I would feel strange about making you buy such a textbook since we would only cover the last third of it. If all else fails, we will use Stewart's book, since most of you own it already. In fact, very little does. As another example which is closer to home, your grade on the exams in this class will depend on the number of hours you spend thinking about the material, how often you attend class, etc.
Life is a multivariable affair.
In this course, we will push calculus out into higher dimensions, focusing especially on functions of two variables because they can be visualized. These five week courses proceed at a very fast pace, and there will not be much time for review. Such rarely used details can be looked up and re-memorized as needed. If, however, you are unsure why anyone would ever use a derivative or an integral in the first place, or if you still do not know how to use the chain rule, or to carry out integration by substitution, there is probably trouble ahead. If you are unsure about your own level of preparation, please come to the first class, and talk to me afterwards.