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We are in process of uploading new resources for the current semester, Spring 2023.  We will leave Resources from last Fall 2022 in place until the new resource is ready to be uploaded.  So if you see a date from last semester, go ahead and use that one! It will still be helpful!  The new one will be posted soon!

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RESOURCES FROM FALL 2022 & SPRING 2023

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Computer Science

Introduction to Computer Science I (CSI 1430)

Resource - Week 3: Basic Input & Output, Variables, Arithmetic Operators

Resource - Week 4: Conditional Branching, Logical Operators, Operator Precedence

Resource - Week 5: Variable Scope, Pre & Post Incrementing and Decrementing

Resource - Week 6: Looping, Files Streams

Resource - Week 7: Arrays, Output Formatting

Resource - Week 8: Vectors, String and CString Functions

Resource - Week 9: Functions

Resource - Week 10: Classes

Resource - Week 11: Classes, Class Functionality

Resource - Week 12: Structs

Resource - Week 13: Sorting, Selection Sort, Insertion Sort

Resource - Week 14: Functions, Pass By Value, Pass by Reference

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Mathematics

Pre Calculus (MTH 1308/1320)

Resource - Week 3: Composition of Functions, Linear Functions and Transformation of Functions

Resource - Week 4: Quadratic Functions, Power and Polynomial Functions, Graph of Polynomials Functions

Resource - Week 5: Polynomial Functions, Dividing Polynomials by Long Division, Dividing Polynomials by Synthetic Division

Resource - Week 6: Quadratic Functions, Power Functions, and Polynomial Functions Continued

Resource - Week 7: Graphs of Polynomial Functions, Factoring, Intermediate Value Theorem, Dividing Polynomials

Resource - Week 8: Exponential Functions and their Graphs

Resource - Week 9: Logarithmic Functions and their Graphs

Resource - Week 10: Logarithmic Properties, Exponential and Logarithmic Equations

Resource - Week 11: Angles, Unit Circle, Sine, and Cosine Functions

Resource - Week 12: Graphs of Trigonometric Functions

Resource - Week 13: Inverse Trig Functions, Sum & Difference Identities, Double-Angle, Half-Angle, Reduction Formulas, Summary of Functions

Resource - Week 14: Trigonometric Functions, Right Triangle Trigonometry

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Calculus 1 (MTH 1309/1321)

Resource - Week 3: Limits, Continuity, IVT, Derivatives

Resource - Week 4: Chain Rule, High Order Derivatives, Trig Derivatives

Resource - Week 5: Chain Rule, High Order Derivatives, Trig Derivatives

Resource - Week 6: Implicit Differentiation, Inverse Trig Functions, log and ln Derivatives

Resource - Week 7: Related Rates, Linear Approximation, Critical Points

Resource - Week 8: Optimization, Mean Value Theorem, First and Second Derivative

Resource - Week 9: Riemann Sums, Definite Integrals, Indefinite Integrals

Resource - Week 10:  Rolle's Theorem, Sketching Graphs

Resource - Week 11:Precipitation Reaction, Neutralization Reaction, Titration, Oxidation & Reduction

Resource - Week 12: U-substitution, Rules of U-substitution, Finding C

Resource - Week 13: Displacement, Net and Total Change, Integrating Inverse Trigonometry

Resource - Week 14: Review of Major Concepts

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Calculus 2 (MTH 1322)

Resource - Week 3: (In)Definite Integral, Integrand, U-Substitution, Integration by Parts, Trig Identities

Resource - Week 4:  Partial Fraction Decomposition

Resource - Week 5:   L’Hopital’s Rule, Improper Integral, Limit, Convergence, Divergence

Resource - Week 6: Average Value, Mass, Density, Volume, Cross Section

Resource - Week 7: Solid of Revolution, Cross Section, Disk Method, Shell Method

Resource - Week 8: Force, Mass, Acceleration, Work, Energy, Arc Length, Surface Area

Resource - Week 9: Differential Equation, Particular Solution, General Solution, Initial Condition, Separation of Variables, Exponential Growth/Decay

Resource - Week 10: Sequence, Convergence, Divergence, Squeeze Theorem, Bounded, Monotonic, Partial Sum, Linearity, Geometric Series, p-Series, Comparison Test, Algebraic Limit Laws

Resource - Week 11:  Absolute Convergence, Conditional Convergence, Divergence, Alternating Series, Ratio Test, Root Test

Resource - Week 12: Power Series, Center, Interval of Convergence, Radius of Convergence, Geometric Series, Term-by-Term, Power Series Expansion

Resource - Week 13: Approximation, Agreement to Order n, Taylor Polynomial, Centeredness, Maclaurin Polynomial, Error Bound

Resource - Week 14: Taylor Series Expansion, Maclaurin Series, Binomial Series, Euler’s Formula

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Sciences

Biology I (BIO 1305/1405) (Campbell Textbook)

Resource - Week 3: Foundations, Water, Chemical Basics, Biological Molecules

Resource - Week 4: Organelles, Membrane Structure, Membrane Transport, Endosymbiotic Theory

Resource - Week 5: Thermodynamics, Free Energy Change, Enzymes, Intro to Cellular Respiration

Resource - Week 6: Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Fermentation

Resource - Week 7: Light Reactions, Calvin Cycle, Alternate Carbon Fixation

Resource - Week 8: Cell Signaling, The Cell Cycle, Meiosis

Resource - Week 9: Cell Cycle, Binary Fission, Mitosis, Meiosis

Resource - Week 10: Chromosomal Inheritance, Linked Genes, Abnormal Chromosomes

Resource - Week 11: DNA Structure, Nucleotides, Base Pairing, Semiconservative Replication

Resource - Week 12: Proteins in Replication, 5’ —> 3’ Synthesis, Repair, DNA Packaging

Resource - Week 13: Transcription, Translation, RNA Processing, Post-translational Modification

Resource - Week 14: Operons, Gene Regulation, Differential Gene Expression, Cancer

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Biology I (BIO 1305/1405) (ICB Textbook)

Resource - Week 3: Cell, Heritable Information, Experimental Design, DNA

Resource - Week 4: Transcription, Translation, Central Dogma, Gene Induction

Resource - Week 5: Translation, tRNA, codons, mRNA processing

Resource - Week 6: Allele, Homozygous, Heterozygous, Dominant, Recessive, Genotype, Phenotype

Resource - Week 7: Abiotic Origins, Prehistoric, Amino Acids, Vesicles, Amphiphilic

Resource - Week 8: Mutations, Errors, DNA Polymerase, Evolution

Resource - Week 9: Chromatin, Histones, Nucleosomes, DNA Organization

Resource - Week 10: Protein Structure, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary, Side Chains

Resource - Week 11: Epinephrine, G-protein, Adenylyl cyclase, c-AMP

Resource - Week 12: Metabolism, Beta Oxidation, Cellular Respiration, Deamination, Glycolysis

Resource - Week 13: Photosynthesis, Paraquat, Oxygen Production, Carbon Fixation, Light

Resource - Week 14: Hemoglobin, Myoglobin, Oxygen, Affinity,pH, Cooperativity

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Biology II (BIO 1306/1406) (Campbell Textbook)

Resource - Week 3: Evolution, Natural Selection, Ecology, Biomes, Climate

Resource - Week 4: Speciation, Reproductive isolation, Macroevolution, Miller and Urey, Population ecology, Vascular plants, Angiosperms, Plant nutrition, Plant responses to stimuli

Resource - Week 5: Speciation, Animal form and function, Community ecology, Symbiosis, Phylogenetics

Resource - Week 6: Animal diversity, Embryonic development, Protostomes and Deuterostomes, Animal tissues, Animal form and function

Resource - Week 7: Seed plants, Plant life cycles, Plant colonization, Animal nutrition, Heart, Circulatory and gas exchange

Resource - Week 8: Plant hormones, Plant responses to stimuli, Vascular plant growth and development, Meristems, Osmoregulation, Excretion, Kidney

Resource - Week 9: Animal Diversity, Embryonic Development, Invertebrates, Plant Nutrition and Population Ecology

Resource - Week 10: Restoration ecology, Ecosystems, Colonization of land, Alternation of generations, Vascular plant life cycle

Resource - Week 11: Plant hormones, Plant responses to signals, Plant defenses, Animal form and function, Community ecology, Animal tissues, Restoration ecology

Resource - Week 12: Evolution, Natural selection, Conservation biology

Resource - Week 13: Miller-Urey Experiment, Early life on earth, Origin of species, Osmoregulation and excretion, Kidney

Resource - Week 14: Speciation, Animal form and function, Community ecology, Symbiosis, Phylogenetics

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Biology II (BIO 1306/1406) (ICB Textbook)

Resource - Week 3: Population Genetics, Mutations, Hardy-Weinberg

Resource - Week 4:  Information, Communication, Prey, Predators, Shannon Diversity Index, Ecological Systems

Resource - Week 5: Natural Selection, Selective agent, Non-adaptive evolution, Evolution

Resource - Week 6:  Common ancestor, Darwinian hypothesis, Phylogenetic tree, Humanevolution

Resource - Week 7: Coevolution, Selective agent, Pairwise coevolution, Diffuse coevolution,Mutualism, Pupate

Resource - Week 8: Coming Soon!

Resource - Week 9:  Ingestion, Digestion, Assimilation, Alimentary Canal, Lumen, Peristalsis

Resource - Week 10: Pathogen, ssRNA, Antibodies

Resource - Week 11:  Hormones, Exoskeleton, Epidermis, Hemolymph, Metamorphosis,Ganglia, Neurosecretory Cells

Resource - Week 12:  Nitrogen fixation, Assimilation, Decomposition, Nitrification, Denitrification

Resource - Week 13:  Herbivore, Dominance Hierarchy, Subordinate

Resource - Week 14:  Pollutant, Parts Per Million (ppm), Biomagnification

Resource - Week 15: Coming Soon!

Genetics (BIO 2306)

Resource - Week 3: Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Meiosis, Chromosome, Inheritance

Resource - Week 4: Pedigree, Testcross, Linked Genes, Recombination, Gene Ma

Resource - Week 5: Testcross, Linked Genes, Heritability, Chromosome

Resource - Week 6: Nucleic Acid, Bacteria, Chromosome, Nucleosome

Resource - Week 7: Replication, semi-conservative, replication fork

Resource - Week 8: Transcription, Ribonucleic Acid (RNA), Promoter, Polymerase

Resource - Week 9: Ribosome, Amino Acids, Splicing, Codon, Polypeptides

Resource - Week 10: Regulation, Operon, Repressor, Inducer, Histones

Resource - Week 11: Mutation, Mutagen, DNA Repair, Electrophoresis

Resource - Week 12: PCR, Blotting, Cloning, Sequencing

Resource - Week 13: Genome, Polymorphisms, Gene Flow, Hardy-Weinberg

Resource - Week 14: Epigenetic, cancer, speciation, evolution

Resource - Week 15: Final Review- Bio

Resource - Week 15: Final Review- Math

General Chemistry I (CHE 1301)

Resource - Week 3: Element, Isotope, Atomic Mass, Key Experiments, Significant Figures, Dimensional Analysis

Resource - Week 4:  Electromagnetic Radiation, Electron Configuration, Periodic Trends, Electronegativity

Resource - Week 5: Lewis Structure, Ionic Compounds, Covalent Compounds, Molecular Geometry

Resource - Week 6: Electronegativity, Formal Charges, Resonance, Orbital Diagrams, Orbital Energy Levels

Resource - Week 7: VSEPR, Valence Bond Theory, Hybridization

Resource - Week 8: Molecular Mass, Mole, Percent Composition, Empirical Formula, Molecular Formula

Resource - Week 9: Polarity, Sigma & Pi Bonds, Molecular Orbital Theory, Percent Yield

Resource - Week 10: Limiting Reactants, Electrolytes/Nonelectrolytes, Molarity/Preparing Solutions

Resource - Week 11: Precipitation Reaction, Neutralization Reaction, Titration, Oxidation & Reduction

Resource - Week 12: Displacement Reactions, Redox Reactions, Combustion, Titration Problem-Solving

Resource - Week 13:  Properties of Gases, Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Avogadro’s Law, Ideal Gas Law

Resource - Week 14: Phase Changes, Intramolecular Forces, Intermolecular Forces, Boiling Point

Resource - Week 15:  Study Tips, Energy Flow, Partial Pressures, Phase Diagrams

Resource - Week 16: Final Review

General Chemistry II (CHE 1302)

Resource - Week 3:   Concentration Calculations, Colligative Properties, Reaction Rates

Resource - Week 4:  Rate Laws, Method of Initial Rates, Integrated Rate Law, Catalysis

Resource - Week 5:  The Equilibrium Condition & Constant, Le Chatelier’s Principle

Resource - Week 6:  ICE Tables, Equilibrium Calculations, X is Small

Resource - Week 7:  Worked Equilibrium Examples, Problem-Solving Strategies

Resource - Week 8:  Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, Conjugate Acid/Base, pKa, Acid Strength

Resource - Week 9:  Ions as Acids and Bases, pH, Common Ion Effect

Resource - Week 10:  Acid/Base Equilibria, Buffered Solutions, Titrations!

Resource - Week 11:  Solubility Equilibria, Solubility Product, pH Effects on Solubility, Precipitation!

Resource - Week 12:  Solubility Product Constant Applied, Complex Ions

Resource - Week 13:  Spontaneous Processes, Enthalpy (H) Entropy (S), Free Energy (G)

Resource - Week 14:  Oxidation, Reduction, Balancing Redox Reactions, Galvanic Cells

Resource - Week 15:  Balancing Redox Reactions, Nonstandard Cells, Standard Reduction Potentials

Resource - Week 16:  Final Review

Organic Chemistry I (CHE 3331)

Resource - Week 3: Bond Line Structures, Formal Charge, Resonance

Resource - Week 4: Bronstead Acid, Bronsted Base, Conjugate Base, Conjugate Acid, Proton Transfer

Resource - Week 5: Alkanes, Newman Projections, Staggered, Eclipsed, Degenerate

Resource - Week 6: Priority, Fischer Projections, Enthalpy, Endothermic, Exothermic, Gibbs Free Energy

Resource - Week 7: Nucleophile, Electrophile, Mechanism Steps, Carbocation Stability, Substitution Overview

Resource - Week 8: Substitution Reactions, Nucleophile, Electrophile

Resource - Week 9: Alkenes, Elimination Reactions, E1, E2, E and Z Designations, Alkene Nomenclature

Resource - Week 10: Addition Reactions Across Alkenes, Hydrohalogenation, Markovnikov Addition, Anti-Markovnikov Addition, Oxymercuration-Demercuration

Resource - Week 11: Elimination Reactions, Acetylene and Terminal Alkynes, Addition, Reduction

Resource - Week 12: Radical Mechanisms, Homolytic Cleavage, Resonance, Initiation, Propagation, Termination, Fishhook Arrows

Resource - Week 13: Alcohols, Nomenclature of Alcohols, Grignard’s Reagent, Protection of Alcohols

Resource - Week 14: Oxidation/Reduction of Alcohols, Chromic Acid, PCC, LAH, Ketone, Aldehyde

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Organic Chemistry II (CHE 3332)

Resource - Week 3: Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Reduction, Oxidation

Resource - Week 4:  Spectroscopy & Spectrometry (Ch. 14)

Resource - Week 5: Coupling, Integrating, Chemical Shift

Resource - Week 6:  Conjugated Pi Systems and Pericyclic Reactions

Resource - Week 7:  Aromatic Compounds

Resource - Week 8:  Activating & Deactivating, Blocking Group, Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Resource - Week 9:  Carbonyl, Nucleophilic Attack, Ylide, Wittig

Resource - Week 10: Carboxylic Acids & Derivatives

Resource - Week 11: Enol, Enolates, Aldol, Condensation, Alpha Carbon

Resource - Week 12: Amination, Azide, Diazonium

Resource - Week 13: Radical Species, Homolysis, Coupling, Allylic, Vinylic

Resource - Week 14: NBS, Peroxide, Anti-Mark, Polymers

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Physics I (PHY 1408/1420)

Resource - Week 3: Projectile Motion, Forces, Newton’s Laws

Resource - Week 4: Centripetal Force, Uniform Circular Motion, Gravitational Force

Resource - Week 5: Work, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

Resource - Week 6: Momentum, Conservation of Momentum, Impulse

Resource - Week 7: Rotation, Torque, Moment of Inertia

Resource - Week 8: Static Equilibrium, Stress, Strain

Resource - Week 9: Fluids, Pascal’s Principle, Buoyancy, Bernoulli’s Equation

Resource - Week 10: Simple Harmonic Motion, Wave Motion, Pendulums, Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion

Resource - Week 11: Sound, Standing Waves in Strings and Tubes, Doppler Effect

Resource - Week 12: Temperature, Thermal Expansion, Ideal Gas Law

Resource - Week 13: Laws of Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic Processes, Heat Engine, Heat Pump

Resource - Week 14: Laws of Thermodynamics,Thermodynamic Processes, Heat Engine, Heat Pump

Resource - Week 15: Final Review

Physics II (PHY 1409/1430)

Resource - Week 3: Electrical Potential, Potential Difference, Capacitance

Resource - Week 4: Electric Current, Ohm’s Law, Kirchoff’s Rules 

Resource - Week 5: Magnetism, Right Hand Rule, Solenoids

Resource - Week 6: Electromagnetic Induction, Lenz’s law, Induced EMF

Resource - Week 7: Transformers, Inductance, AC Circuits

Resource - Week 8: EM Waves, EM Spectrum, Energy and Momentum in EM waves

Resource - Week 9: Law of Reflection, Concave Mirror, Convex Mirror, Mirror Equation

Resource - Week 10: Refraction, Snell’s Law, Thin Lens Equation, Lens maker’s Equation

Resource - Week 11: Diffraction, Interference, Diffraction Gratings, Polarization

Resource - Week 12: Special Relativity, Mass and Energy, Photoelectric Effect, Bohr Model

Resource - Week 13: Wave Function, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Quantum Numbers, Pauli Exclusion Principle

Resource - Week 14: Bonding in Molecules, Decays, Half Life, Nuclear Energy

Resource - Week 15: Final Review