CAP 076 - Business Math

Credits: 1-5
LEC hours per week: 5
This course prepares students for success by incorporating Algebra I, Algebra 2, and Geometry topics into practical business and personal finance contexts. The course focuses on investments, credit, automobile expenses, insurance, income tax, household budgeting, and more while helping students gain confidence in solving common algebraic functions. Credit can be earned for only one of these courses: CAP 076 or HSC 066.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Evaluate financial responsibility of business ownership based on ratios and percents.
Draw conclusions about trends based on scatterplots and bar charts.
Compute interest using the appropriate formula.
Calculate the value of single and periodic investments.
Find and evaluate financial information from a variety of sources.
Make financial decisions by systematically considering alternatives and consequences.
Organize personal finances and use a budget to manage cash flow.
Identify the costs and benefits of various types of loans and credit.

Course Topics:

Business Costs and Profit
Banking
Employment Basics
Consumer Credit
Independent Living
Budget Preparation
Income Taxes
Retirement planning