Introduction

**The Ideas of Calculus**
Since this is, after all, Calculus II you have probably already been exposed to surveys of the ideas of calculus. If not, or if you'd like a review, you might read: Any sections in chapters 1 - 5 of the text you might need to review. Professor Friewald's online Introduction to Calculus

**Advice**
Here is a list of pieces of advice, most of which are obvious but all of which bear repeating: Read the book - not everything can be covered in lecture Do the homework - passive absorption of math does not work Memorize the basic integration formulas - you wouldn't object to memorizing irregular verbs in German class. These formulas are the vocabulary of Calc II Don't fall behind - the material builds on itself and is covered very quickly Make use of office hours, both mine and your TA's - we are happy to try to help Take advantage of help sessions, tutors, etc. When in doubt, draw a picture, either by hand or with a graphing calculator - the material of Math 132 is very geometric in nature If you have a CAS calculator, don't become dependent on it during this course - at this point in your career you need to learn manual integration