Course Information

Course Number: MAT 1575

Course Title: Calculus II

Course Outline: Official course outline prepared by the Mathematics Department.

Course Description: A continuation of MAT 1475. Topics include Taylor polynomials, Mean Value Theorem, Taylor and Maclaurin series, tests of convergence, techniques of integration, improper integrals, areas, volumes and arclength.

Credits / Hours: 4

Section Number: OL30

Prerequisites: MAT 1475

Textbook: The textbooks are available to download for free (pdf), view online, or print copies are available for a small fee.

Online Spaces

  • OpenLab: This website will be the online home for our class. The site contains important information about the course, and will be used in various ways throughout the semester.
  • WeBWorK:  Much of the homework for this class will be completed on the WeBWorK system.  The link to our WeBWorK section and login instructions will be posted on our OpenLab site.
  • Zoom: We will use Zoom for the weekly COLD sessions and for the one-on-one HOT topic presentations. Zoom links will be posted on our OpenLab site.
    • Students who participate in this class with their camera on or use a profile image are agreeing to have their video or image recorded solely for the purpose of creating a record for students enrolled in the class to refer to, including those enrolled students who are unable to attend live. If you are unwilling to consent to have your profile or video image recorded, be sure to keep your camera off and do not use a profile image. Likewise, students who un-mute during class and participate orally are agreeing to have their voices recorded. If you are not willing to consent to have your voice recorded during class, you will need to keep your mute button activated and communicate exclusively using the “chat” feature, which allows students to type questions and comments live.
  • Dropbox: CUNY has provided all students with Dropbox accounts with large storage limits. Information and a login link are posted here.
  • Blackboard:
    • Grades will be posted in Blackboard’s gradebook
    • In case of a Zoom outage or connection problem, our backup for COLD sessions and HOT topic meetings is Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Log into Blackboard and navigate to our class; the BCU link is on the left. We will use BCO only if we can’t use Zoom.

Faculty Information

Professor Name:

  • Kate Poirier

Contact info & communications: For information about office hours, visit Contact Info & Communications.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Find anti-derivatives using integration by parts, trigonometric substitution, and the technique of partial fractions.
  2. Apply knowledge of integration to calculate volumes of solids of revolution, areas, and arc lengths.
  3. Evaluate improper integrals.
  4. Find Taylor polynomials and use Taylor’s Theorem to estimate error.
  5. Construct infinite series and test for their convergence and divergence.

General Education Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  1. Understand and employ both quantitative and qualitative analysis to solve problems.
  2. Employ scientific reasoning and logical thinking.
  3. Communicate effectively using written and oral means.
  4. Use creativity to solve problems.

Schedule

A detailed schedule of topics can be found on the Week-by-week schedule page.

Percent/Letter Grade conversion

A = 93.0 — 100
A- = 90.0 — 92.9
B+ = 87.0 — 89.9
B = 83.0 — 86.9
B- = 80.0 — 82.9
C+ = 77.0 — 79.9
C = 70.0 — 76.9
D = 60.0 — 69.9
F = 0 — 59.9
W = withdrawal up to Friday, November 6 (WF after)

Grading Policy

The grading policy for the course appears on the Grading Policy page.

Attendance

Most of our course will be asynchronous. That means that most of the work that you do will be on your own time. There are two exceptions:

  1. COLD sessions: Every Tuesday from 10am to 11am, we will hold a session for Checking in Online and Live Discussion (COLD session). The first part of each COLD session will be devoted to Checking in Online: going over your responsibilities for the week. The second part of each COLD session will be devoted a Live Discussion to answer student questions about course content.
  2. HOT topic presentations: These are weekly one-on-one interviews with your instructor. Information is on the HOT Topics page here.

Participation

Participation makes up a component of your overall course grade. More information can be found on the Grading Policy page here.

College Academic Integrity Policy

Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting and citation of sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the college recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension and expulsion. More information about the College’s policy on Academic Integrity may be found in the College Catalog. 

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