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This document provides a course syllabus for a General Mathematics course focusing on differential calculus. The course aims to introduce students to functions and models, limits, derivatives, and applications of differentiation. Key topics covered include mathematical preliminaries, functions and their graphs, limits and derivatives, differentiation rules, and applications of differentiation such as finding maximum and minimum values. The intended learning outcomes are for students to understand concepts involving rates of change, optimization problems, and the connection between derivatives and antiderivatives.

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Course Title English Code/No Arabic Code/No. Credits Th. Pr. Tr. Total Pre-Requisites: Course Role in Curriculum

This document provides a course syllabus for a General Mathematics course focusing on differential calculus. The course aims to introduce students to functions and models, limits, derivatives, and applications of differentiation. Key topics covered include mathematical preliminaries, functions and their graphs, limits and derivatives, differentiation rules, and applications of differentiation such as finding maximum and minimum values. The intended learning outcomes are for students to understand concepts involving rates of change, optimization problems, and the connection between derivatives and antiderivatives.

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ACULTY OF SCIENCES - DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

COURSE SYLLABUS
ENGLISH ARABIC CREDITS
COURSE TITLE
CODE/NO CODE/NO. Th. Pr. Tr. Total
General Mathematics (1) MATH 110 110 ‫ﺭ‬ 3 3
Pre-requisites: None
Course Role in Curriculum
Required Course
(Required/Elective):

Catalogue Description:
This course is a first Calculus dealing mainly with differential calculus. After a discussion
of few mathematical preliminaries, we introduce functions and models, limits and
derivatives, differentiation rules, and finally applications of differentiation.

Textbooks:
1. J. Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcen dentals, Seventh Edition. International Metric
Version, 2012.

Supplemental Materials:

Course Learning Outcomes:


By the completion of the course the student should be able to:
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1. Handle functions occurring in calculus and in the mathematical modeling of real-world


problems;
2. Grasp the central idea of limit and continuity, and its application in a variety of
problems;
3. Understand the main theme of calculus and its applications involving rates of change
and the approximation of functions;
4. Differentiate standard functions by applying the fundamental rules of differentiation;
5. Compute the optimal values of functions and handle the optimization problems;
6. Apply the concepts of monotonicity and concavity in sketching the plane curves;
7. Deal with indeterminate forms and L‘Hôpital‘s rule;
8. Understand the connection between derivatives and antiderivatives.
9. Handle functions occurring in calculus and in the mathematical modeling of real-world
problems;

Topics to be Covered:
1. Mathematical Preliminaries
a. Numbers, Inequalities, and Absolute Values
b. Coordinate Geometry and Lines
c. Graphs of Second-Degree Equations
d. Trigonometry
2. Functions and Models
a. Four Ways to represent a Function
b. Mathematical Models
c. New Functions from Old Functions
d. Graphing Calculators and Computers

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e. Exponential Functions
f. Inverse Functions and Logarithms
3. Limits and Derivatives
a. The Tangent and Velocity Problems
b. The Limit of a Function
c. Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws
d. Continuity
e. Limits at Infinity; Horizontal Asymptotes
f. Derivatives and Rates of Change
g. The Derivative as a Function
4. Differentiation Rules
a. Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions
b. The Product and Quotient Rules
c. Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
d. The Chain Rule
e. Implicit Differentiation
f. Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
g. Rates of Change in the Sciences
h. Exponential Approximations and Differentials
i. Hyperbolic Functions

5. Applications of Differentiation
a. Maximum and Minimum Values
b. The Mean Value Theorem
c. How derivatives Affect the Shape of a Graph
d. Intermediate Forms and L‘Hospital Rule
e. Summary of Curve Sketching
f. Graphing with Calculus and Calculators
g. Optimization Problems
h. Antiderivatives

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