Business Precalculus

Catalog description

NS, Q - This college-level math course is for students intending to pursue coursework in business, the social or life sciences, or management. The course builds on the base of MATH 95 and assumes that the student plans on taking MATH&148. Relations and functions are investigated in graphic, numeric, symbolic, and verbal forms. Modeling techniques are introduced while exploring exponential, logarithmic, rational, polynomial, and power functions. Topics introduced include matrices, linear programming, population growth and math of finance. Special topics may include systems of non-linear equations, probability and counting, statistics, graph theory, and logistic functions. Applications are investigated primarily from a life and social science and a business and management perspective. Students communicate results in oral and written form. Technology is integrated throughout the course and a graphing calculator is required. See syllabus for specific calculator recommendations.