Faculty of Science

Objectives

To provide for students of the Biological and Earth Sciences basic mathematical tools and relevant applications.

Contents

Functions and graphs: Logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions and their inverses; complex numbers; Derivatives: algebraic properties of differentiation; applications of the derivative L'Hospital's Rule; Taylor polynomials; Indefinite and definite integrals: methods of integration; applications (areas, volumes, etc.); Partial differentiation and integration; First order differential equations: separable, exact, homogeneous and first order linear equations; applications; Matrices and determinants; Applications to systems of linear equations; Elementary probability; conditional probability and independence; Tree diagrams; Bayes' Theorem; Descriptive statistics: collection and presentation of data; Frequency and cumulative frequency distributions; descriptive measures; correlation and regression; properties of the normal curve and use of the normal table; tests of hypotheses.

It is not available for credit to Mathematics and Physics majors.