Additional Resources
CSU has the following resources available to help you succeed in your calculus course:
Learning Assistance at CSU
Office Hours: Your instructor wants you to be successful in your calculus course. Please reach out as soon as possible if you have questions about the material covered during class. This semester's office hour schedule can be found on the MyOpenMath course page, as well as in the course syllabus. Feel free to ask for help from any calculus instructor, even if they are not the instructor who teaches your class section.
OpSTEM Drop-In Study Center: Located in RT1401, the OpSTEM Drop-In provides a quiet work space to collaborate with classmates and STEM Peer Teachers (SPTs).
Math Learning Center: Located in BH230, the MLC provides free, drop-in peer tutoring for a wide variety of math classes.
Academic Success Center (TASC): Located in BH233, TASC provides general study skills (TASC does not provide math tutoring specifically).
There are many open-source, free calculus study materials available on the internet. Here are some:
Additional Calculus Resources
CEMC Courseware at the University of Waterloo
Free Online Textbooks:
Calculus for Team-Based Inquiry Learning
YouTube Channels: search these channels for solved examples of particular problem types. Warning: It is fine to use online resources, including YouTube, to help you review or practice with a concept. However, do not fall under the misconception that you have learned to do math by watching someone else solve problems. On your tests and quizzes, you will need to be able to solve problems independently, so you need to have done enough independent practice to feel confident with each topic and problem type.
Mathispower4u: Use the search bar to find examples relevant to the topic you are working on.
Professor Leonard: This is a complete Calculus I course, taught live by Professor Brandon Leonard and recorded. Note that the content of these videos does not align exactly with the content taught in Calculus I at CSU, but you can look for videos relevant to a specific topic we have covered in class.
The Organic Chemistry Tutor: As the name suggests, this channel includes videos about chemistry, but it also has many instructional videos about math. Again, you should use the search bar to find videos relevant to what we are covering in class.
Comfort with certain essential pre-calculus skills is crucial to your success in calculus:
Review of Pre-Calculus Topics
OpenStax Pre-Calculus Textbook.
APEX Pre-Calculus: This is an open-source textbook, freely available to view online or download.
Paul's Online Math Notes (Pre-Calculus Review): This website (created by Dr. Paul Dawkins) provides an excellent selection of pre-calculus problems, along with detailed solutions. You can also find other useful information on this site, such as tips for how to study math. There is also calculus content, but beware that this does not always align well with what we will do in our class.
Websites for the precalculus to calculus course sequence at CSU.
CSU Precalculus to Calculus Websites
Your peers are another great resource. It is a common misconception that mathematics is only done alone. This is not true! To do well in your math courses, you must be able to understand and communicate with others about math concepts. Please form a study group early in the semester, and read this advice from others students who have worked hard and succeeded as a result.