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= = **Welcome to Calculus I** **MATH 151** = =

Objectives
This is a first year course in single-variable calculus. It is the first of the four courses in the calculus sequence. It is primarily intended for science, pre-engineering and mathematics majors. It covers differential calculus and its applications.

Calculus is the mathematics of change. Mathematics without calculus is limited to situations where major parts of the problem are either static or changing in very restricted ways. However with the development of the derivative we can describe quantities that are continually changing and we have the mathematical tools to deal with this change and perform useful calculations.

The material for this course will come from the first four chapters of the book. We will develop the following topics: functions and limits, derivatives, transcendental functions and their derivatives, and applications of differentiation.

In developing the tools to help accomplish this we will build on the mathematical skills from your high school algebra (and possibly calculus) courses; this may involve some review as well as new material.

Instructor
My name is Henry Suters and I have been teaching at Carson-Newman since 1994. I have a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Duke University and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee. I am married and have three children (triplets, 10 years old, two girls and a boy).