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MATH 130 (Calculus I for the Life Sciences)


DESCRIPTION This is a first-semester course in calculus with applications in biology and life-sciences.
PREREQUISITES A grade of C or better in MATH 112, MATH113, or MATH115; or permission of department based on 3 1/2 years of college preparatory mathematics (including trigonometry) and satisfactory performance on the MATHEMATICS PLACEMENT EXAM
TOPICS Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Applications (Growth and Decay)

Trigonometric Functions

Limits, Continuity and Rates of Change

Definition of the Derivative

Techniques for Finding Derivatives, Derivatives of Products and Quotients

The Chain Rule

Derivatives of Exponential, Logarithmic and Trigonometric Functions

Increasing and Decreasing Functions

Relative Extrema

Higher Derivatives and Concavity

Curve Sketching

Absolute Extrema and Applications of Extrema

Implicit Differentiation

Related Rates

Anti-derivatives

Substitutions

Area and Definite Integral

Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

Integrals of Trigonometric Functions

 


 

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