A Short Intro to Calculus 1 Concepts
In any Calculus 1 class, you will learn several concepts throughout the course. Some of these will be smaller, niche concepts like L'Hopital's rule, while others will be extremely important. The more important concepts are used almost as umbrellas for all of the other concepts that you will learn in your Calculus 1 class, and most smaller concepts are built upon these larger concepts. These major concepts are extremely fundamental toward your understanding of Calculus 1, so learning them will greatly help you grasp the smaller concepts. To add more motivation, falling behind on your knowledge of these major concepts will make it extremely hard to succeed in your course.
The 3 major concepts are limits, derivatives, and integrals. Limits are more of a separate idea, while derivatives and integrals are closely connected together. It should be noted that all of these concepts are easy to visualize on a graph, so a graphing calculator, if your professor permisses, would be strongly recommended. The majority of what you learn in class will revolve around these three. Not only will they allow you to learn concepts that will be taught later in Calculus 1, but they will also help when you reach more advanced math classes. Therefore, it is extremely essential for you to grasp these concepts, which is the purpose of creating this web site.