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MAT221 Course Outline

This document provides the course outline for MAT 221 Calculus I offered in the 2023-2024 semester at the University of Botswana. The course is worth 3 credits and is a core course taught in the first semester. It introduces techniques of integration, applications of integration like volumes and arc lengths, improper integrals, Taylor's theorem, differential equations, and sequences and series. Students will be assessed through two tests, an assignment test, and a final examination worth 67% of their grade. The course aims to develop skills in calculus that are applied in other sciences and introduce students to real-life problems in differential equations.

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MAT221 Course Outline

This document provides the course outline for MAT 221 Calculus I offered in the 2023-2024 semester at the University of Botswana. The course is worth 3 credits and is a core course taught in the first semester. It introduces techniques of integration, applications of integration like volumes and arc lengths, improper integrals, Taylor's theorem, differential equations, and sequences and series. Students will be assessed through two tests, an assignment test, and a final examination worth 67% of their grade. The course aims to develop skills in calculus that are applied in other sciences and introduce students to real-life problems in differential equations.

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MAT 221 Calculus I Course Outline

2023-2024 Semester I

University Of Botswana, Faculty of Science


Department of Mathematics

Dr. T. YANE OFFICE: 246-S225 Dr. M. KOORAPETSE OFFICE: 232-238


Phone: 3554372 Phone: 3552952
Lecture time Lecture Room Lecture time Lecture Room
M: 1300-1400 228-001 MWF:1400-1500 252-LT1
WF: 1300-1400 240-010

Course Code and Title: MAT 221 CALCULUS I

Credits 3
Type (Core/Optional/Elective/General Education Course) C
Semester in which the course is taught (1 or 2) 1
Pre-requisites (if any) MAT 122 or A-level
mathematics or equivalent

Aims and learning objectives:


This is the first rigorous calculus course and will help develop skills/techniques of great application to other
sciences. The student is introduced to some real-life problems in the form of differential equations.

Course synopsis:
Techniques of integration. Applications of integration. Improper integrals. Generalized Mean Value Theorem.
Taylor's Theorem. Differential equations. Sequences and series

Course outline:
1. Short revision: Differentiation, integration by substitution. Week 1
2. Techniques of integration: Integration by parts, by partial fractions, reduction formulas, integration
using trigonometric identities, Wierstrass substitution, Riemann sums, Numerical integration. Week 2-5
3. Applications of integration: Volumes, centre of mass, arc lengths, area of surfaces of revolution.
L’Hopital's rule and its applications. Week 6-7
4. Improper integrals. Week 8
5. Taylor's Theorem: Taylor Polynomials. Week 8
6. Differential equations: Homogeneous type, separable and linear type, second order linear differential
equations with constant coefficients. Week 9-11
7. Sequences and series: Bounded and monotonic sequences (convergence of), geometric series,
comparison, root, ratio and integral tests for series, absolute and conditional convergence of series
(alternating series). Week 11-14

Modes of Assessment:
There will be two Tests, assignment test and Examination: Assignment test and 2 Tests CA (33%) and
Examination (67%)

Test 1 (10%): Sunday 3 September 2023, TIME: 1000-1200, Venue: 252/LT1 & LT3
Test 2 (10%): Sunday 15 October 2023, TIME: 1000-1200, Venue: 252/LT1 & LT3
Assignment Test (13%): Sunday 5 November 2023 TIME: 1400-1600, Venue: 252/LT1 & LT3
Examination (67%):

Reading (and other resources) list


Calculus (5th ed) - Grossmann, Saunders College Publ, (ISBN 0030969719 / ISBN 0030964202), 1993.

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