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Prerequisite: Two years of high school mathematics beyond plane geometry, including trigonometry, or MCS-120.
MCS-121 meets the Curriculum I QUANT (quantitative reasoning) area D requirement.
Calculus I is a general education course in quantitative reasoning that introduces calculus, the branch of mathematics dealing with "limits." The fundamental concepts treated in this course are: function, limit, continuity, derivative, definite integral, and differential equation. The goals of the course are to give the student (1) knowledge of the topics in the syllabus, (2) skill in carrying out the operations and algorithms of calculus, (3) practice in mathematical modeling and problem solving, (4) understanding and appreciation of the axiomatic and logical structure of calculus, and (5) appreciation of the role of calculus in the history of ideas and its impact on the natural and social sciences.