COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Calculus I
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
MATH 109
Fall
2
2
3
6
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives This course aims to provide basic theory and  applications of  calculus and its extentions to mathematical analysis
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to analyze conceptual and visual representation of limits, continuity, differentiability, and tangent line approximations for functions at a point.
  • will be able to calculate the first and second implicit derivatives
  • will be able to use derivatives in practical applications, such as distance, velocity, acceleration, related rates and extreme values.
  • will be able to evaluate the sketch the graphs of functions.
  • will be able to use Mean Value Theorem and Intermediate Value Theorem.
Course Description Functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and its applications. extreme values, Intermediate Value Theorem, Rolle’s Theorem, The Mean Value Theorem and its applications, inverse functions and their derivatives, related rates problems.
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Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Functions and their graphs, polynomials and rational functions. Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section P4, P5, P6
2 Trigonometric functions, average and instantaneous velocity, limits of functions Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section P7, 1.1, 1.2
3 Limits of functions, limits at infinity and infinite limits Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 1.2, 1.3
4 Continuity, the formal definition of derivative Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 1.4, 1.5
5 Tangent lines and their slopes, the derivative Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 2.1, 2.2
6 Differentiaon rules, the chain rule Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
7 Derivatives of trigonometric functions Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367. Section 2.6, 2.8
8 Higher order derivatives Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367. Section 2.9, 3.1, 3.2
9 The Mean Value Theorem Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 3.3, 3.5.
10 Implicit differentiation Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367. Section 2.9.
11 The indefinite integrals Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 2.10.
12 Inverse functions, exponential and logarithmic functions Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 3.1, 3.3.
13 The natural and exponential logarithms, transcendental functions Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367..Section 3.3.
14 The natural and exponential logarithms, transcendental functions Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.Section 3.3.
15 Review of the semester
16 Final exam
Course Notes/Textbooks

Robert A.Adams & Christopher Essex ,"Calculus, A complete course" , Prentice Hall, 9th edition,2017.  ISBN-13: 978-0134154367.

Suggested Readings/Materials

"Thomas' Calculus" by Finney, Weir, Giordano, Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman; 10th edition, 2001. ISBN-13: 978-0201441413.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
1
10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
40
Final Exam
1
50
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
2
50
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
50
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
14
3
42
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
1
15
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
25
Final Exams
1
34
    Total
180

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications,

X
2

To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method,

X
3

To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions,

X
4

To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably,

5

To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License,

6

To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in,

7

To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance,

8

To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results,

9

To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life,

10

To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively.

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest