour final exam. Further information and sample exams will be posted here.

• Midterm 1 will be in class on Friday 2/24.
  • Exam / Solutions
  • You are allowed a one page notesheet, front and back, so that you don’t need to memorize formulas. Put some time into it – deciding what to put on the note sheet is a very useful study process!
  • Coverage: anything covered in class up to and including Friday 2/17 (Sections: 6.5, 6.6, 6.8, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3)
  • Review packet / Solutions (thanks to D. Benedetto!)
  • Practice exams: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2018 (skip 1(c), 2(a)), Spring 2017
    • Solutions video for the Fall 2022 exam, with some comments.
    • Written solutions for practice exams: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
• Midterm 2 will be in class on Friday 3/31.
  • You are allowed a one page notesheet, front and back, so that you don’t need to memorize formulas. Put some time into it – deciding what to put on the note sheet is a very useful study process!
  • Coverage: anything covered from Monday 2/20 to Friday 3/24 (Sections: 7.4, 7.8, and 11.1-7).
  • Review packet / Solutions
  • Practice exams: Spring 2020 (skip 1(e)), Fall 2020, Fall 2022 (this one was take-home, and longer than usual)
    • Solutions to practice exams: Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022

• Midterm 3 will be in class on Friday 4/28.

• The final exam will be on Tuesday 5/16, 2pm-5pm, in SCCE E210.