Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is offering free online course on Pre-University Calculus. This is a course consisting of 6 modules (or weeks) and 1 final exam. The class will consist of a collection of 3-5 minute lecture videos, inspirational videos on the use of mathematics in Science, Engineering and Technology, (interactive) exercises, homework and exams.
In this six week course, applicants will prepare for Introductory Calculus courses. This course will start on June 27, 2017
Course At A Glance
Length: 6 weeks
Effort: 6-8 hours pw
Subject: Math
Institution: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $50
Session: Course Starts on June 27, 2017
Providers’ Details
Delft University of Technology is the largest and oldest technological university in the Netherlands. Our research is inspired by the desire to increase fundamental understanding, as well as by societal challenges. We encourage our students to be independent thinkers so they will become engineers capable of solving complex problems. Our students have chosen Delft University of Technology because of our reputation for quality education and research.
About This Course
Mathematics is the language of Science, Engineering and Technology. Calculus is an elementary Mathematical course in any Science and Engineering Bachelor. Pre-university Calculus will prepare you for the Introductory Calculus courses by revising four important mathematical subjects that are assumed to be mastered by beginning Bachelor students: functions, equations, differentiation and integration. After this course you will be well prepared to start your university calculus course.
Why Take This Course?
Students will learn to understand the necessary definitions and mathematical concepts needed and you will be trained to apply those and solve mathematical problems. Students will feel confident in using basic mathematical techniques for your first calculus course at university-level, building on high-school level mathematics. We aim to teach you the skills, but also to show you how mathematics will be used in different engineering and science disciplines.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand, visualize and manipulate different elementary functions, like powers, roots, polynomials, and trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions
- Understand, visualize and solve equations and inequalities involving these elementary functions
- Understand the concept of differentiation and to calculate the derivatives of compositions of elementary functions
- Understand the concept of integration and to use some elementary integration techniques
Instructors
Fokko van de Bult
Fokko van de Bult received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam studying hypergeometric functions, which are generalizations of the sine and exponential function. Subsequently, he spent three years as a post-doctoral student at Caltech. Since January 2012 he has been a teacher of mathematics at the TU Delft.
Wolter Groenevelt
Wolter Groenevelt has been an assistant professor at the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, in the Analysis group.
Bart van den Dries
Bart van den Dries is currently a teacher in mathematics at Delft University of Technology, providing courses on Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations at nearly all university departments.
Roelof Koekoek
Roelof Koekoek is a teacher in mathematics at the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics (DIAM) of the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) at the Delft University of Technology.
Requirements
- This course revises high school level mathematics and is aimed to close the readiness gap between high school and university.
- Awards: Pre-University Calculus won a 2016 Open Education Award for Excellence
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