Math 251 - Differential Calculus
  Units:
  1. Rates of Change

  2. Average and instantaneous rates of change, secant lies and tangent lines.

  3. Limits

  4. Limits from numerical, graphical and analytical perspectives.

  5. Theory of Derivatives

  6. Theory of the derivative.

  7. Calculation of Derivatives

  8. Applying the basic rules of differentiation, particularly the product, quotient and chain rules, to find derivatives of functions. Higher derivatives and Implicit Differentiation.

  9. Application of Derivatives I

  10. Related rates and rectilinear motion. Characteristics of graphs of functions, Mean Value Theorem.

  11. Application of Derivatives II

  12. Optimization, derivatives of inverse trig functions, L'Hopital's rule, antiderivatives. Solutions to ordinary differential equations.


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