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

2025-2026 Academic Year

Fall 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.

Spring 2026

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.