American University of Madaba

AUM
Faculty of Science
Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities
Course Syllabus
Spring Semester 2016-2017

1. Course Specifics

Course Title Calculus 1

Course Number: 903101
Course Prerequisite(s) none
Course Co-requisite(s)
Credit Hours Lecture: 3 CH - Lab: 0 CH
Lecture Days & Time Mon & Wed 8:30-10:00 Tue & Thu 8:30-10:00
Class Location SA-G13 & BB-S09
Course Instructor/s Nehma Al-Tawil

Syllabus Approved by:

b. Academic Committee
a. Department Chair Dr. Hayel Shehadeh

2. Academic Staff Specifics

Name Academic Office Number, Office Hours E-mail Address
Rank Location and Tel. Ext.
Nehma Al-Tawil Lecturer SB-G25 Mon-Thurs n.tawil@aum.edu.jo
11:30-12:30

3. Course Components

Resources:

Text book:

Thomas Calculus, Early transcendental. 12th edition.

References:
1.Calculus, by Anton, 8th edition
2. Calculus, by J. Stewart
3. Calculus, by Smith &Minton.
On line Resources:
1. Web site: www.pearsonhighered.com/thomas
2. MyMathlab Online Course
3. MathXL Exercise Builder

Course Description:
The course starts with Functions as fundamental tool for calculus, their definition and graph, and
operations on functions, and the concept of inverse function are presented along with a survey of most useful
algebraic and transcendental functions like polynomials, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic. Then
limits of functions and their rules are given. The derivative and its various meanings and rules of
differentiation with applications in graph sketching and optimization. An introduction to integration is given
including definite and indefinite with the substitution rule. Hyperbolic functions and inverse hyperbolic
functions along with their derivatives and anti-derivatives are introduced.

Page 1 of 3
 American University of Madaba

AUM
Faculty of Science
Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities
Course Syllabus
Spring Semester 2016-2017

Course General Objectives:

1. Recognize different kinds of functions and determine their domain, range and graph. Furthermore, to
be able to do various operations on functions especially composition and inversion.
2. Relate the concepts of limits and continuity of a function and be able to calculate the limit using rules
of limits.
3. Infer from the meanings of the derivative of a function on how to calculate it for all the familiar
differentiable functions.
4. Use the derivative of the function to locate and classify all the critical points and sketch the graph of
the function; and to evaluate some limits with indeterminate form.
5. Understand the meaning of the definite and the indefinite integrals and be able to evaluate such
integrals using the substitution rule.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)/Competencies:

On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to:

Identify properties of functions and their inverses.

Group properties of polynomials, rational functions, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric,
and inverse-trigonometric functions.
Explain the meaning of domain and range.
Design graphs using functions, its first derivative and its second derivative.
Solve algebraic limits, and apply LHopitals rule to determine limits of simple expressions.
Recognize and apply the procedures of differentiation accurately, including implicit and
logarithmic differentiation.
Evaluate linear approximations of functions.
Evaluate accurately definite and indefinite integrals.

Teaching Methods:
The structure of this course is elaborated throughout lectures, homework and exams.

Assessment Instruments
Mark
Exam 1 25%
Midterm 25%
Quizzes, Homework and Participation 10%

Final Exam 40%

Total 100%
Course Academic Calendar

Note: This syllabus is Tentative

Basic and support material to be covered Homework/reports and
Weeks their due dates
Week 1: Functions: definition and a catalog of essential Will be assigned in class
functions. Sec. 1.1
Week 2: Combining functions, shifting and scaling. Graphs.
Sec. 1.2
Week 3: Trigonometric and exponential functions. Sec. 1.3,
1.5.
Week 4: Inverse functions and logarithmic functions. Sec.
1.6

Page 2 of 3
 American University of Madaba

AUM
Faculty of Science
Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities
Course Syllabus
Spring Semester 2016-2017

Week 5: Limits and theorems of limits. One- sided limits and

limits at infinity. Continuity. Sec. 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6.
Week 6: Project Part 1 and the derivative
Week 7: The derivative, meaning and rules of
differentiation, implicit differentiation. 3.2, 3.3, 3.5,
3.6, 3.7.
Week 8: Derivatives of inverse functions and logarithms.
Inverse of trigonometric and their derivatives. 3.8,
3.9
Week 9: Review and Midterm

Week 10: Hyperbolic functions and their derivatives. Sec.

7.3.
Week 11: Applications of the derivative: related rates,
linearization, extreme values, concavity and curve
sketching. Sec. 3.10, 3.11, 4.1, 4.4
Week 12: Indeterminate forms and LHopitals rule, applied
optimization. Sec. 4..5, 4.6
Week 13: Project Part 2 and The indefinite integral, the anti-
derivative. Sec. 5.5
Week 14: The definite integral and the fundamental theorem
of calculus. Sec. 5.3
Week 15: Integration using the substitution rule. The area
between two curves. Sec. 5.4, 5.6.
Week 16: Final Exam

Course Policies

University regulations are applied to this course, regarding class attendance; punctuality, exams,
late submissions; absence with permission; penalties for cheating; and policies for assignments
and projects if any. Students should be aware of all those in addition to other rules and
regulations stated and described in the students handbook.

Page 3 of 3