Available through dual enrollment at partner high schools
College Credits
Earn 3 credits to save time + money on your degree
Engaging Experience
Top-rated instructors, interactive textbooks + cinematic lectures
In Your High School
The support + structure to thrive in your first college experience
The world’s best Calculus course is here.
Outlier’s groundbreaking, evidence-based approach is delivering unprecedented student success.
Choose from 3 world-class instructors to find the teaching style that best suits you. Practice your skills with question sets, quizzes, and a gorgeous active -learning-based digital textbook. You'll have access to our free, friendly tutors and study group if you need extra help.
Using real-world examples from science to sports to human happiness, this painless(ish) course will help you master calculus (and even enjoy some non-derivative laughs along the way).
We’ve hand-selected three renowned instructors from MIT, Davidson, and University College London. Sample each instructor and choose one that best fits your learning style, or hop between all three!
Enjoy cinematic video lessons, and choose between our 3 Calculus instructors.
Enhance your learning with gorgeous interactive textbooks based on evidence-based active learning principles.
When it is time for exams, open windows are designed to fit around your schedule.
Hit a snag on the site? Have a burning question? We’ve got you covered.
Our dedicated Student Success team is available to assist you—and push you—to help you pass with flying colors.
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You'll earn college credits from the University of Pittsburgh upon course completion.
| TRADITIONAL COURSE |
Calculus I
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| Credits | Usually 3-4 credits from your school | 3 transferable credits from the University of Pittsburgh |
| Format | In-person or Zoom | Interactive and 100% online (Zoom-free) |
| Instructors | 1 per class | 3 world-class instructors |
| Lectures | Specific time and place | On-demand, anywhere |
| Exams | Specific hour | Flexible window |
For Outlier’s Calculus I course, we require that students have taken and passed a Pre-Calculus or Trigonometry course before enrolling with us. This course covers all the Calculus concepts and techniques you’ll need for college credit, and then some. You’ll also learn how to:
Predict your lifetime happiness levels with a simple derivative
Predict the perfect temperature for a slice of pizza using Newton’s Law of Cooling
Debunk fake YouTube stunts with polynomial derivatives
See the syllabus for a complete list
Functions
Limits
Integration
Differentiation
Applying integration
Applying differentiation
“I always struggled in a traditional classroom setting with mathematics. Outlier’s structure made it possible to give the concepts in a way that helped me as someone with no real math background understand Calculus.”
“After taking Calculus I with Outlier, I feel confident that I can take the higher math classes that are involved in engineering.”
“My experience with Outlier.org was a million times better than any I had with a Calculus class in-person. The lectures were beautiful, the examples were completely applicable, and the instructors laid everything out in a way that just made so. much. sense.”
