Calculus I introduced you to the three Big Ideas of Calculus: differentiation (finding slopes or instantaneous rates of change), integration (finding net change or the area under a curve), and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus which relates differentiation and integration.

Calculus II takes these ideas further and introduces a number of applications. Among the applications we'll discuss are:

• Finding areas and volumes: how are integrals used in engineering problems?
• numerical integration: how do computers calculate integrals?
• Taylor polynomials: how does your calculator really compute functions like the sine, cosine, and the exponential?
• Calculus with parametric curves: how do you describe the motion of the planets?

The course text is Calculus with Early Transcendentals (sixth edition) by James Stewart. We will cover chapters 6-11.

• Unit I: Sections 3.11, 5.5, 6.1-6.3, 7.1-7.5.
  Test I on February 11
• Unit II: Sections 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 9.1-9.4, 11.1
  Test II on March 11
• Unit III: Sections 11.1-11.9
  Test III on April 15
• Unit IV: Section 11.10, 10.1-10.4
  Final Exam on May 4

You can find material supplementary to the text at the Stewart Calculus Web Site