Faculty Profile

Tracy McKay

Lecturer in Mathematics (2012)

Contact Information

mckaytr@dickinson.edu

Tome Scientific Building Room 240
717-245-1048

Education

  • B.A., Bowdoin College, 2006
  • Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2012

2024-2025 Academic Year

Fall 2024

MATH 151 Introduction to Calculus
An introduction to limits and derivatives together with a review of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: departmental placement. Students who have received credit for MATH 170 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester.

MATH 262 Linear Algebra
An introduction to matrix algebra and abstract vector spaces with an emphasis on writing mathematical arguments. Topics include linear systems and matrices, vector spaces, linear independence, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.Prerequisite: 211 or permission of the instructor. Offered every semester.

Spring 2025

MATH 151 Introduction to Calculus
An introduction to limits and derivatives together with a review of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: departmental placement. Students who have received credit for MATH 170 cannot take this course for credit. Offered every semester.

MATH 170 Single Variable Calculus
The study of real-valued functions, including transcendental functions, limits, derivatives and their applications, the definition of the Riemann integral, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.Three hours of classroom and one and a half hour of lab per week. Prerequisite: 151 or departmental placement. Offered every semester.

MATH 270 Integration & Infinite Series
The study of methods of integration, applications of the integral, elementary differential equations, and infinite sequences and series.Prerequisite: 171 or departmental placement. Offered every spring.