COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: MATH 1220 Applied Calculus

CREDIT HOURS: 3

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: An intuitive approach to the study of differential and integral calculus with applications in a variety of fields.

PREREQUISITE(S): MATH 1111 or MATH 1101(grade of C or better in either course), with MATH 1111 recommended, or placement.

SUGGESTED TEXT: Brief Calculus: An Applied Approach by Larson and Edwards, 7th edition.

COURSE OUTLINE:

  • Review of functions
  • Intuitive definitions of limits and continuity
  • Definition of a derivative and calculation of derivatives
  • Implicit differentiation and related rates
  • Applications of derivatives, including position, velocity and acceleration, marginal quantities, optimization, and price elasticity of demand
  • Derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions and related applications
  • Antiderivatives
  • The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and area beneath a curve