MATH 2115 - Calculus I

5 Credits Hour(s)
5 Lecture Clock Hour(s)
Credit Summary: (5-5-0-0)

Prerequisite(s): A grade of “C” or better in either MATH 1223 - Trigonometry or MATH 1235 - Precalculus; or a satisfactory placement test score (currently MATH ACT 27 or higher).
This is a five credit-hour introductory calculus course designed primarily for STEM majors. The student is assumed to be versed in the standard pre-calculus topics of functions, graphing, solving equations, and the exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. Lack of knowledge of these skills may preclude a student’s success in this course. No prior exposure to calculus is assumed. This course includes but is not limited to limits and continuity of functions; introduction of the derivative; techniques of differentiation; chain rule; implicit differentiation of transcendental and inverse functions; applications of differentiation; concavity; relative extrema; maximum and minimum values of a function; optimization; anti-differentiation; definite integrals; Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; areas, applications of definite integrals; work and volume.

Louisiana Common Course Number: CMAT 2115
CIP Code: 270101