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Undergraduate Course: Calculus and its Applications (MATH08058)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryCalculus is the most fundamental tool in mathematics and its applications. This course covers functions, limits, differentiation and applications, integration and applications, infinite and Taylor series, and a first introduction to differential equations.

The course also develops calculational facility that is essential for more advanced mathematical study.
Course description This syllabus is for guidance purposes only :

* Lectures 1-8: Functions (types/composition), limits (including precise definition) and continuity, chapters 1-2.
* Lectures 9-16: Differentiation (chain rule/implicit/differentials) and applications (max/min/mean value theorem/Newton's method), chapters 3-4.
* Lectures 17-22: Integration (fundamental theorem of calculus/substitution rule) and applications (Areas/volumes), chapters 5-6.
* Lectures 23-27: Inverse functions, definition of logarithm/exponential, and L'Hopital's rule, chapter 7.
* Lectures 28-31: Further integration (by parts/rational functions/approximate), and further applications (arc length/surface of revolution), chapters 8-9.
* Lectures 32-35: Differential equations (modelling/direction fields/separable/linear first order), chapter 10.
* Lectures 36-42: Curves, polar coordinates, Taylor series, some material of chapters 11-12.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Mathematics for Science and Engineering 1b (MATH08061) OR Practical Calculus (MATH08001) OR Mathematical Methods 1 (MATH08029) OR Mathematics for Informatics 1a (MATH08046) OR Mathematics for Informatics 1b (MINF08001)
Other requirements Higher Mathematics or A-level at Grade A, or equivalent
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  483
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 40, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 4, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 129 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Students must pass exam and course overall.
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 20%, Examination 80%
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)(MATH08058) Calculus and its Applications3:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)(MATH08058) Calculus and its Applications3:00
Learning Outcomes
1. Understanding of the ideas of limits and continuity and an ability to calculate with them and apply them.
2. Improved facility in algebraic manipulation.
3. Fluency in differentiation.
4. Fluency in integration using standard methods, including the ability to find an appropriate method for a given integral.
5. Facility in applying Calculus to problems including curve-sketching, areas and volumes.
6. Understanding the ideas of infinite series including Taylor approximations.
7. Understanding the ideas of differential equations and facility in solving simple standard examples.
Reading List
Students are expected to have a personal copy of
'Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals', International Metric Edition, 2nd Edition, by James Stewart. (This book is also relevant for Y2 courses.)
ISBN 9781473707504
Blackwells only : book and web access £58.99
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsCAP
Contacts
Course organiserDr Johan Martens
Tel: (0131 6)51 7759
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Course secretaryMs Louise Durie
Tel: (0131 6)50 5050
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