We assume that you're regularly attending lectures and discussion sections and working hard at the homework exercises.  Nothing here is intended as a substitute for that.

You should also take advantage of the instructor's office hours, listed on the main page of the syllabus. If all those hours are impossible for you, contact your instructor about the possibility of making an appointment.

Review Sessions:  We will conduct a review session sometime shortly before each exam.

Your TA, Kim Patti, will also have some scheduled hours when she is available in her office.  The hours and locations are listed at the link Calculus Tutorial Help.  The TA's are available to help students from any discussion section although at busy times, their priority is with students from their own discussion sections.

Cornerstone, the College's learning center located in Gregg Hall on the South 40, is a valuable resource with whom you should familiarize yourself.  Some of the resources of interest to calculus students are as follows. There will be a Calculus Help Desk in Cornerstone  5 nights/week: Sunday-Thursday 7-9 pm (except holidays).  An undergraduate "consultant" is there for quick questions about stumbling blocks in homework. This is not a place to go expecting one on one tutoring.  The consultant might be busy fielding questions from several students in different courses.  This service will begin on Sunday evening,   January 25.  Cornerstone will also help facilitate study groups.  For this service, a group of students can get together, and Cornerstone will assign a mentor for the group.

Some old exams and solutions from previous semesters are posted on the web by the department.  These can be a useful source of practice problems.   Copies of some of these exams should also be available to view or photocopy at the Reserve Desk on Level 2 in Olin Library.  (Any exams older than Fall 1997 involved a different text and are less useful as guides.)

Also, make yourself familiar with Student Educational Services (SES), located within the Cornerstone area. SES writes that

Students may receive additional departmentally endorsed curricula support  through Washington University's Student Educational Service (SES) Department.  Services provided include course workshops, individual and group tutoring, academic counseling, study/test-taking skills, reading skills, and time management. To access these services, students should go to, or contact, the SES Office, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and meet with the SES staff.  After hours tutoring, workshops and course study groups, primarily in chemistry, mathematics and physics, will also be provided in cooperation with the respective departments.  All services accessed through SES are offered free of charge to students.  A simple registration procedure is required.  For more information, or to schedule a meeting, contact

Leslye Steptoe, Retention and Academic Advisor, 935-5914
Ms. Kathy Wildman , Academic Skills Advisor, 935-8805
Mr. Harvey Fields , Retention and Academic Advisor, 935-5965

You may also contact the SES Main Office at 935-5970.  Additional information can be
obtained from the SES webpage (link above). The services provided by SES, are viable, flexible supplements to the core course support provided by the department through lectures, help sessions and office hours.  SES services are most effective when the student regularly participates in the department instructional activities.  In addition, all department policies regarding homework will be adhered to by SES.