MATH 120Calculus Note
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Last listed
- 1974–75
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1971–72 to 1974–75; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Functions and limits. The derivative. Differentiation of algebraic functions. Applications to tangents, rates, minima and maxima. Integration as the limit of a sum. Fundamental theorem of integral calculus with applications to areas, and moments. Power series. Partial differentiation. 3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial M120 is not a course for Honours Mathematics students.
As printed in the 1971–72 to 1974–75 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention MATH 120, April 2013 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2018
What are the benefits on joining the honors Arts version of Math Econ? 2 points, 13 comments
“I enjoy my math courses here at Uwaterloo, but I typically get mid 70s in them. In my arts courses I get mid to high 80s. …”
u/sgt_bullmoose: “have u considered switching into bmath mathematical econ?”
u/ClassIn30minutes: “In Bmath Econ do you guys need to take Math 130s line or are you able to take Math 120s line?”
Winter 2013
Question about BBA/BCS Double Degree 2 points, 29 comments
“Hi there, I've been accepted to the WLU side of the BBA/BCS Double Degree. I was just wondering if WLU is my home school, what resources can I access at Waterloo? …”
u/dinoyolk: “I also got in, but from the Waterloo side and I was wondering how courses work? Electives? What do you take 1st year and 2nd year etc... Thanks!”
u/mrappledick: “… First of all Waterloo is famous for offering high class electives such as math 120 and business sci 153 in first year. Unfortunately the interior design of the buildings at Waterloo are pretty shit. …”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1971–72 to 1974–75, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1971–72 to 1974–75 4 calendars
Functions and limits. The derivative. Differentiation of algebraic functions. Applications to tangents, rates, minima and maxima. Integration as the limit of a sum. Fundamental theorem of integral calculus with applications to areas, and moments. Power series. Partial differentiation. 3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorial
M120 is not a course for Honours Mathematics students.