Due Monday, October 31, 11:59pm
MAT 1575 students’ instructions
MAT 1575 students, the instructions here are not for you! Do not comment on this post! See the post with your instructions over on the MAT 2680 site here.
MAT 2680 students’ instructions
MAT 2680 students, welcome to the MAT 1575 site! Many of you took MAT 1575 at CityTech but for those of you who didn’t: MAT 1575 is CityTech’s Calculus II course. The students in this class have just finished learning about integration techniques and they’re about to start learning about infinite series. So far, the analytic methods you’ve been learning to solve differential equations involve evaluating a lot of integrals. Later in the semester, you’ll learn a method that uses Taylor series to solve differential equations (but shhhhh, the MAT 1575 students haven’t officially seen Taylor series yet!).
So the MAT 1575 students are like past versions of you! They’re just a little bit behind where you are in their math journeys. What advice do you have for them to help them succeed?
- Maybe you’d like to tell them what skills or material you think is most important from MAT 1575?
- Maybe you’d like to tell them what you wish they’d learned better from MAT 1575?
- Maybe you’d just like to tell them how you succeeded in MAT 1575?
- Maybe you’d like to tell them something more personal like what your major is, what you like about differential equations, what you liked about Calculus II, or what other math classes you have to take?
Your instructions for this assignment are simple: in the comments below, give the MAT 1575 students some unsolicited advice.
Since you have not commented in this group before, your comments will not appear right away. They have to be approved by the administrator first, but the administrator is me and I’ll approve any advice as long as itis not too inappropriate. Anyone who offers any advice will earn participation credit.
I would recommend you make sure your knowledge about limits, derivative and integral be very solid. They would definitely help you in Mat 2680
Study and don’t get complacent or lazy. If you study enough you’ll be fine.
Having a general knowledge of all the topics will help a lot for the entirety of 2680. Remember all your integration methods because they will reappear. Pay extra attention to the last few topics as they will be pretty important.
My major is computer engineering and if if you have the same major as me, you’ll have to take differential equations(i’m sure you know that already). After taking MAT 1575 and MAT 2680, these two classes (plus linear algebra) are super important when you start taking your CET classes, because most of these topics will come up. And practice, practice, practice!(this is also a note to self lol) That’s the best advice I can give you all
I major in Computer Engineering & Technology. Calculus will be the foundation for future math based classes such as Linear Algebra and Differential Equations which will then be applies in EMT and CET courses. You must be able to know how to differentiate and integrate as well as have an advanced recollection of algebra. Even though you may not have everything you need memorized, you should know how to research and develop your own references that you can depend on (not just google). When you take courses with MATLab programming or circuit analysis, math skills are essential.
Ex: In CET3615 I needed to analyze sine wave frequencies as well as spring-mass-system problems that required calculus for integration.
Having taken MAT1575, I can say that it is challenging. It is all about taking the time to actually practice the questions. Even if you go to some source to find the answers, it helps if you try to understand the steps they took to answer the question. I had to take the class twice because I tanked the first time then ended up getting an A the second time. So I am living proof that if you just take a couple minutes and go through the questions, it will help. What I recommend the most is getting comfortable with integrating and differentiating. Once that is out of the way, you will have less issues on your plate. For the questions where you need to choose a particular method to answer, I recommend trying to write the definition of each method and the parameters for that question on your own. Then just compare to your notes from class and see what you are missing or need to change. At the end of the day whether you have no idea what you are doing or need to find answers for questions, just take some time to understand why that is the solution and you will be okay. That is more or less what I did the second time around. But I will say this, if you are not ready yet for the class, don’t be hard on yourself and take sometime and focus on other classes.
hello, my major is computer engineering and when I finish calculus 2 it is required for me to take differential equations the classes we take and so on is after our associate’s degree and we would be one step closer to becoming future engineers and mathematicians.
Pay attention to every detail said in class. Keep up with your work and study constantly. Take advantage to the fact that the professor is not only there to give you a lecture. Ask lots of questions, even the dumb ones and go to the office hours if you can and go to tutoring. Do the home works and extra problems from the textbook.
Calculus II is a very important course and for those majoring in Applied Mathematics, you will need your knowledge of Calculus II in you upper math courses. Pay attention to every detail said in class and make sure you understand every steps used to answer problems.