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COURSE INFORMATION
Project-Based Calculus 1 (MATH 181)
Instructor: Dr. Rouba Borghol
Title: Project-Based Calculus 1
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite(s): C or better in MATH-111 Precalculus, or three years of high school mathematics and a score
of at least 75% on the RIT Mathematics Placement Exam
Corequisite(s): None
Course proposed by: School of Mathematical Sciences

Instructor Contact Information:

Instructor Name: Dr. Rouba Borghol
Phone:
04 3712076
Office:
Room 117-2
Email:
rbbcad@rit.edu
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Homework
Quizzes
Midterm Exam 1
Midterm Exam 2
Final Exam

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Course Texts:

M. Weir and J. Hass, Thomas, University Calculus: Early

Transcendentals, Second Edition.

Course description
MATH-181 Project-Based Calculus I This is the first in a two-course sequence intended for students
majoring in mathematics, science or engineering. It emphasizes the understanding of concepts, and using
them to solve physical problems. The course covers two-dimensional analytic geometry, functions,
limits, continuity, the derivative, rule of differentiation, applications of the derivative, Riemann sums,
definite integrals, and indefinite integrals. (C or better in MATH-111 Precalculus, or three years of high
school mathematics and a score of at least 75% on the RIT Mathematics Placement Exam) Class 4,
Workshop 2, Credit 4 (F, S, Su)

Grading:

Evaluation:
The guaranteed scale below is based on the
total percentage of points.

A:
B:
Project-based Calculus 1 - Course Syllabus

90% - 100% points.

80% 89% points.
Spring semester
2014

C:
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F:

70% 79% points.

60% - 69% points.

Project-based Calculus 1 - Course Syllabus

0% - 59% points

Spring semester
2014

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Topic

1. Functions
1.1 Functions and Their Graphs
1.3 Trigonometric Functions
1.5 Exponential Functions
1.6 Inverse Functions and Logarithms
2. Limits
2.1 Rates of Change and Tangents to Curves
2.2 Limit of a Function and Limit Laws
2.4 One-Sided Limits
2.5 Continuity
2.6 Limits involving Infinity; Asymptotes of Graphs
3. Differentiation
3.1 Tangents and the derivative at a point
3.2 The derivative as a Function
3.3 Differentiation Rules
3.6 The Chain Rule
3.7 Implicit Differentiation
Midterm Exam 1
3.8 Derivatives of Inverse Functions and Logarithms
3.9 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
3.10 Related Rates
4. Applications of Differentiation
4.1 Extreme Values of Functions
4.2 The Mean Value Theorem
4.3 Monotonic Functions and the First Derivative Test
4.4 Concavity and Curve Sketching
4.5 Indeterminate Forms and LHpitals Rule
4.6 Applied Optimization
Midterm Exam 2
4.8 Antiderivatives
5. Integration
5.2 Sigma Notation and Limits of Finite Sums
5.3 The definite Integral
5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5.5 Indefinite integrals and the Substitution Method
5.6 Substitution and Area between Curves
Final Week

Assessment

Homework 1

Quiz 1
Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Quiz 6
Quiz 7
Quiz 8

Quiz 9

Quiz 10
Homework 2