Course Title: Apply calculus to engineering tasks

Part A: Course Overview

Program: S0065 ADF Skill Set 2-05 Mechanical

Course Title: Apply calculus to engineering tasks

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 80

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency covers the application of calculus, including differentiation and integration techniques to engineering applications. It includes the use and application of standard differentiation and integration rules, finding maximum and minimum values of curves, application to rates of change and slope, finding definite integrals, using method of substitution, using trigonometric identities and finding areas under curves.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

MEM23004A        Apply technical mathematics



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

MEM23007A Apply calculus to engineering tasks

Elements:

1 Determine scope of calculus techniques required for an engineering application

2 Apply differential techniques to engineering applications

3 Apply integration techniques to engineering applications


Learning Outcomes

NA


Overview of Assessment

This competency requires a student to display that knowledge to apply calculus techniques to engineering and related problems within the context of specified engineering applications and solution validation and technical oversight procedures.

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.