MTH 173 is the first semester in a three-semester sequence of calculus courses. It is designed for students majoring in math, computer science, engineering or one of the sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, etc). The topics covered in MTH 173 include:

• defining a function

• continuity of a function

• limits

• finding derivatives of functions

• implicit differentiation

• applications of derivatives

• using derivatives in curve sketching

• second derivatives

• the Mean Value Theorem

• antiderivatives

• the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

• definite integrals

• indefinite integrals

• approximating definite integrals

     The prerequisite for this course is MTH 166 or MTH 163 and MTH 164 or a comparable pre-calculus course.

Power Point Presentations

Graphing Guidelines Tutorial

Regressions Using the Calculator

3.10 Related Rates

4.7 Optimizations

4.8 Business Applications

Calculus web sites

http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus