Principals of Web Calculus 2 Course Development

1.    Textbook -  James Stewart wrote a wonderful Calculus text.  We really can see no reason to rewrite it online.  So the predominant source of calculus information and resource is the text, Calculus, Early Transcendentals 7th edition, by James Stewart.

2.    Computer Algebra System - A computer algebra system is a program which does mathematics numerically, graphically and symbolically.  We use a computer algebra system called Maple (produced by Waterloo University in Canada - hence the name, Maple) to replicate many of the easy exercises we do by hand to enable us to do the numerical, graphical and algebraic manipulations that are far too complex to do by hand.  Each student must have access to a copy of the Maple software (Maple 6 or later). Maple Information

3.    World Wide Web Resources - As web resources relating to our objectives are discovered, evaluated and shared by teacher and student, we will place a hyperlink to these sites in the lesson objectives.  Since web resources come and go, this aspect of the course will evolve during the course more than any other.

4.    Format - The modules or "lessons" will correspond to the sections of Stewart.  In each lesson, we supply a list of objectives, notes about the objective for that lesson, sample exercises related to each objective, hyperlinks to Maple worksheets appropriate for that lesson and hyperlinks to web resources.