Calculus: Single Variable (Coursera)

Calculus: Single Variable (Coursera)
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Students are expected to have prior exposure to Calculus at the high-school level.
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Calculus: Single Variable (Coursera)
This course provides a brisk, entertaining treatment of differential and integral calculus, with an emphasis on conceptual understanding and applications to the engineering, physical, and social sciences.


A newer version of this course is available here:
Calculus: Single Variable Part 1 - Functions


Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat.




This brisk course covers the core ideas of single-variable Calculus with emphases on conceptual understanding and applications. The course is ideal for students beginning in the engineering, physical, and social sciences.Distinguishing features of the course include:

- the introduction and use of Taylor series and approximations from the beginning;

- a novel synthesis of discrete and continuous forms of Calculus;

- an emphasis on the conceptual over the computational; and

- a clear, dynamic, unified approach.



Free Course
Students are expected to have prior exposure to Calculus at the high-school level.