MATH& 148: Business Calculus

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Class Program

Mathematics

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091777

Meets Degree Requirements For

Natural Science,

Quantitative Skills

Description

Differential and integral calculus designed for students majoring in business administration, social sciences and other programs requiring a short course in calculus. Work with graphing calculators will be integrated into the course.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

MATH 140 or MATH&141 with C (2.0) or better, B or higher in a high school precalculus or calculus class within the past 3 years, a grade of 4 on the Smarter Balanced exam, or appropriate placement score

Course Learning Outcomes

Use the concepts of function, the derivative, and the integral.

Differentiate polynomial, rational, composite, exponential, and logarithmic functions.

Integrate polynomial, rational composition, exponential, and logarithmic.

Create and use models to solve problems

Optimize functions of one and two variables

Core Topics

Functions and their graphs
Introduction to the concept of limits
The definition of the derivative
Differentiation techniques for polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and composite functions
Derivatives applied to business and social science applications
Optimization in one and two variables
Antiderivatives and integrals as applied to business and social science applications