***This is a course guideline. Students should contact instructor for the updated information on current course syllabus, textbooks, and course content***

*formerly MATH 1450*

MATH 2450 - Accelerated Calculus I

Prerequisites: At least one semester of advanced placement high school calculus and placement out of MATH 2312

Course Description: The first course in an accelerated calculus sequence. Includes topics normally covered in MATH 2413 and MATH 2414.

Note: Credit may not be received for both MATH 2450 and MATH 2413

Core Category: [20] Mathematics and [90] Math/Reasoning

MATH 2451 -  Accelerated Calculus II

Prerequisites: MATH 2450.

Course Description: The second course in an accelerated calculus sequence. Includes topics normally covered in MATH 2414 and MATH 2415.

Delivery format: face-to-face lecture or online.

Textbook:  The textbook is “Calculus-early transcendentals” by James Stewart 6th edition, ISBN: 9780495011668. Instructor's lecture notes will also cover other material. Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 will be "loosely" covered. This book is available on Amazon for example.

Course Content:  (subject to change depending on time constraints etc.)

• Differentiation and applications.
• Linear approximation and the chain rule; related rates.
• Integration, fundamental theorem of calculus.
• Concept of work and force; applications in physics and biology.
• Area and volume by integration; techniques of integration.
• Polar coordinates and complex numbers.
• Newton’s laws of motion.
• Mean value theorem and Taylor’s theorem with remainder.
• Sequences and series.
• Introduction to differential equations and applications.

Grading: Please consult your instructor's syllabus regarding any and all grading guidelines. 

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