Application of Calculus to Business and Economics

5 credits

Rates of change, tangent, derivative, accumulation, area, integrals in specific contexts, particularly economics. Techniques of differentiation and integration. Application to problem solving. Optimization. Credit does not apply toward a mathematics major. Course equivalent to: B MATH 144 and TMATH 122. Course overlaps with: MATH 124; Q SCI 291; STMATH 113; STMATH 114; STMATH 124; and TMATH 124. Prerequisite: a minimum grade of 2.0 in either MATH 111 or MATH 120, or a minimum score of 2 on the AP MATH AB exam. Offered: WSp.