Relearning Math 10 years post college

[bmaxwell]

Hello,

 

I found this forum last week while looking for resources to help with my return to college adventure.

I am returning to school to finnish my Math Degree after more than 10 years. I droped out of school when my wife was pregnant to find work in the then strong economy. The Dot Com boom was just getting underway at that time and the fruits of my labor were many.

However in the down turned economy even after down sizing my families home, vehical, recreation time (no more cable television or movies), my job satisfaction is at an all time low. Realizing that I dont mind living with less I have decided to change careers and become a High school Math Teacher (and hopefully do some Financial Actuarial Consulting on the Side).

So back to school to complete my Degree in Math, Actuarial Science to be more precise. I need about 8 courses plus a foriegn language for my degree. However I need to retake all of Calculus because I dont remeber any of it.

Which leads me to how I found this site.

Anyway my questions is this can anyone provide links to valuable Calculus Tutorials online I have found some myself but am not sure i like them. Or any texts that would prove usefull to relearn Calculus. I am currently working through "Forgotten Calculus" seems pretty good so far but kind of simplified. I am auditing Calc 4 Multi-Variable Calculus this summer at a local community college. If I can catch on I will be taking the first class in the probability series in the fall. If not I will be starting over in Calc 1.

Also I purchased a ti 89 titanium (which may have been a bad idea) and have been looking for some information on using it as well. The book that came with it is ok but not comprehensive by any means.

 

I would be greatful for any advice.

 

 

Thanks

[ku]

The Calculus textbook I have is called Calculus: Concepts and Contexts by Stewart. You can also try out the Schaum's Series.

[MetaFrizzics]

Here is a popular math site:

 

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com

[DQW]

maxwell, I congratulate you on your decision to go back to school.

 

I second ku's recommendation on Stewart - that is an excellent text !

 

Online courses :

 

This one is not bad - though at times, it lacks continuity (no pun intended )

http://www.ugrad.math.ubc.ca/coursedoc/math100/index.html

 

This page is nice for an additional reference, but not a primary text

http://www.math.ttu.edu/~williams/etcalc/online.html

 

An excellent page for vector/multivariable Calculus

http://math.etsu.edu/MultiCalc/contents.htm

 

 

A compliation of online resources for calculus

http://www.unixl.com/dir/maths_and_engineering/calculus/