MATH& 148 - Business Calculus

Credits: 5
MATH& 148 is an introduction to calculus as applied to business and economics as well as the behavioral, social, and life sciences. Topics include limits, derivatives, and integrals and their applications.
Course Outcomes:

Analyze limits graphically, numerically, and analytically and use limits to determine continuity and calculate derivatives.
Approximate derivatives numerically and graphically and interpret the derivative as a limit, slope, and rate of change.
Determine derivatives of polynomial, rational, root, exponential, and logarithmic functions, and products, quotients, and compositions thereof; find derivatives implicitly when necessary.
Demonstrate the relationships between the behaviors and graphs of functions and their limits, first derivatives, and second derivatives.
Approximate definite integrals with left, right, and midpoint Riemann sums and interpret the definite integral in relation to the limit of Riemann sums, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, net change, and area under a curve.
Evaluate integrals using antiderivatives of polynomial, rational, root, exponential, and logarithmic functions and methods of integration including substitution and integration by parts.
Construct models for contextual problems and apply calculus to solve them.
Access and use technology as needed.
Communicate mathematics using relevant vocabulary and notation.

LEC Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
Formerly: MATH 121.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of C- or higher in MATH& 141, satisfactory placement, or permission of the Mathematics Department.
Course Attribute(s): Natural Science, Quantitative Skills/Reasoning
OEE Permitted: Yes
Grading Basis: Graded
Instructor/Department Consent Required: No Consent
CIP Code: 27.0103
Default Section Size/Cap: 30
Quarter(s) offered:

Spring