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2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MATH& 153 - Calculus III


Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
MATH& 153 is the third in a sequence of four calculus courses for students who are planning to major in engineering, mathematics, or the sciences. Graphical analysis of concepts is emphasized through the use of technology. Formerly: MATH 126.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or higher in MATH& 152 , satisfactory placement, or permission of Mathematics Department
Course Outcomes:
  • Determine the convergence or divergence of a sequence numerically, graphically, and analytically and, if the sequence converges, find its limit.
  • Determine the absolute or conditional convergence or divergence of an infinite series using relevant tests including the divergence, geometric series, integral, p-series, comparison, limit comparison, alternating series, ratio, and root tests.
  • Construct power series representations of function and determine the corresponding interval of convergence; use power series to calculate limits, derivatives, and integrals of functions.
  • Apply calculus to polar and parametric equations.
  • Perform vector operations on two- and three-dimensional vectors.
  • Graph and use calculus to analyze both two and three-dimensional vector-valued functions.
  • Access and use technology as needed.
  • Communicate mathematics using relevant vocabulary and notation.
Course Attribute(s): Natural Science