Jump Start in Calculus
Mike Pierce
2026Spring
Hosted at
coloradomesa.edu/~mapierce2/jump-calculus
Instructor’s Notes
Review of Algebra
, Stewart
Algebra
, Richard Feynman
How to Study Math
, Paul Dawkins
Doing well in your courses
, Andrej Karpathy
Week Two · January 26
Monday – Arithmetic
Tues/Wednesday – Fractions
Thurs/Friday – Exponents & Radicals
Week Three · February 2
Mon/Tuesday – Polynomial Expressions
Wednes/Thursday – Rational Expressions
Friday – Conjugates & Rationalization
Week Four · February 9
Mon/Tues/Wednes/Thurs/Friday – Exercise Potpourri