Math Syllabus

Florida Gulf Coast University

Elementary Calculus – MAC 2233 -10716

Spring 2014

Instructor: David Licht

Email: dlicht@fgcu.edu

Office Hours: Before or after class or by appointment

Tutoring

Supplemental Instruction and Tutoring are available through the Center for Academic Achievement.

Instructional Support and Tutoring Sessions

Library #434, #436, or #122

Please call or email if you have additional questions or concerns.

(239) 590-7906 or caa@fgcu.edu

Course Number and Title

MAC 2233 – Elementary Calculus – Course offered by the Department of Chemistry and Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences

Meeting Times

Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 am to 9:15 am in Griffin Hall room 107.

Course Description and Prerequisites

MAC 2233 - Elementary Calculus - 3 credits Introduction to the techniques of calculus of primary use to business students. Topics include: differentiation and integration of algebraic functions with applications, exponential and logarithmic functions with applications to finance and economics. This course is NOT equivalent to MAC 2311.

*Meets Gordon Rule for Math Prerequisite(s): MAC 1105 with a minimum grade of C.

Required Materials

fgcu | 3646 | 8242 |

WebAssign.net access code, our class key is

Text: Brief Calculus: An Applied Approach, Larson, 9th Ed

Text: Electronic version is acceptable

Learning Outcomes

1) Understand intuitively what limit means, and evaluate certain limits by using limit properties.

2) Understand and be able to work with one-sided limits.

3) Know the definition of continuity and be able to apply it to certain problems dealing with continuity.

4) Use properties of continuous functions and theorems regarding continuity to test a

function for continuity at a point or on an interval.

5) Find the derivative of certain functions using limits in the definition.

6) Understand that the derivative is the slope of the tangent to the graph of y = f(x) at...