MATH 113 - Mathematics for City Planners

Semester: 2022-2023 Fall

Instructor: Prof. Dr. Billur KAYMAKÇALAN

Room: R-208

Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 14:20-15:00

Course Description: Intervals, Inequalities, Absolute Value, Lines, Parabolas, Functions: Domain and Range, Piecewise Defined Functions, Increasing and Decreasing Functions, Even and Odd Functions, Logarithmic Functions, Exponential Functions, Limits: Limit Laws, one-Sided Limit, Limits at Infinity, Continuity, Derivative: Differentiation Rules, The Chain Rule, Implicit Differentiation, Optimization Problems, Matrices: Matrix Multiplication, Matrix Operations.

Textbook: E. F. Haeussler, R. S. Paul, R. J. Wood, Introductory Mathematical Analysis for Business, Economics and Life and Social Sciences, 13th Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0-321-64388-9

Reference Book:  R. Barnett, M. R. Ziegler, K. E. Byleen, College Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences, 12th Edition, Pearson Publishing,  2010,  ISBN 10: 0-321-71082-7

Evaluation Criteria:

  • First Midterm: %30 
  • Second Midterm: %30 
  • Final %40

Exam Dates: 

Midterm 1: Nov. 17, 2022 (Thursday)

Midterm 2: Dec. 22, 2022 (Thursday)

Final Exam: Monday, January 9, 2023
Time: 10:00 (exam duration will be 100 minutes)   
Place: NA 06
Final exam contents: Midterm(s) 1+2 contents AND Chapter 9

Final Exam make-up: t.b.a.

Resit Exam: t.b.a.