MiraCosta College | MATH C2220| MW 6-8:05 pm | Room 3508 | Course Number 1862 | 8/17/26 - 12/10/26
This second course in a three-semester calculus sequence covers advanced integration techniques, improper integrals, infinite series, conic sections, parametric equations, and polar coordinates. The course is designed for mathematics, science, and engineering majors.
Required Material: WebAssign (Student Access Kit) for “CALCULUS, 12th edition’” by Larson, Hostetler, Edwards. This kit contains the WebAssign software and an electronic version of our textbook. The cost is $39.99 for the program and the eTextbook. Please watch the video on the homepage in Canvas on how to purchase WebAssign.
Calculators: Although calculators are not allowed on some tests, a graphic calculator is required. The Math Department recommends TI-83/84 or TI-83/84 Plus.
Determination, positive attitude, hard work, and desire to succeed!
Keep an organized notebook in which you write out all homework and quiz problems in order and solve them, showing all steps and using correct algebraic notation. You will not be asked to turn in your homework; however, quizzes are given in Canvas.
Homework: Homework assignments will be assigned in WebAssign. I will be announcing which section(s) you should be able to finish each week during the lecture. Completing every homework assignment is vital to your success in this class. Do not fall behind. Catching up just before a test is extremely difficult!
Quizzes: Quizzes will be given online via Canvas (WebAssign). Generally, you will have these quizzes due on Sundays at 11:59 pm. You have two attempts on each quiz. There is no time limit set for the quizzes. Technology issues are not an excuse for incomplete quizzes. You need to hold up your end of the bargain by planning to meet the deadlines! No make-up will be granted. You must work on each problem on separate sheets of paper, show all your work, and box the final answers. You will be asked to turn in the handwritten quiz in class. Your lowest quiz will be dropped.
Exams: There will be three exams and a final exam. The third exam will likely be given one week before the final exam, and it will be a take-home exam. Exams may be offered early to students if the circumstances warrant. Please see me at least one week before the scheduled exam date if you wish to take an exam earlier. Make-up exams will NOT be allowed!! Hence, you must be aware of the exam dates. Please remember that there are NO dropped exams in this course. Thus, a missed exam counts as a zero.
Exam #1: Sections 7.1~7.3, 8.1~8.8 (TBA)
Exam #2: Sections 9.1~9.6 (TBA)
Exam #3: Sections 9.7~9.10, Ch.10 (TBA)
Final Exam: December 9th (Wednesday), 6:00 pm-8:05 pm (Final Exam is cumulative, 10.3~10.5, 6.3 included)
Note: You must take your final exam to receive a letter grade in the course.
Completion of Math 150 (Math C2210), or Math 150H (Math C2210H, Math C2210E), with a grade of “C” or better, or an approved equivalent.
For a given set of calculus problems involving methods of integration, properties of sequences and series, or parametric forms, the student will demonstrate quantitative reasoning by applying a problem-solving strategy in which they perform appropriate analysis and computation and critically assess the meaning of the conclusion or outcome.
Intellectual and practical skills, including quantitative literacy and problem solving, will be practiced extensively across the curriculum in the context of progressively more challenging problems, projects, and standards for performance.
1. Apply integration to find areas and volumes.
2. Evaluate definite and indefinite integrals using a variety of integration formulas and techniques.
3. Use integration to solve applications such as work or length of a curve.
4. Evaluate improper integrals.
5. Determine convergence of sequences and series.
6. Represent functions as power series.
7. Graph, differentiate, and integrate functions in polar and parametric form.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to do the following:
1). Use integration for area and volume.
2). Determine an appropriate integration technique and use it to evaluate a given integral.
3). Determine the convergence or divergence of a given infinite series.
4). Find a power series representation for a given function and determine its interval of convergence.
5). Find the derivative of a power series and find the indefinite integral of a power series.
6). Use a power series representation of a function to obtain an approximation either for the function at a
given value or of the definite integral of the function.
7). Sketch graphs of parametric and polar equations.
8). Find derivatives when x and y are functions of a parameter.
9). Find arc length of a curve when its equation is given in parametric form.
10). Find area and arc length when equations are given in polar form.
11). Graph the conic sections and find the equation for a given conic section having been given adequate information about the graph.
Complete the current section's written homework right after each lecture or the next day.
Be prepared to work on your homework in advance.
Keep up with the pace of the class to aid with deeper understanding.
Engage during lectures, in practice opportunities.
Email me right away at lnakamura@miracosta.edu if you have any questions or get 'stuck' on a problem
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Studying Math: The State of California accreditation standard requires that 1 unit of Academic Credit represents a minimum of 48 total hours of student work. A 4-unit (16-week) class requires about 12~13 hours a week: attending class (and/or watching videos or reading materials), re-reading, completing homework, reviewing, etc.
You can expect to spend a minimum of 12~13 hours per week in this class. Yes, I know this sounds traumatic, and it is a lot, but please note that studying math requires a lot of practice, which requires a lot of your time.
Do not allow yourself to fall behind in your work. Catching up before a test is an extremely difficult task!!