Tell me about MAC 2512

GatorEng23
Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:22:41 +0000

Since the course is a combination of calc1 and calc2, calc 1 material will be reviewed in the beginning of the semester, so you really don’t have to review anything beforehand. But if you want, I would suggest reviewing:

*Pre-calculus (mostly trig identities)
*Limits/sequences
*Differentiation/Integration Rules

Mostly just try to learn the formulas from calc so you don’t have to waste time learning them during the semester. Calc 2 is mostly a course of series, so to get a head start, I would look through the convergence tests, region of convergence, Taylor series, etc. Series is considered the most difficult topic in the course.

Edwards will fly through the calc 1 material {limits; continuity; differentiation of algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions; applications of the derivative; inverse trigonometric functions; differentials; introduction to integration; and the fundamental theorem of calculus}. The focus is on calc 2, so if you review the material from calc 1, you will ease into the material.

Edwards definitely tests out of homework/class examples. So if you pay attention to his class examples and do some of the homework, I think you should be okay.

BTW: I never took MAC 2512 (I went into MAC2312 instead), so I’m not sure how the quizzes are or how hard getting an A in the course is, but I know Edwards (I took an upper-level course with him) and if you follow what he says in class, I think an A is pretty doable.