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Differential Calculus with Applications to Commerce and Social Sciences (Math 104 Summer Term 1)

MATH 104 is a course in differential calculus and its applications.  These applications are primarily drawn from commerce, economics, and the social sciences.

This is the main site for MATH 104 and is the source of all central course information, including the course outline, course learning goals, course policies, course study materials. The canvas site will be used for additional informations such as access to online homework, course grades and general announcements.

Lectures and Workshops

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 1-3 pm, Location: Online

Math 104 is presented as 4-5 hours of synchronous online lectures, which will be recorded and available on canvas, and 1-2 hours of workshops. Lectures will be held on Mondays 1-2 pm, Wednesdays 1-3 pm, and Fridays 1-2 pm. Workshops will be held after the lectures on Mondays and Fridays between 2-3 pm. In the workshops, students will work in small groups in breakout rooms, though there will be some time together as a whole group as well. Workshops are not recorded.

The lectures, workshops, online materials, including the textbook and problem book, collectively provide students with the essential elements for learning differential calculus. There is no intent the lectures will cover everything in great detail, and students will need to integrate all of the learning materials through their on-going studies to build a deep level of understanding of the course material.

Teaching staff

  • Instructor: Babhru Joshi

  • Teaching Assistants: Paul Huang, Devang Agarwal

    • Office hours: Fridays 4-5 pm
    • Location: Online

Textbook

We use the locally developed CLP Notes: Differential Calculus Notes by Joel Feldman, Andrew Rechnitzer, and Elyse Yeager.

Note that there is a mobile friendly version available. 

There are also Extra Notes and Problems for a few topics that are not include in the CLP Notes.  Links to these will be added to the course outline.

Course discussion board

Discussion board is hosted on Piazza. Students can signup through Canvas.