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Kazakh-British Technical University

International School of Economics

APPROVED
Acting Dean of ISE
Bigabatova M.
«25» August 2023

SYLLABUS

Academic Year 2023-2024


Fall 2023

Discipline: AP Calculus AB I

Credits: 3

Course/Syllabus designer: Dr. Ilyas Shakenov, assistant-professor


Syllabus
AP Calculus AB I, Code: AP Calculus AB (3 credit hours)
(Discipline)

Fall Semester, 2023

Instructor’s name Dr. Ilyas Shakenov, assistant professor


Instructor’s e-mail [email protected]
Instructor’s +7 (705) 1823090
telephone
Class Schedule
Office Hours By appointment
Office 419

1. Introduction and Course Description

Course Overview: AP® Calculus AB is equivalent to a first-semester college calculus


course. Topics include functions, limits and continuity, derivatives, and integrals. The
course will focus on applying the skills and concepts of calculus to modeling and solving
problems across multiple representations.

2. Course Objectives and Intended Learning Outcomes

Objectives

This course aims to:

- provide students with a thorough understanding the main concepts in calculus.


- develop students’ skills in applying calculus methods to realistic scenarios.
- provide a critical overview of the research of functions and their behavior.
- mastering use of engineering calculator.
- acing various strategies of multiple choice and free response problem solving

Intended Learning Outcomes

Having completed the course and done the required reading and assessments, a student
should be able to:

- find derivatives of functions using various methods, including the power rule, product
rule, quotient rule, and chain rule.
- compute definite and indefinite integrals of functions using techniques such as integration
by substitution, integration by parts, and trigonometric substitutions.
- understand the concept of limits and be able to evaluate one-sided and two-sided limits of
functions algebraically and graphically.
- apply derivatives to analyze functions, find critical points, identify extrema, and solve
optimization problems.
- use integration to compute areas under curves, volumes of solids of revolution, and solve
applications involving accumulation.
- be able to solve problems involving related rates of change by applying differentiation
techniques.- price derivative securities using absence of arbitrage.

3. Learning Support Materials

1. Precalculus, Carl Stitz, Jeff Zeager, 2011


2. Calculus, Varberg, Purcell, Rigdon, 9-th edition
3. Calculus Early Transcendentals, Howard Aton, Irl Bivens, Stephen Davis, 9-th edition,
2009
4. W. Ma. (2010) “AP Calculus AB/BC” McGraw-Hill.
5. Peterson's AP Calculus AB&BC, 2-nd edition, W. Michael Kelley, Mark Wilding.
6. Anthony, M. and Biggs, N., Mathematics for Economics and Finance, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1996
7. Swokowski . E.W., Olinick M. and Pence D., Calculus, Sixth Edition, PWS Publishing
Company, Boston, MA, 1994
8. The AP Calculus Problem Book, Chuck Gurner.

4. Prerequisites/Exclusions:

The students are supposed to have a proper knowledge of High School level Mathematics.
Some Precalculus topics such as Algebra and Functions may also be shortly reviewed
during the class.

5. Curriculum Plan:

Unit 1: Limits and Continuity (Big Ideas: Change, Limits, Analysis of Functions)
Weeks 1-3

1.1 Introducing Calculus: Can Change Occur at an Instant?


1.2 Defining Limits and Using Limit Notation
1.3 Estimating Limit Values from Graphs
1.4 Estimating Limit Values from Tables
1.5 Determining Limits Using Algebraic Properties of Limits
1.6 Determining Limits Using Algebraic Manipulation.
1.7 Selecting Procedures for Determining Limits
1.8 Determine Limits Using the Squeeze Theorem CR5
1.9 Connecting Multiple Representations of Limits
1.10 Exploring Types of Discontinuities
1.11 Defining Continuity at a Point
1.12 Confirming Continuity over an Interval
1.13 Removing Discontinuities
1.14 Connecting Infinite Limits and Vertical Asymptotes R7
1.15 Connecting Limits at Infinity and Horizontal Asymptotes
1.16 Working with the Intermediate Value Theorem

Take Unit 1 Test (12% of your final attestation)

Unit 2: Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties (Big Ideas: Change,


Limits, Analysis of Functions), Weeks 4-5

2.1 Defining Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change at a Point


2.2 Definition of derivative in various forms.
2.3 Estimating Derivatives of a Function at a Point
2.4 If a function is a differentiable or not.
2.5 Applying the Power Rule CR7
2.6 Derivative Rules: Constant, Sum, Difference, and Constant Multiple
2.7 Derivatives of cos x, sin x, ex, and ln(x)
2.8 The Product Rule
2.9 The Quotient Rule
2.10 Derivative rules of Tangent, Cotangent, Secant, and Cosecant Functions.

Take Unit 2 Test (8% of your final attestation)

Unit 3: Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions (Big Idea: Analysis of
Functions), Weeks 6-7

3.1 The Chain Rule


3.2 Implicit Differentiation
3.3 Differentiating Inverse FunctionsCR6
3.4 Differentiating Inverse Trigonometric Functions
3.5 Selecting Procedures for Calculating Derivatives CR6
3.6 Calculating Higher-Order Derivatives

Take Unit 3 Test on Week 8 (10% of your final attestation)

Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation and Rates of Change (Big Ideas:


Change, Limits), Weeks 9-11

4.1 Interpreting the Meaning of the Derivative in Context


4.2 Straight-Line Motion: Connecting Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
4.3 Rates of Change in Applied Contexts Other Than
4.4 Introduction to Related Rates
4.5 Solving Related Rate Problems R4
4.6 Using L’ Hospital’s Rule for Determining Limits of Indeterminate Forms

Take Unit 4 Test (15% of your final attestation)


Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation including Analysis of Functions (Big
Idea: Analysis of Functions), Weeks 12-15

5.1 Using the Mean Value Theorem


5.2 Extreme Value Theorem, Global Versus Local Extrema, and Critical Points
5.3 Determining Intervals on Which a Function is Increasing or Decreasing
5.4 Using the First Derivative Test to Determine Relative (Local) Extrema
5.5 Using the Candidates Test to Determine Absolute (Global) Extrema
5.6 Determine Concavity of Functions over Their Domains
5.7 Using the Second Derivative Test to Determine Extrema
5.8 Sketching Graphs of Functions and Their Derivatives
5.9 Connecting a Function, Its First Derivative, and Its Second Derivative
5.10 Introduction to Optimization Problems.
5.11 Solving Optimization Problems
5.12 Exploring Behaviors of Implicit Relations

Take Unit 5 Test on Week 15 (15% of your final attestation)

6. Standard KBTU Policies Applied this Course

• Attendance in all classes, verified by your signature in each hour, is mandatory


• Failure to maintain 70 percent attendance will result in a failing grade.
• Grade: There is a test after each unit with corresponding weight. They all total to 60% out
of 100%. The weight of the final examination is 40%.
• A 30/60 on the first two attestations and 20/40 on the final are necessary to pass.
• The final grade will be calculated in line with the General Scale of KBTU.

7. General Rules.

Academic Integrity

Any time you put your name on a piece of work for this source you are asserting that it is
your own work. If it is not the case, it is plagiarism. You must report, in proper citation
format, the source of information used in a paper. Direct quotes must be denoted by
quotation marks and page references. Plagiarism is classed as cheating and will be dealt
with according to the policies and procedures of KBTU.

Cheating on exams and assignments will not be tolerated and will be dealt with according
to the policies and procedures of KBTU.
Grading Policy

At the end of the semester a total final score, which is a cumulative measure of your work
throughout the semester is calculated. The final rating will be offered according to the scale
of assessments adopted in KBTU.

If a student has less than 30 points out of 60 cumulative prior final examination, the student
gets a Fail on the course.

If a student gets less than 50% on the final examination (between 10 and 20 points out of
40), the student gets a FX on the course. The student has a second attempt to pass during
Re-Sit Examination period.

If a student misses the final examination (with good reason) the student gets a I
(Incomplete) on the course. Student will need to provide necessary documents. Final exam
will be re-arranged.

If a student is caught cheating on the final examination - the student gets a Fail on the
course.

Attendance policy

Very regular attendance is expected. Students who are not willing to attend very regularly
should drop the course. Important: if you accumulated more than 30% absences throughout
the semester, you automatically fail the class.

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