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
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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.