Calculus I | SUSS

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Calculus I (MTH107)

Applications Open: 01 May 2024

Applications Close: 15 June 2024

Next Available Intake: July 2024

Course Types: To be confirmed

Language: English

Duration: 6 months

Fees: $1391.78

Area of Interest: Science and Technology

Schemes: To be confirmed

Funding: To be confirmed

School/Department: School of Science and Technology

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Synopsis

MTH107 Calculus I will introduce students to the study of limits, continuity and differential calculus. Students will be exposed to computational techniques in evaluating limits and derivatives and applications of differentiation to optimization. The course will be foundational to everyone who wants to delve further into optimization.

Level: 1
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY REGULAR SEMESTER

Topics

Inequalities
Limits
Continuity
Differentiability
Implicit Differentiation
Relative Extrema
Absolute Extrema
Mean Value Theorem
Concavity
Graph Sketching
L’Hôpital’s Rule
Taylor’s Theorem

Learning Outcome

Discuss the continuity or differentiability of certain functions of one variable.
Apply derivative tests to find relative extremum of certain functions of one variable.
Show the existence of certain points in certain open interval satisfying certain identities using the Intermediate Value Theorem or Mean Value Theorem.
Sketch graphs of certain functions of one variable.
Determine limits of certain functions of one variable.
Use the Taylor polynomial of certain degree of a given function to estimate the value of the function at certain point up to certain degree of accuracy.