MA 131 - Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A - Section 006 - Fall 2009 Meeting at: HA 201 on M/W from 1840 - 2030

Office Hours (Fall 2009)

To Be Announced

Announcements

• (19 Aug) Welcome back! I highly recommend bookmarking this page. It will be frequently referred to.

• (9 Sept) Faisal Samir's office hours are M/W 3 - 4pm in HA 146.

Course Description

MA 131 is a one-semester course - the first in a year-long sequence intended for students who require only two semesters of Calculus. Emphasis is placed on first order finite difference models; derivatives - limits, power rule, graphing, and optimization; exponential and logarithmic functions - growth and decay models; integrals - computation, area, total change; applications in life, management, and social sciences. More information can be found in the course syllabus.

Note that the MA 131 - MA 231 sequence is one of three sequences NCSU offers. Refer to the Math Department's guide if you have doubt this sequence is right for you.

MA 131 uses WebAssign for most graded homework. Additional exercises from the reading are also referenced, and should be studied. Successful completion of both homework sets is recommended before sitting the exams.

References and Resources

• The course website from a previous semester in which I taught this course can be found here.

• Examples of the Difference Quotient can be found here.

• Difference Equations Review 1
  
  Questions: LINK.
  
  Answer to EX1: LINK.
  Answer to EX2: LINK.
  Answer to EX3: LINK.