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1. Emily Maria Giarratana

2. No

3. 5'10"

4. 18

5. Whenever I need to depending on what my plans are for the day

6. M&Ms

7. Chips & salsa

8. Vampire Weekend

9. Theatre, volunteering, watching movies

10. I've taken algebra 1 & 2, geometry and precalc in high school and Applied Precalc at AU.

11. What is your comfort level with any of the following calculus concepts?

Write one of the following next to each topic: 

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C)    uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

c. Curve sketching (E)

d. Instantaneous rate of change (U)

e. Derivatives (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic functions) (U)

f. Difference quotient (C)

g. Limits (C)

h. Continuity (E)

i. Chain rule (an application of composition of functions) (C)

j. Product and quotient rules for dervatives (E)

k. Finding local and global maximums and minimums (E)

l. Determining inflection points (E)

m. Area under a curve (E)

n. Anti-derivatives (E)

o. Integration (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic functions) (E)

p. Integration by parts (E)

q. Integration by substitution (E)

12. The following are concepts from algebra and precalculus that students taking applied calculus should be comfortable with. What is your comfort level with any of the following algebraic and precalculus concepts? (please note that weakness in any of these areas may make most aspects of this class more challenging than others)

Write one of the following next to each topic:

Very comfortable (V) comfortable (C)    uncomfortable (U) extremely uncomfortable (E)

d. Equations (V)

e. Factoring (V)

f. Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions (V)

g. Simplifying expressions (V)

h. Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials) (C)

i. Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions (C)

j. Operations involving whole number exponent expressions (C)

k. Finding common denominators (V)

l. Inequalities (V)

m. Functions (V)

n. Absolute value (V)

o. Linear functions (V)

p. Systems of equations (C)

q. Domain and range (C)

r. Inverse functions (C)

s. Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc) (C)

t. Quadratic functions (C)

u. Completing the square (U)

v. Exponential functions (C)

w. Logarithmic functions (C)

x. Base e (V)

y. Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions) (C)

z. Trigonometric concepts (C)

13. Yes and yes

14. n/a

15. Which social media formats are you familiar with?

a. Texting Facebook  pinterest  flickr wordpress blogspot tumblr twitter

b. google plus Instagram

16. Which social media formats do you use most frequently?

a. Texting facebook pinterest flickr wordpress blogspot tumblr twitter

b. google plus Instagram

17. Business, Language and Culture

18. Part of my major

19. Yes- statistics, accounting

20. applying math to real world situations