Pt Faculty - Math 1036A: Calculus I

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Job Title: PT Faculty

Position Status: Contract Part Time ; OPSEU

Course: MATH 1036A: Calculus I

Sections:

SEC A

TUES & THURS

8:30AM - 10AM

Terms:

23FALL: Sept 6, 2023 - Dec 5, 2023

23FW: Sept 6, 2023 - April 5th, 2024

Note: The 23FALL examinations will take place from DEC 7th - DEC 19th, 2023, 2023 and 23FW examinations will take place from APRIL 8th - APRIL 23rd, 2024 as scheduled by the Registrar in consultation with the Department.

Location: Sault Ste Marie, ON

Delivery Modes:

In-Person Instruction: class that meets in a classroom and/or laboratory at the scheduled time/day, with the instructor and all students present (synchronous).

Course Description

• This is a problem-solving course in which an extensive treatment of differential calculus and an introduction to integral calculus is given.
• Other topics will include: anti-derivatives; area under curves; indeterminate forms and l’Hopital’s rule.
• The course covers limits, continuity and differentiation of functions including exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions.
• Emphasis is placed on practical applications of the derivative such as graph sketching, extrema and related rate problems.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Proficiency in differential calculus is required
• Master’s degree in mathematics or related field with two years of subject matter teaching experience at university level.

Qualified candidates should submit a current curriculum vitae, and any other materials the applicant wishes to submit (PDF format), addressed to Faculty Dean, Algoma University - Please email a complete application package by Monday, August 22 at 4pm to: [email protected] and include campus, course code(s) and course title(s) in the subject line. Job will be posted till filled

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The successful candidate, as a condition of employment, will be required to provide a Police Records Check (Vulnerable Sector).

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