MAT 165 - Business Calculus

or C- or better in MAT 128  or MAT 129  

or C- or better in BUS 230  or MAT 140  

or ACT Math score of 28 or better

or ACCUPLACER AAF score of 270 or better

or ACCUPLACER AAF score of 237 or better and simultaneous enrollment in MAT 014  

or ALEKS score of 76 or better

Students can only gain credit for MAT 165 or MAT 210 , not both
Cross Listed With: Cross listed with BUS 235  

STANDARD CREDIT TYPE
3 credit(s)

This course uses calculus techniques with an emphasis on applications to business, the social sciences, the life sciences. Topics include derivatives and their uses, and integrals and their applications.  Types of functions include polynomial, rational and root, exponential and logarithmic.



Course Learning Outcomes
1.  Find derivatives using the derivative definition and use derivative formulas for problems with powers, products, quotients, trig functions, logs and exponentials.

2.  Apply derivative solution methods to solve a variety of types of problems, with special emphasis on min-max.

3.  Integrate polynomial, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic problems, including the difference of functions and integration by parts, and demonstrate the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.

4. Calculus applications to business, social and life science.