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This is a college level course covering derivatives, integrals, limits, approximation, and applications and modeling.


Knowledge of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry, and elementary functions.


Two Semesters or Block


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A. Function & Graphs

  1. Functions & function notation
  2. Absolute value & Piecewise Defined Functions
  3. Inequalities
  4. Composition & Combination of Functions
  5. Exponential & logarithmic functions
  6. Transformation of Functions
  7. Trigonometric Functions
  8. Polynomial & Rational Functions

C. Derivatives

  1. Definition of the Derivative
  2. Differentiation Rules
  3. The Chain Rule
  4. Derivatives of Exponential Functions
  5. Derivative of Logarithmic Functions
  6. Derivatives of Inverse Functions
  7. Differentiability & Continuity
  8. Implicit Differentiation
  9. Logarithmic Differentiation
  10. Limits & Continuity of Vector-Valued Functions

B. Limits & Continuity

  1. Intuitive Definition of a Limit
  2. Algebraic Techniques for Finding Limits
  3. One-Sided Limits
  4. Infinite Limits
  5. Limits at Infinity
  6. Limits of Special Trigonometric Functions
  7. Continuity

D. Application of the Derivative

  1. Tangent & Normal Lines
  2. Position, Velocity, & Acceleration
    (PVA)
  3. Related rates
  4. Relative Extrema & the First
    Derivative Test
  5. Concavity & the Second Derivative
    Test
  6. Absolute Extrema & Optimization
  7. Rolle's Rule & the Mean Value
    Theorem
  8. Differentials

E. Anti-Derivatives

  1. Differential Equations and Slope
    Fields
  2. Antiderivatives
  3. The Chain Rule for Antiderivatives
  4. Antiderivatives of Logarithms
  5. Antiderivatives of Inverse Trig
    Functions
  6. Trigonometric Substitutions
  7. The Definite Integral
  8. Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

F. Application

  1. Net Change and Displacement
  2. Volume
  3. Separable Differential Equations
  4. Work
  5. Other Applications of Definite Integrals

 

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