Calculus I

Department: 
MATH
Course Number: 
1501
Hours - Lecture: 
3
Hours - Lab: 
0
Hours - Recitation: 
2
Hours - Total Credit: 
4
Typical Scheduling: 
Not offered after Summer 2015

See MATH 1551 and new math core for Fall 2015. Differential calculus and basic integral calculus including the fundamental theorem of calculus, including the underlying theory of limits for functions and sequences.

Prerequisites: 

Math SAT score of 600 or higher, or MATH 1113 Precalculus.

New Math Core Fall 2015.

Course Text: 

Thomas' Calculus (Early Transcendentals), 13th Edition, Pearson.

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Topic Outline: 
Topic Text Sections Lectures
Review of functions, graphs, inequalities and other basic notions 1.1-1.3, 1.5-1.6 3
Limits and continuity 2.1-2.6 4
Differentiation: Computing derivatives 3.1-3.11 9
Applications of the derivative 4.1-4.4, 4.6, 4.8 7
Limits of sequences 10.1 1
Logs as integrals, exponential growth 7.1-7.2 2
Integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus 5.1-5.6 6
Applications of integration 6.1-6.2, 6.5-6.6 4
Techniques of integration 8.1-8.4 6