Location:
Main Campus
Session:
2026 Winter Semester | Trimestre d'hiver
Faculty:
Faculté des sciences / Faculty of Science
Unit:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics_PT
Course Title:
Introduction to Calculus and Vectors
Course Code:
MAT 1339
Section:
B00
Course Description:
Instantaneous rate of change as a limit, derivatives of polynomials using limits, derivatives of sums, products, the chain rule, derivatives of rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic, and radical functions. Applications to finding maxima and minima and graph sketching. Concavity and points of inflection, the second derivative. Optimization in models involving polynomial, rational, and exponential functions. Vectors in two and three dimensions. Cartesian, polar and geometric forms. Algebraic operations on vectors, dot product, cross product. Applications to projections, area of parallelograms, volume of parallelepipeds. Scalar and vector parametric form of equations of lines and planes in two and three dimensions. Intersections of lines and planes. Solution of up to three equations in three unknowns by elimination or substitution. Geometric interpretation of the solutions.
Posting limited to:
Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor
Date Posted:
juin 18, 2025
Applications must be received BEFORE:
juillet 19, 2025
Expected Enrolment:
225
Approval date:
juin 18, 2025
Number of credits:
3
Work Hours:
39
Course type:
B
Posting type:
Régulier / Regular
Language of instruction:
Anglais | English
Competence in second language:
N/A
Course Schedule:
Mardi | Tuesday 8:30-10:00 Vendredi | Friday 10:00-11:30 -
Requirements:
PhD in mathematics. Expert level knowledge of Latex (the universal mathematical editor). Must coordinate (across all sections). The provisions of Article 5.1.2 will apply.
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