Calculus for the Liberal Arts: A Humanistic Approach

Abstract

At the Humanistic Mathematics Sessions at the Mathematics Association of America meetings in Orlando in January 1996 I presented an outline of the approach I planned to take in introducing Calculus into a Liberal Arts Mathematics course. I followed that plan of action in four classes in spring and summer 1996. This paper is a report on the success of this endeavor containing some of the essays written by students in the spring courses.