Business Calculus

Catalog description

This calculus course is tailored for business and social science majors. Students develop skills in fundamental differentiation and integration techniques applied to real-world contexts. Students explicitly and implicitly differentiate polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions. Graphing techniques leverage an understanding of how a function’s first and second derivatives relate to maximization, minimization and curve shape. Definite and indefinite integration techniques are practiced. Multivariate optimization through partial differentiation of functions of multiple variables is also covered. Upon completion, students are equipped with analytical tools vital for quantitative analysis in business, economics and related fields.