MATH1101 · Mathematics
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
MATH1101 is not open to students who have completed MATH1103. Students contemplating majors in Chemistry, Computer Science B.A. or B.S., Environmental Geosciences, Geological Sciences, Mathematics or Physics should enroll in MATH1103. For further information about selecting your Math courses given your background, please see this link to theBC Math Department. MATH1101 is a second course in the calculus of one variable intended for students studying life or social sciences, such as biology, neuroscience, economics, management and premedical students. It is open to others who are qualified and desire a more rigorous mathematics course at the core level. There are three main topics: integration (definition of integration, basic techniques for integration, and select applications); an introduction to differential equations (with applications to population modeling and other contexts); an introduction to multivariable functions and partial derivatives (with application to optimization in economics and other contexts).
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.3 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.6 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.4 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.3 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor of the Practice, Mathematics Department
4.7 / 5
4.0 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics Department
4.6 / 5
3.9 / 5
Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department
3.6 / 5
3.7 / 5
Visiting Instructor, Mathematics Department
2.5 / 5
2.7 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics Department
4.1 / 5
3.8 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics Department
4.0 / 5
3.6 / 5
Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department
4.4 / 5
4.1 / 5
2 evaluations for this course
2.7 / 5
2.8 / 5
2 evaluations for this course
2.8 / 5
2.6 / 5
1 evaluations for this course
4.5 / 5
3.7 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
Dec 8, 2025 · Historical comment
She's funny, teaches the material well almost in a high school level clarity and personable way. She assigns a lot of homework but it's very doable. The exams are hard but you learn A LOT really quickly about calculus.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
5 sectionsFall 2024
5 sectionsSpring 2024
8 sectionsFall 2023
5 sectionsSpring 2023
12 sectionsFall 2022
2 sectionsSummer 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
13 sectionsFall 2021
4 sectionsSpring 2021
7 sectionsFall 2020
4 sectionsSpring 2020
11 sections