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LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

BUNDA COLLEGE
BASIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
SYLLABUS

1. PROGRAMME: BSc. Degree in Agriculture

2. PRESENTED TO: Senate

3. PRESENTED BY : Faculty of Agriculture

4. SUBJECT: Mathematics

5. YEAR/LEVEL OF STUDY: One

6. MODULE TITLE: Trigonometry and Introduction to Calculus

7. COURSE CODE : MAT 31201

8. DURATION : 15 weeks

9. LECTURES HOURS PER WEEK: Three

10. TUTORIAL HOURS PER WEEK : One

11. PRACTICAL HOURS PER WEEK: None

12. STUDENT INDEPENDENT LEARNING HOURS PER WEEK : 9

13. TOTAL MODULE CREDITS :

14. PREREQUISITE MODULES : MAT 31101

15. COREQUISITE MODULE : None

16. DELIVERY METHODS

16.1 Mode of Delivery : Both Face to face and ODL

16.2 Teaching methods : lectures, seminars, tutorials


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16.3 Assessment weighting : 60% Examination and 40% Continuous

17. AIM(S) OF THE COURSE

To enable students achieve a high level of competence in trigonometry and calculus with
emphasis on their application in solving problems in agriculture and natural resources.

18. LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the course students should be able to:

a) Solve problems involving trigonometry, differentiation and integration.


b) Apply mathematical knowledge and techniques in solving practical problems
related to agriculture and natural resources.

19. TOPICS OF STUDY

TRIGONOMETRY
i. Angles: Measures of angles (degrees and radians), arc length and area of a
sector, positive and negative angles, co-terminal angles
ii. Trigonometric Functions: Sine, Cosine, tangent, cotangent, cosecant and secant
functions, odd and even functions
iii. Trigonometric Identities: Basic identities, proving identities
iv. Trigonometric Functions of Compound angles: Addition and subtraction
formulas, double angle and half angle formulas
v. Sum, Difference and Product Formulas of sine and cosine functions
vi. Graphs of Trigonometric Functions: (amplitude, period and phase shift),
sketching graphs
vii. Inverse Trigonometric Functions : Principal and general values
viii. Trigonometric Equations: Particular and General Solutions of equations

B. DIFFERENTIATION
i. limits and continuity of functions, tangent lines, gradient of a curve
ii. The Derivative: definition, differentiation form first principles, notation of
derivatives, repeated differentiation
iii. Differentiation Formulas and Techniques: The power rule, the chain rule, the
product and quotient rules, Implicit Differentiation, Derivatives of
Trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions
iv. The Derivatives and Rates of Change: Average and instantaneous rates of
change,
v. The Differential and Increments: Approximations and small changes.
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vi. The derivatives and Graphs: Increasing and decreasing functions, concavity and
inflection points, local and absolute extrema (minima and maxima), first and
second derivative tests.

C. INTEGRATION
i. Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integrals: Definitions and notation, Determination
of equations of functions from derivatives.
ii. The Integrals of Trigonometric, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
iii. The Definite Integrals: Definition and notation, the concept and Evaluation of
limits applied to integrals
iv. Integration Formulas and Techniques: The substitution rule, integration by parts,
partial fraction technique.
v. Applications: (areas and volumes): evaluation of areas and volumes of
revolutions.

20. PRESCRIBED TEXTS

a) Saxon, J. et al., 2004. Calculus with Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry. USA:
Prentice Hall.
b) Stewart, J. 2012. Calculus: Early Transcendentals. 7th Ed. USA: Brooks/Cole.
c) Stroud, K.A., and Booth, D.J., 2004. Advanced Engineering Mathematics. 5 th ed. USA:
Prentice Hall.

21. RECOMMENDED TEXTS/READINGS

a) Anton, H., et al., 2005. Calculus Analysis and Differential Equations. John Wiley and
sons.Bajpai, AC., Calus, I.M., and Fairley, J.A., 1976. Mathematics for Engineers and
Scientists. Volume I. London: John Wiley and Sons.
b) Backhouse, J.K., Houldsworth, S.P.T., and Cooper, B.E.D., 1980. Pure Mathematics. A
Second Course. London: Longman.Davis, L., 2004. Applied College Algebra and
Trigonometry with Calculus. USA: Prentice Hall.
c) Swokowski, E.W., 1979. Calculus with Analytical Geometry. 2 nd ed. Massachusettes:
Prindle,

This course /module specification was approved by Senate on ………………………………

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