MATH 121 Section 904: Calculus & Applications

This course is intended to give a broad overview of Calculus and is taken primarily by students majoring in Commerce and Business Administration. Topics to be covered include differentiation and integration of algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions and applications to business and economics. The course also covers functions of several variables, partial derivatives (including applications), area between two curves, Lagrange multipliers, and multiple integration. This course does not provide sufficient background for students who will need higher levels of Calculus.

•     Students will be able to differentiate and integrate algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, and multivariable functions.

       •     Students will be able to find the area between two curves.

•     Students will be able to apply the concepts to graphing functions as well as applications pertaining to business and economics.

The course covers the following topics:Limit; continuity; derivatives and computation; applications of derivative to economic problems,linearization and differentials; optimization; antiderivatives and Fundamental Theorem of calculus and application  (consumer's surplus and producer's surplus); functions of several variables and partial derivatives; optimization in two variables and Lagrange multipliers; double integrals

• syllabus quiz
• 30 sets of homework
• 10 quizzes
• 4 tests
• comprehensive final exam

This course is under the “A, B, C, D, F” policy; +/− grades will be given. The course grade is determined by points earned as follows:

4 Tests	400 points	COURSE GRADE SCALE
Final Exam	300 points
10 Quizzes	140 points	A+	980 – 1000,	A	920 – 979,	A-  900 – 919
30 Homework	150 points	B+	880 – 899,	B	820 – 879,	B- 800 – 819
Syllabus Quiz	10 points	C+	780 – 799,	C	720 – 779,	C- 700 – 719
Total	1000 points	D+	680 – 699,	D	620 – 679,	D- 600 – 619
			F      <600

Except unit 1, students are permitted to complete two and only two units per week

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Title:  Calculus with Applications, 9th edition

Authors: Lial, Greenwell and Ritchey

Publisher:  Addison Wesley

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