Nature of the Course
Math 136 is the second semester of the Math 135-136 sequence for students studying Life Sciences or Social Sciences. Math 136 is designed specifically for students who want a second semester of calculus for their technical background, but who do not intend to take further courses in Calculus or Differential Equations. Therefore, Math 136 offers a mixture of traditional Calculus II topics and of additional topics—such as mulitivariate functions and constrained optimization using Lagrange multipliers—that students are likely to meet in scientific applications.
To include the additional material described above, Math 136 excludes many topics that are needed in a third semester calculus course such as Math 251. For this reason, Math 136 is not a CALC2 equivalent course. That is, Math 136 will not serve as a prerequisite for Math 251 or any other course requiring a CALC2 prerequisite.
Math 136 is not a CALC2 equivalent course.
The only course satisfying the CALC2 prerequisite is Math 152 *see note
This is a different version of the second semester of the sequence Calculus for Mathematics and the Physical Sciences, a traditional second semester calculus course that prepares students for higher level mathematics courses. Students who may wish to take Math 251 should follow Math 135 with Math 152, not Math 136. This applies to students in certain programs in the Life Sciences (in particular, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry), which require Math 251. More information on the transition from Math 135 to Math 152 can be found on the web page Mathematics Placement Advice.
In summary: If you intend to take higher level courses requiring CALC2, do not take Math 136; take Math 152 instead.
Text and Syllabus
Textbook: For current textbook please refer to our Master Textbook List page
For the Summer 2020 syllabus, visit Sheila Tabanli's course page.
*Note: Through Fall 2001 Math 136 followed a syllabus similar to the Math 152 syllabus and was accepted as an equivalent for CALC II. We also previously offered the CALC II courses Math 154 and 192.
Previous semesters
- Spring 2020 - Shawn Threlfall
- Fall 2019 - Shawn Threlfall
- Summer 2019 - Kevin Noone
- Spring 2019 - Kevin Noone
- Fall 2018 - Sarah Soffer & Peter Ullman
- Summer 2018 - Joseph Guadagni
- Spring 2018 - Kevin Noone
- Fall 2017 - Peter Ullman & Matthew Russell
- Spring 2014: Shawn Threlfall & Richard Voepel
- Fall 2013: Prof. Sosa & Shawn Threlfall
- Spring 2013: Prof. Sosa
- Fall 2012: Sara Soffer
- Spring 2012: Prof. Sosa
- Fall 2011: Prof. Buch
- Spring 2011: Prof. Noone
- Fall 2010: Prof. Sosa
- Summer 2010:
C1: Jose Sosa
F6: Vikram Duvurri - Spring 2010: Prof. Sosa
- Fall 2009: Hanjun Kim
- Summer 2009:
C1: Jana Gevertz
F6: Shawn Threlfall - Spring 2009: Vikram Duvvurri & Brian Nakamura
- Fall 2008: Mine Subasi
- Summer 2008:
C1:James Dibble
F6: Mine Subasi - Spring 2008: Profs. Irvine, Venugopalan
- Fall 2007: Prof. Herschkorn
- Spring 2007: Prof. Rainsford
- Fall 2006: Prof. Rainsford
- Spring 2005: Prof. Buhl
- Spring 2004: Profs. Ocone and Gundy
- Fall 2003: ??
- Fall 2002: Prof. Goldstein
- Spring 2002: ??
- Spring 2000: Dov Chelst
- Fall 1999: Prof. Woodward.
Text: Larson Hoestler Edwards
Earlier Textbooks
- Fall 2014 - Syllabus
CALCULUS Special Edition, Chapters 5-8,11,12,14 (Sixth Edition), by K. Smith, M. Strauss and M. Toda - Spring 2004 to Spring 2014 - Syllabus
Strauss, Bradley, Smith; Calculus Prentice Hall - Spring 2001 to Fall 2003 - Syllabus
Soo T. Tan; Applied Calculus; Brooks/Cole (Fifth edition), 2002 (976 pp.)
Schedule of Sections
