Additional Online Resources and Tips

On this page you can find weekly resources for several courses curated by our master tutors. If you need online learning study strategies, click here. 

Resources for Spring 2021 will be posted on this page throughout the semester. For weekly resources of courses covered by master tutors in previous semesters, click here.

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Spring 2021

Computer Science

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Introduction to Computer Science I (CSI 1430)

Resource - Week 3: I/O, Variables, Types, Arithmetic, Operators, Branching

Resource - Week 4: Branching, Boolean Values, Logic

Resource - Week 5: Variable Scope, Loops

Resource - Week 6: Arrays, Vectors, STL, Standard template vectors

Resource - Week 7: Arrays, Cectors, STL, Functions, Header file, Source file

Resource - Week 8: Functions, Header file, Source file, Vectors, STL vector

Resource - Week 9: Objects, Header file, Source file, Classes, Structs

Resource - Week 10: Objects, Header file, Source file, Classes, Structs

Resource - Week 11: Objects, Classes, Class functions, Streams

Resource - Week 12: Searching, Sorting, Bubblesort, Binary search

Resource - Week 13: Searching, objects, STL containers

Resource - Week 14: Pointers, Indirection, References

Language

French I (FRE 1301)

Resource - Week 3: Manners/Greetings, Countries, Nationalities, Definitive Articles

Resource - Week 4: Colors, Clothing, Verb “avoir”, Verb “être”

Resource - Week 5: Preposition, “à”, “de”

Resource - Week 6: Seasons, Family members

Resource - Week 7: Faire, Aller, Être, Avoir

Resource - Week 8: Verb “prendre”, Verb “boire”

Resource - Week 9: Vouloir, Pouvoir, Devoir

Resource - Week 10: Seasons, The verb “aller”

Resource - Week 11: Vouloir, Pouvoir, Devoir

Resource - Week 12: Faire”, Preposition “à”, Preposition “de”

Resource - Week 13: Les verbes “-ir”, Les mots interrogatifs, La famille

Resource - Week 14: Les prépositions de lieu, “ne...pas”, Les mots interrogatifs

Spanish II (SPA 1302)

Resource - Week 3: Estar vs. Ser, Verb Phrase Meaning Changes, Preterite, -CAR, -GAR, -ZAR Endings

Resource - Week 4: Equal Comparatives, Unequal Comparatives, Superlatives, Absolute Superlatives

Resource - Week 5: La Comida, Irregular verbs (Preterite Tense), Meaning changes (Preterite Tense)

Resource - Week 6: Resource not available for Week 6. Please refer to last week’s resource for further guidance.

Resource - Week 7: Imperfect Tense, Utilization, Conjugation, Irregular verbs

Resource - Week 8: Question words, Contractions “Con”, Irregular “u” verbs

Resource - Week 9: Irregular “i” stem changing verbs, Passive “se”, Impersonal “se”, Adverbs

Resource - Week 10: Por vs Para, Familiar commands, Reciprocal reflexives

Resource - Week 11: Relative pronouns, Que, Quien, Formal commands, Stressed possessive adjectives

Resource - Week 12: Present Subjunctive, Verbs of Wishes, Verbs of Emotion

Resource - Week 13: "WEIRDO", Subjunctive with Verbs of Interpersonal Expressions, Subjunctive with Verbs of Recommendation

Resource - Week 14: Irregular Verbs Subjunctive, Subjunctive with Doubt, Subjunctive with “Ojalá”

Mathematics

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Calculus I (MTH 1321)

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

Resource - Week 4: Limits, Derivatives, Product Rule, Quotient Rule

Resource - Week 5: Velocity, Acceleration, Higher order derivatives, Derivatives of trig functions

Resource - Week 6: Chain rule, Implicit differentiation, Derivatives of logarithmic functions, Derivatives of exponential functions, Derivatives of hyperbolic trig functions

Resource - Week 7: Related rates

Resource - Week 8: Linear approximation, Critical points, Mean value theorem, Monotonicity, 1st derivative test

Resource - Week 9: Critical points, 2nd Derivative test

Resource - Week 10: Graph sketching, Optimization

Resource - Week 11: Riemann sums, Definite integrals, Indefinite integrals

Resource - Week 12: Riemann Sums, Definite Integrals, Indefinite Integrals

Resource - Week 13: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (2nd part), Distance, Displacement, U-substitution

Resource - Week 14: Fundamental theorem, Distance, Displacement, U-substitution, Inverse trig integration

Calculus II (MTH 1322)

Resource - Week 3: Indefinite Integral, Trigonometric Identities, Integration by Parts

Resource - Week 4: Volumes of Revolution, Partial Fraction Decomposition, Area Between Two Curves

Resource - Week 5: Method of partial fractions, Polynomial long division, L’Hopital’s rule

Resource - Week 6: Improper integrals, Area between two curves

Resource - Week 7: Improper Integrals, Comparison test, Probability using integrals

Resource - Week 8: Arc length, Surface area, Differential equations

Resource - Week 9: Shell method, Hooke’s Law, Work and Energy

Resource - Week 10: Logistics equations, Sequences

Resource - Week 11: Geometric Series / Integral test / Limit test

Resource - Week 12: Limit and Direct comparison test, Alternating series, Absolute and Conditional convergence

Resource - Week 13: Ratio Test, Root Test

Resource - Week 14: Power series, Taylor series

Science

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Anatomy & Physiology II (BIO 2402)

Resource - Week 3: Lipid-soluble, Water-soluble, Second-messenger System, Digestive Phase, Interdigestive Phase

Resource - Week 4: Intrinsic & Extrinsic Pathway, Cell Differentiation, Plasma Proteins, Relative Abundance

Resource - Week 5: Action potential, Graded potential, Resting membrane potential, Concentration gradient, Electrical gradient

Resource - Week 6: Cardiac conduction fibers, Cardiac contractile cells, Pacemaker cells, Cardiac cycle, Cardiac conduction system

Resource - Week 7: Chronotropic, Inotropic, Stroke volume, EDV, Preload, Contractility, Afterload

Resource - Week 8: Vasoconstrictor, Vasodilator, Elastic artery, Fenestrated capillary, Vasomotor center

Resource - Week 9: Antibody, Complement, Lymph node, T cell activation, B cell activation

Resource - Week 10: Upper respiratory tract, Lower respiratory tract, Dalton’s law, Charles law, Bohr fffect, Haldane effect

Resource - Week 11: Stomach phases, Bile pathway, Pancreatic Enzymes, Brush border enzymes, Hormones

Resource - Week 12: Nephron, Medulla, Glomerulus, Blood pressure, Blood pH

Resource - Week 13: Androgen-binding protein, testosterone, spermatogonium, primary spermatocyte, secondary spermatocyte

Resource - Week 14: Female reproductive tract, Labia majora, Labia minora, Clitoris, Greater Vestibular/Bartholin’s glands

Biology I (BIO 1305/1405)

Resource - Week 3: Electronegativity, Electron Shells, Polarity, Hydrogen Bonding

Resource - Week 4: Monomers, Polymers, Macromolecules, Organelles

Resource - Week 5: Simple diffusion, Facilitated diffusion, Active transport, Endergonic, Exergonic

Resource - Week 6: Glycolysis, Oxidation, Reduction, Electron transport chain, Metabolism

Resource - Week 7: Light reactions, Calvin cycle, Linear electron flow

Resource - Week 8: Light dependent reactions, Carbon fixation, Electron excitement, Redox reactions

Resource - Week 9: Cell cycle, Binary fission, Mitosis, Meiosis

Resource - Week 10: Mendelian genetics, Independent assortment, Probability laws

Resource - Week 11: Pedigrees, Sex-Linked genes, Linked genes, Chromosome alterations

Resource - Week 12: Leading strand, Lagging strand, Replication bubble, DNA polymerase, Complementary

Resource - Week 13: Transcription, Translation, RNA Processing, Mutations

Resource - Week 14: Protein folding, Post-translational modifications, Signal recognition, Translation, EPA sites

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

Resource - Week 3: Evolution, Natural Selection, Speciation, Phylogeny, Body Plans and Germ Layers

Resource - Week 4: Kidney, Nephron, Heart, Circulatory System, Tissues, Osmoregulation

Resource - Week 5: Nervous system, Neurons, Ecology, Populations, Potentials

Resource - Week 6: Prokaryote, Interspecific interactions, Seed, Meristem, Gymnosperm, Angiosperm, Sporophyte, Ecology

Resource - Week 7: Protists, Endosymbiosis, Nitrogen cycle, Resource acquisition, Sustainability, Conservation biology

Resource - Week 8: Angiosperm life cycle, Seeds, Fruit, Evolution, Natural selection

Resource - Week 9: Reproductive isolation, Protocell, Phylogenies, Moss life cycle, Seed, Gymnosperm, Angiosperm, Double fertilization

Resource - Week 10: Embryonic development, Deuterostome, Invertebrates, Roots, Vascular tissue

Resource - Week 11: Vertebrates, Xylem, Phloem, Animal tissues, Apical meristem

Resource - Week 12: Nervous system, Neurons, Ecology, Populations, Potentials, Animal nutrition, Digestion, Feeding

Resource - Week 13: Immune System, Immunity, Gas Exchange, Body Plans, Heart, Community Ecology, Interspecific Interactions

Resource - Week 14: Reproduction, Osmoregulation, Excretion, Nephron, Succession, Ecosystems

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

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

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

Resource - Week 5: Mechanisms of evolution, Natural selection, Populations, Selective agents, Genetic drift

Resource - Week 6: Common ancestor, Darwinian hypotheses, Phylogenetic tree, Human evolution

Resource - Week 7: Human evolution, Hominids, Coevolution, Selective agent, Coevolutionary mutualism

Resource - Week 8: Genetic diseases, Sickle-cell, Hemoglobin, Mutations, Infectious agents, SARS

Resource - Week 9: Alimentary canal, Digestion, Nutrients, Absorption, Parietal cells

Resource - Week 10: Cell structure, Cell function, Multicellular organisms, Endocrine system, Hormones

Resource - Week 11: Nitrogen cycle, Nitrogen fixation, Microbes, Rhizobium, Legumes

Resource - Week 12: Cooperation, Communication, Sagebrush, Wasps, Foundress

Resource - Week 13: Food webs, Wolves, Elk, Indirect effects, Species introduction

Resource - Week 14: Homeostasis, Temperature regulation, Dimorphisms, Biomagnification, DDT

General Chemistry I (CHE 1301)

Resource - Week 3: Wavelength, Frequency, Electromagnetic Radiation, Quantum Numbers

Resource - Week 4: Periodicity, Aufbau Principle, Electronic Configuration, Valence Electrons, Core Electrons

Resource - Week 5: Potential energy, Bonding, Electronegativity, Bond length, Dipole moment

Resource - Week 6: Lewis, Formal charge, VSEPR

Resource - Week 7: Nomenclature, Formula, VSEPR

Resource - Week 8: Orbitals diagram, Bond order, Hybridization

Resource - Week 9: Moles, Conversion, Dimensional analysis, Molar mass

Resource - Week 10: Limiting reactant, Percent yield, Hydration, Reaction types, Redox

Resource - Week 11: Energy, Kinetics, Exothermic, Endothermic

Resource - Week 12: Systems, Thermodynamics, Gas Law

Resource - Week 13: Electrolytes, Molarity, Solution reactions

Resource - Week 14: Pressure, Boyle, Charles, Gas law

General Chemistry II (CHE 1302)

Resource - Week 3: Unit Conversion, Colligative Properties, Vapor Pressure, Exothermic, Endothermic

Resource - Week 4: Rate Laws, Rate Constants, Order of Reaction, Reaction Mechanisms, Instantaneous Rate

Resource - Week 5: Equilibrium constant, Equilibrium concentration, Reversible reaction, Reaction quotient, ICE table

Resource - Week 6: Resource not available for Week 6. Please refer to last week’s resource for further guidance.

Resource - Week 7: Pure solids/liquids, Concentration, LeChâtelier’s principle, Partial pressure, ICE table

Resource - Week 8: Conjugate acid-base pair, Dissociation constant, Acid strength, Polyprotic acid, Acidic salt, pH

Resource - Week 9: Buffer Solution, Common ion effect, Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, Titration, pH Indicator

Resource - Week 10: Solubility product constant, Relative solubilities, Selective precipitation, Complex ions

Resource - Week 11: Solubility, Solubility product, Reaction quotient, Equilibrium concentration, Dilution equation, I/C/E, Formation constant

Resource - Week 12: Spontaneous, Non-spontaneous, Entropy, Gibbs free energy, Equilibrium constant

Resource - Week 13: Redox reactions, Electrochemistry, Reduction potential, Nernst equation, Electrolysis

Resource - Week 14: Radioactive decay, Zone of stability, Rate of decay, Einstein’s relation, Nuclear fission and fusion

Genetics (BIO 2306)

Resource - Week 3: Meiosis/Mitosis, Spermatogenesis/Oogenesis, Binomial Expansion, Dihybrid Crosses, Sex-linked

Resource - Week 4: Sex-influenced/Limited Traits, Cytoplasmic Inheritance, Genetic Maternal Effect, Epistasis, Pedigrees, Recombination

Resource - Week 5: Pedigrees, Recombination, Three-Point cross, Quantitative genetics

Resource - Week 6: Replication, Transcription, Translation, Pre-mRNA

Resource - Week 7: Translation, Ribosomes, tRNA, Wobble, DNA replication

Resource - Week 8: Translation, Gene regulation, Operons, Nucleotides

Resource - Week 9: Mutations, Restriction enzymes, CRISPR-Cas9, PCR, Southern blots, Plasmids

Resource - Week 10: PCR, cDNA library, Blotting, Short tandem repeats

Resource - Week 11: CRISPR-Cas9, Frameshift mutations, Base pair substitutions, Gel electrophoresis

Resource - Week 12: Cancer, Tumors, Two-hit hypothesis

Resource - Week 13: Allele frequencies, genetic variation, cladogenesis, anagenesis, barriers to reproduction

Resource - Week 14: Replication, RNA processing, Translation

Organic Chemistry I (CHE 3331)

Resource - Week 3: Gen Chem, Molecular Representations, Bond Line Structures, Formal Charge, Resonance

Resource - Week 4: Acid/Base Chemistry, pKa, ARIO, Nomenclature of Alkanes

Resource - Week 5: Stereochemistry, Enantiomer, Racemic mixtures, Cahn-Ingold Prelog system, Fischer projections

Resource - Week 6: Enthalpy, Entropy, Gibbs free energy, Equilibria, Kinetics, Energy diagrams, Hammond postulate

Resource - Week 7: Nucleophile, Electrophile, Ionic mechanism steps

Resource - Week 8: Substitution reaction, Nucleophile, Electrophile, Nucleophilic attack, Loss of leaving group, SN1, SN2

Resource - Week 9: Alkene, Elimination reactions, E1, E2, Regioselectivity, Stereoselectivity

Resource - Week 10: Addition, Regiochemistry (Mark v Antimark), Hydrohalogenation, Hydration, Halogenation, Halohydrin, Syn/Anti Dihydroxylation, Oxidative cleavage

Resource - Week 11: Addition reactions, Hydrohalogenation, Hydration, Halogenation, Halohydrin, Dihydroxylation, Oxidative cleavage

Resource - Week 12: Alkynes, Acetylene, Preparation of alkynes, Reduction of alkynes, Addition reactions

Resource - Week 13: Radicals, radical stability, radical mechanism steps, radical halogenation, allylic bromination

Resource - Week 14: Alcohols, Phenols, Oxidation, Reduction, Alcohol preparation, Reactions of alcohols

Organic Chemistry II (CHE 3332)

Resource - Week 3: Ether, Epoxide, Sulfide, Williamson Ether, Ring Opening

Resource - Week 4: IR, Mass Spectrometry, Functional Groups, Fragmentation

Resource - Week 5: Alcohol, Grignard, Protecting group, Reduction, Oxidation

Resource - Week 6: NMR, Chemical shift, Multiplicity, Degrees of unsaturation

Resource - Week 7: Conjugation, Molecular orbitals, Pericyclic reactions, Electrophilic addition

Resource - Week 8: Aromaticity, Huckels rule, Benzylic position, Delocalization

Resource - Week 9: Aromatic substitutions, Friedel-crafts, Activators, Deactivators, Benzyne

Resource - Week 10: Ketone, Aldehyde, Hydrate, Hemiketal, Imine, Enamine

Resource - Week 11: Wolff-Kishner, Sulfur reactions, Cyanohydrin, Wittig, Baeyer-Villiger

Resource - Week 12: Carboxylic acid, Acid halide, Ester, Amide, Nitrile, Anhydride

Resource - Week 13: Enol, enolate, Claisen, Michael Reaction, Stork Enamine Synthesis

Resource - Week 14: Amine, Gabriel synthesis, Amination, Hofmann elimination, Diazonium, Azide

Physics II (PHY 1409/1430)

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

Resource - Week 4: Electric Circuit, Current, Voltage, Resistance, Resistivity

Resource - Week 5: DC circuit, RC circuit, Kirchhoff’s rules, Series and parallel

Resource - Week 6: Electric charge, Electric field, Electric potential, Electric circuits

Resource - Week 7: Magnets, Right hand rule, Magnetic field, Solenoid

Resource - Week 8: Electromagnetic induction, Lenz’s law, Induced EMF

Resource - Week 9: Transformers, Inductance, AC circuits

Resource - Week 10: EM Waves, EM Spectrum, Energy, Momentum

Resource - Week 11: Law of reflection, Concave mirror, Convex mirror, Mirror equation

Resource - Week 12: Refraction, Snell’s Law, Thin lens equation, Lens maker’s equation

Resource - Week 13: Diffraction, Interference, Diffraction Gratings, Polarization

Resource - Week 14: Special relativity, Mass, Energy, Photoelectric effect, Photons