Online Calculus Courses

Enhance your understanding of calculus through the two noncredit courses described below. Taking calculus online is convenient and allows you the flexibility of taking up to a full year to complete the program. Work one-on-one with your instructor via e-mail. Lessons can be submitted by U.S. mail, fax or e-mail.

The following two courses are equivalents to units 4 & 5 of Math 221 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They are intended for students who have successfully completed a three-credit introductory calculus course. Applications of Integration assumes familiarity with the basic notion of integration, including the definition of the integral as a Riemann sum and using an antiderivative to evaluate an integral. Calculus of Transcendental Functions assumes that you are comfortable working with derivatives and integrals of polynomials, rational functions and trigonometric functions.

Who these courses are for:

Students needing to complete calculus knowledge requirements.
Technical professionals seeking review or practice opportunity.

These courses cover the more advanced material taught in the 5-credit Calculus 221 at UW-Madison. They are intended for students who have completed a less comprehensive Calculus I course (typically a 3 or 4-credit course).

Applications of Integration

Covers the use of integration to calculate a variety of physical characteristics: areas, lengths, volumes, moments and centers of mass, work and static fluid pressure. Emphasis on setting up mathematical models for a wide range of physical situations. Assumes familiarity with the basic notion of integration and using an antiderivative to evaluate an integral. Program #9035.

Calculus of Transcendental Functions

Covers derivatives of inverse functions and associated domain restrictions; differentiation and integration of logarithmic, exponential and inverse trigonometric functions; applications to exponential growth and decay; L'Hopital's Rule. Assumes familiarity with the derivatives and integrals of polynomials, rational functions and trigonometric functions. Program #9036.

Costs:

Each course is available in two options: With an exam for 3.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or without an exam for 2.5 CEUs. (One CEU nominally corresponds to 10 hours of work.) The tuition is $180 for 3.5 CEUs, $150 for 2.5 CEUs. Work at your own pace and take up to a year to finish. Register any time.

Check out the course as a guest:

Follow the link below to log in as a guest. In the middle column, under the heading "ONGOING," you will see links to the math courses. Once you get to the individual course, you need to click on the tiny little "Content" link near the top left.

Obtaining the textbook:

The textbook for these courses is Calculus & Analytic Geometry, ninth edition by Thomas, George B. and Ross Finney. Published by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. ISBN: 0201531747 or 0-321-11771-9.

Try searching at Addall.com for used copies of the textbook. Search for the ninth edition or search for the reissued version.

Refund policy:

Withdrawals within 30 days of registration receive a refund minus a $30 processing fee. If lessons have been submitted and graded before withdrawal, we will retain $15 for each lesson. Withdrawals within 60 days of registration receive a 50% refund. Beyond 60 days, no tuition will be refunded.

How you may submit assignments:

You are free to choose to submit your written assignments either by regular mail, by fax, as a scanned image attached to an e-mail (keeping it less than 1 megabyte in size), or as a PDF form (again, less than 1 megabyte) attached to an e-mail. Your graded assignment, with written feedback, will be mailed back to you by regular mail.

Your contact for more information about online calculus classes is Sharad Chandarana, 608-262-2152.