MATH 1013 L14, L15

Calculus I

Couse Outline - Fall 2014

1. Instructor
Name: Dr. Keith K. C. Chow
Contact Details: Rm. 3492; phone: 2358-8571; e-mail: kchow@ust.hk
Office Hour: Math Support Center hours
2. Teaching Assistant
Name: Mr. Patrick K. P. Wong (T14a, b, c)
Contact Details: Rm. 3489, Phone: 3469-2017,

E-mail: patrick@ust.hk

Name: Ms. Xing LI (T15a, b, c)

Contact Details: Rm. 3491, Phone: 3469-2016,

E-mail: malixing@ust.hk

3. Meeting Time and Venue

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Lectures:
L14: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10:30-11:20, Rm. 4619 (Lift 31)
L15: Mon., Wed., Fri., 09:30-10:20, Rm. 4619 (Lift 31)

Tutorials:
T14a: Mon., 09:30-10:20, Rm. 2406 (Lift 17)
T14b: Fri., 16:30-17:20, Rm. 1511 (Lift 27)
T14c: Tue., 18:00-18:50, Rm. 2304 (Lift 17)
T15a: Tue., 12:00-12:50, Rm. 5583 (Lift 29)
T15b: Mon., 12:00-12:50, Rm. 2504 (Lift 25)
T15c: Fri., 10:30-11:20, Rm. 4505 (Lift 25)

4. Course Description
Credit Points:
Pre-requisite:
Exclusion:

3
NIL
AL Pure Mathematics; AL Applied Mathematics; MATH 1003, MATH 1018, MATH
1020, MATH 1023, MATH 1024; any MATH course at or above 100-/2000- level.

Brief Information/synopsis:
This is an introductory course in one-variable calculus, the first in the MATH 1013 MATH 1014
sequence. Key topics include: functions and their limits, continuity, derivatives and rules of
differentiation, applications of derivatives, and basic integral calculus.
5. Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to understand:
No.
1
2
3
4

ILOs
the concepts of functions of single variable.
the basic idea, concepts, and properties of limits and continuity.
the concepts of derivatives and their basic techniques and applications
the concepts and some basic techniques of integration

6. Assessment Scheme
a. Examination duration: 1.5 hour for midterm exam, 3 hours for final exam.
b. Percentage of coursework, examination, etc.:
Assessment
Assessing Course ILOs
12% by coursework
1, 2, 3, 4
33% by Midterm Exam
1,2,3
55% by Final Exam
1,2,3,4
c. The grading is assigned based on students performance in assessment tasks/activities.
7. Student Learning Resources
Lecture Notes:
Lecture notes and or other references can be downloaded at the course home page.
Textbooks:
Stewart J. Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 7th Edition, BrooksCole.
References:
Briggs W. L. and Cochran L. Calculus for Scientists and Engineers Early Transcendentals, Pearson.
Supplementary study materials (e.g. slides) at the course homepage.
8. Teaching and Learning Activities
Scheduled activities: 3 hours (lecture) + 1 hour (tutorial).
Lectures will focus on illustrating the concepts of the course content, while tutorials will focus on
examples and problem solving skills.
9. Course Schedule
Week

Key Topics

Preliminaries. Functions and their graphs. Compositions. (Ch. 1.1-1.3)

Inverse functions. Exponential and logarithm.

Trigonometric functions and their inverses. (Ch. 1.5,1.6, Appendix D)

The idea of limits. Definition of limit. Limit laws. (Ch. 2.1-2.3)

Limits at infinity. Continuity. Derivatives. (Ch. 2.5-2.8)

Differentiation rules.
Derivatives of trigonometric functions. Chain rule. (Ch. 3.1-3.4)

Implicit differentiation. Derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions. (Ch. 3.5, 3.6)

Rate of change problems. Related rates. (Ch.3.7-3.9)

Linear approximations and differentials (Ch. 3.10).

Newton`s method (Ch. 4.8). Maximum and minimum values (Ch. 4.1).
Midterm Exam: Oct 26 (Sunday Morning)

Mean value theorem (Ch. 4.2, 4.3). L'Hopital's rule (Ch. 4.4).

10

Curve sketching. Optimization problems. (Ch. 4.5-4.7).

11
12
13

Anti-derivatives (Ch. 4.9).

Approximating areas under curves (Ch. 5.1).
Definite integrals (Ch. 5.2).
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (Ch. 5.3).
Indefinite integrals and net change (Ch. 5.4). Substitution rule (Ch. 5.5).