Love of Math

Join us for the 2025-2026 School Year in

Single Variable Calculus
(Calculus I & II,
 AP Calculus BC)

Tuition: $1450 for the year
or $750 per semester

August 11 2025- 
May 22, 2026

Live meetings 
Tuesdays and Fridays
12:00-1:15 pm ET

This course uses 
Thomas' Calculus
as the primary text 

What's Included?

  • Live, interactive zoom meetings twice a week where we work out the important details of each topic together (sessions will be recorded and videos posted for later viewing as well)
  • Weekly live office hour with Dr. Finotti, and a second hour available on request 
  • Short answer exercise sets via MyLab, and long answer formal writing problems with instructor written feedback, to allow students sufficient practice for mastery and retention but without falling into "drill and kill" over-repetition.
  • Extra Challenge questions for Challenge track students to dig into for extra depth/breadth, beyond even what a typical college level Calculus course would offer
  • Periodic exams given throughout the course to assess mastery and identify any areas needing further study.  (Exams are optional on the Certificate of Completion Track)
  • Students can submit corrections on all homework (and on midterm exams for reduced credit back), to keep the focus on mastery rather than grades.
  • Optional exploratory videos and text references 
  • The choice between a graded track (where the instructor issues a letter grade at the end of the course) and a non-graded certificate of completion track (where I do not issue a letter grade)
  • Optional weekly student run problem sessions, if there is sufficient interest

Rigorous Small Group Class 

With a class size capped at 12 students, we'll lay a strong foundation in this critical course.   Through our live, interactive classes, we'll delve deep into the fundamentals at the heart of Calculus, and then build from those fundamentals the many important results and applications  that spring forth.   

Our intention is always to create a growth focused, supportive, mistakes-embraced environment with the appropriate level of challenge to keep our students growing.

Please note the content will be very much aligned with college level content, and will move at a university course pace and be presented at a university level of rigor. If you have any concerns about whether or not your student is ready for this course, please contact me through our Contact Page form.

While I will not teach to the AP exam, the content will cover all material needed for the AP Calculus BC exam and more.  For interested students there will be an option presented to join optional practice sessions in April and early May to support final preparations for the BC exam. 

*Note this course is a College Board Approved AP Calculus BC course.

[If you feel your student would be a perfect fit for our course, but the cost is not possible for your family, please contact us.  There are a limited number of reduced tuition seats available.] 

Discover the Joy of Calculus

 The Calculus of functions of one variable is arguably the most foundational course one can take for all of the mathematics that follows it.  Learning this subject deeply is incredibly helpful for supporting learning in all of the other STEM subjects as well, as it is the language that most STEM subjects are written in.  From simple ideas, incredibly powerful tools arise and we can apply those tools to a dizzying array of applications!  

I am personally a research Mathematician by training, with a focus in Applied Mathematics.  I have done research that impacts areas as disparate as human health (fetal heartbeat modeling and structuring of HIV treatment), to Ecology (species population modeling and its interdependence on distribution of food resources, subsurface water flow modeling to help track pollutants in our water system), to engineering applications ( fuel cell component modeling, metal alloy production modeling, polymer modeling) and more! As a result, I  have a wealth of experience and context to share with you in this journey!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact at loveofmath.help@gmail.com, or through the form on our Contact page. 

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Meet the instructor

Dr. Heather Finotti

In Calculus we find the tools where "the rubber" starts to really "hit the road".  Here we get to see in abundance how incredibly useful mathematics is in helping to solve difficult real-world problems.  Join me for a rigorous and supportive year-long
college-level Calculus course.   
Patrick Jones - Course author
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