DC Course Outline
DC Course Outline
COURSE DESCRIPTION: An introductory course covering the core concepts of limit, continuity and differentiability
of functions involving one or more variables. This also includes the application of differential calculations in solving
problems on optimization, rates of change, related rates, tangents and normal, and approximations, partial differentiation
and transcendental curve tracing.
COURSE OUTLINE:
1. Functions
2. Continuity and limits
3. The derivative
4. The slope
5. Rate of Change
6. The Chain Rule and the General Power Rule
7. Implicit Differentiation
8. Higher – Order derivatives
9. Polynomial Curves
10. Application of Derivatives
11. The Differential
12. Derivative of Trigonometric Functions
13. Derivative of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
14. Derivative of Logarithmic and Exponential Functions
15. Derivative of Hyperbolic Functions
16. Solutions of Equations
17. Transcendental Curve Tracing
18. Parametric Equations
19. Partial Differentiation
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: At the end of semester, the learners are to comply the requirements on:
1. Chapter examinations
2. Homework/Assignment
3. Midterm/Final Examinations
4. Attendance
COURSE GRADING SYSTEM: The students are graded according to rubrics on the following:
Homework/Assignment ……….…..........20%
Chapter Examinations…………....…..…45%
Midterm Examination……….………….15%
Final Examination …..……...…………..15%
Attendance ……………….…………….. 5%
Total 100%