HSC 066 - Business Math IA

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Business Math helps students achieve success by incorporating Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry topics into practical business and personal finance contexts. Students see algebra at work within the most critical areas of finance. Students learn about investments, credit, automobile expenses, insurance, income tax, household budgeting, and more while gaining confidence in working with common algebraic functions.
Course Outcomes:

Evaluate financial responsibility of business ownership based on ratios and percents.
Interpret a stock bar chart.
Conclude trends based on scatterplots.
Compute interest using the appropriate formula.
Calculate the value of single and periodic investments.

Course Topics:

The Stock Market.
Consumer Credit.
Employment Basics.
Independent Living.
Prepare a Budget