Math Camp - Lectures

Curriculum Overview:
Day 1
  • Algebra and geometry review
  • Functions
  • Differential calculus
Day 2
  • Integral calculus
  • Matrix algebra
Day 3
  • Introduction to probability
  • Random variables
Day 4
  • Probability density functions
  • Discrete distributions
Day 5
  • Continuous distributions
  • Introduction to statistics
  • Fun Review Activity!!!

Daily Schedule:
9:00 - 9:30 Review of previous day's problems and material (Day 1: intro/overview)
9:30 - 10:30 Lecture 1
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:15 Problem-solving session
11:15 - 12:00 Lecture 2
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 Students choose between the following two options:
1) Ricardo Contreras: Social Science applications of the morning's material
2) Gail Potter:
Problem-solving session 3;
Detailed, slower-paced review of the morning's material;
Problem-solving session 4

Lecture Materials, Practice Problems, Solutions - see Mathematics Review